Tony Stone has been a force in the image industry for years covering all kinds of ground. In the current edition of PDN they interview the man credited with creating the rights-managed business model in the 1960′s. His take on the stock industry is valuable from a few different vantage points considering his various roles (stock photographer, rights advocate, founder Tony Stone Images, Getty board member) as well as being refreshingly positive in the current endless stream of doom and gloom predictions.

Stone’s historical perspective is especially interesting as he sets microstock and RF growth against the backdrop of his experience with basic RM stock in it’s heyday.

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