Shutterstock, one of the Web’s leading microstock photo agencies, is now offering its customers legal protection on all purchased images. But what does this mean for the industry itself?

Stock photo site iStockphoto has unveiled a new legal protection program, but is it enough to put fears to rest?

Creative Commons is great for many kinds of images, but there are some photos that one practically has to license. For those, GumGum has an easy and cheap solution that may work well for many bloggers.

When the popular Flickr user Rebekka discovered that her images were being sold on iStockPhoto, she decided to turn her story into a cautionary tale for other photographers and artists.