The Times and The Sun offered to cut publishing rates to stock photography agencies. The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies is called to defend the interests of these libraries. So it let out a press release with a call to image libraries members not to except the offered cuts on royalty pictures. They are calling to ban together the offered changes. Nearly 400 of picture agencies together with top news and production agencies are represented by the BAPLA.

BAPLA tries to consolidate the members in their struggle against the publishing rates changes. Simon Cliffe, the executive director of BAPLA, claims that the conditions are inacceptable. The market is tough today but he thinks the system works in a different way; The Times and The Sun cannot dictate prices on licensed royalty free pictures. Simon Cliffe also said that the newspapers cannot dictate the fees they pay for copyright without consultation.