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...As the libraries grew, they threatened the established players (Getty and the now-defunct Corbis among them), whose prices were higher and whose selections grew more slowly....
...More professional investors are starting to see the benefits of the buy-and-hold approach: some of the newest great estates are owned by corporations, not individuals....
...Photographs: Getty; Jim Bennett; Panos Pictures; Kate Stanworth; Nichole Sobecki; Corbis; Pete Muller; Kate Lloyd; Rex Features; Reuters...
...Photographs: Panos Pictures; Getty; Jim Bennett; Kate Stanworth; Nichole Sobecki; Corbis; Pete Muller; Kate Lloyd; Reuters; Rex Features...
...Slideshow photographs: Jonathan Atkin/Cunard; Ian Thomson; James Fassinger/Corbis; Topical Press Agency/Getty Images...
...The situation is beingseen as another case oflarge corporations bullying small businesses and mirrors complaints about the Performing Rights Society’s attempts to make com-panies pay a licence fee for playing...
..."The problem with IP is that it is technical in its essence," says Steve Davis, chief executive of Corbis, the image licensing firm founded and owned by Bill Gates....
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