Although art licensing is still unfamiliar in Taiwan, Microsoft founder Bill Gates created Corbis more than ten years ago and set up offices all over the world seeking to obtain image licensing for works held by major American and European museums. Correctly foreseeing an emerging business opportunity, Gates established a branch of Corbis in Hong Kong in 1999.
儘管國內對於藝術授權還很陌生，然而微軟公司創辦人比爾蓋茲，早在十多年前就成立 Corbis 公司，並在全球成立據點，致力取得歐美各國大型博物館的藏品影像授權，比爾蓋茲並看準亞洲藝術品授權商機的崛起，一九九九年於香港成立分公司。