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AA History of the World According to Getty Images

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A History of the World According to Getty Images

2022 · 19 min · Documentary

How can something in the public domain not be publicly available? A critical investigation of public domain—a legal term that has nothing to do with free access or public availability—that uses powerhouse commercial archive Getty Images as its example. If the world's visual history remains locked behind a paywall, who will ever see it?

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Richard Misek — Director

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Miles Davis portraitMiles DavisSelf (Archive Footage)Edgar D. Mitchell portraitEdgar D. MitchellSelf (Archive Footage)Martin Luther King Jr. portraitMartin Luther King Jr.Self (Archive Footage)WWang WeilinSelf (Archive Footage)

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