A trade association that operates in North American. Its main function is to protect the interests of image and stock archives who license their images for commercial use. PACA was founded in 1951 and offers its services to all, from individual photographers to corporations. 

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A picture archive is a permanent collection of images, such as physical photographs or digital files. These collections are at times protected from commercial use unless a fee is paid.

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Bates, M. J. (2017). Information Behavior. In Encyclopedia of library and information sciences (4th edition). Taylor & Francis.

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