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Fotolia is a microstock photography agency that is based in New York, New York. It was started by Thibaud Elziere, Oleg Tscheltzoff and Patrick Chassany 〔Andy Goetze, (Interview With Fotolia´s CEO Thibaud Elziere ), StockPhotoTalk.com, November 28, 2005, accessed April 29, 2007〕 in November 2005.〔TechCrunch (Fotolia's P2P photo sales ) (April 29, 2007)〕 The company also has offices in Seattle, Washington and Paris, France. Fotolia provides means for worldwide distribution of royalty-free photographs, vector graphics, and videos through PayPal (in the countries that use it), and Moneybookers (another internet payment system offered in more countries than PayPal) amongst other payment methods. Some photographs are offered for free; those that are sold are priced from $0.75.〔Arianna Rodell ("Stop Wasting Your Money" )〕 Photographers receive a commission for each image licensed via Fotolia. , Fotolia had more than 800,000 members who had uploaded more than 4.2 million photographs and graphic illustrations. By the end of July 2010, those numbers had more than doubled to over 1,967,000 members and 9.8 million images, vector graphics, and HD videos. By May 2012, the member count climbed to more than 3,000,000 registered members and the database to 17 million digital images.〔NOAH Advisors ("Case Study - Fotolia" )〕 In May 2010, Fotolia raised $150 million in growth equity from buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in exchange for a 50% stake.〔TechCrunch (Stock photos site Fotolia launches Fotolia Instant, an app for selling your smartphone photos )〕 On December 11, 2014, Adobe announced it was buying Fotolia for $800 million in cash, aiming at integrating the service to its Creative Cloud solution. The purchase was completed in January 2015. The image bank currently possesses over 34 million images and videos and operates in 23 countries.〔The Next Web (Adobe acquires stock company Fotolia to boost Creative Cloud asset supply )〕 It will continue to operate as a standalone service, remaining open to anyone. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fotolia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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