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Corbis
Corbis is a Seattle, Washington-based licensing agency. Founded by Bill Gates in 1989 as Interactive Home Systems, with a goal to serve as a distributor of artwork for the prospective concept of digital art frames in homes, the company, later renamed Corbis, focused more intensely on the acquisition and preservation of historic images, and a general photo and footage licensing business. The company also expanded into the entertainment advertising market, as well as providing rights clearance and personality rights management services.
In January 2016, Corbis announced that it would sell its image licensing businesses to an affiliate of Visual China Group. VCG will, in turn, license the images to Getty Images outside of China.