


Since 2002 Alamy has paid out over $100 million to its contributors. Based on the resulting increased sales, it increased the royalty payments for its contributors in 2006. In 2003, the firm introduced an international distribution network.The technical innovation continued with virtual CDs becoming a replacement for RF image CDs. It also introduced a 24/7 high-resolution download tool for customers. The purpose of the award is to recognize excellence in digital media content creation. In 2002, Alamy won an EMMA (Electronic Multimedia Awards) award for technical excellence.Fischer, the ex-chairman and co–founder of the firm, was also co-founder and CEO of RM plc. James West, a graduate of Edinburgh University, was the CEO of Alamy and co-founded the company with Mike Fischer in 1999. Their content comes from agencies and independent photographers, or are collected from news archives, museums, national collections, and public domain content copied from Wikimedia Commons. The same image, watermarked by Alamy and sold on their website without attribution to the photographer or source Īlamy is an online supplier of stock images, videos, and other image material.
