| Purpose |
The AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive is an electronic
library containing the Associated Press' current photos and a selection of pictures from
their 50 million image print and negative library. It is accessible via the Internet and
made available in this format to schools K-12, colleges and universities and public
libraries nationwide by AccuWeather, Inc. The Multimedia Archive
contain approximately 500,000 photos, and is growing daily with hundreds of new photos
entering the database each day from around the world. A similar number of historical
images are scanned in each week. |
Copyright |
Printed resolution of the photos is 72 dots
per inch. Higher resolution images are not provided. Copies
may be made for book reports, term papers, theses, class handouts, and for research. Also
allowed is inclusion in PowerPoint presentations/overheads/slides for educational and
personal use. Inclusion on a campus web site for institutional use is permitted.
However, the creation of a site that makes significant use of AP
materials that could be construed by AP as having commercial impact on their business is
not allowable. The AP photos may NOT be used for publishing in newspapers, magazines,
brochures, catalogs, commercial announcements, calendars, posters, yearbooks, playbills,
newsletters, on T-shirts, or promotional items, or for commercial use or gain of any kind. |
Dates Covered |
An average of 800 photos a day feed into
the Multimedia Archive, and remain there for a minimum of one year. Specially trained indexers
select the best 200 or so photos each day to save for all time, while the remainder are
eliminated from the Multimedia Archive after 12 months. The Multimedia Archives' historical collection continues to grow. It features historical figures,
political leaders, sports greats and celebrities. The Multimedia Archive also offers images
from significant news and features events of the 20th century such as World War II, civil
rights, the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, space exploration and much, much more.
The earliest photograph available is a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken in 1844. |
