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Yuri Arcurs selling same photos RF and licensed.
AVAVA:
Thanks SJ,
That made way more sense for me. He has an interesting point there. I know RM shooters that use different names for their RF Macro. I don't do that in my Macro but I made a separate name for my Micro than I did my Macro collections. It has a great deal to do with back end control for two completely different markets when we are dealing with a lot of imagery ( so no images end up accidentally in both markets ). I am always willing to share my Macro identity if anyone ever wants it.( I wouldn't waste your time though ).
I think it really just depends on the person and the way they want to represent themselves and operate their company more than some secret squirrel approach to some devious tactic, that in the long run could hurt your reputation even more. I think the most important part is making it as easy as possible for your clients or buyers to be able to find you in your markets. Branding is important for any company no matter how small.
Thanks,
AVAVA
RacePhoto:
--- Quote from: sjlocke on November 09, 2008, 21:21 ---I think he is pointing out that Arcurs is trying to keep the Alamy images unassociated with his name by putting them all under the psuedonym "Shoosh":
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography-search-results.asp?qt=shoosh&ns=1&nu=0&lic=6&lic=1&archive=1&size=0xFF
Possibly so people wouldn't be able to search for them at a lower price elsewhere under his name? Maybe that's what lobby is trying to say?
--- End quote ---
Sorry but I think you missed something. He didn't put up the RF images, someone else did. He does use his name on Alamy. Maybe this link will make it easier to see. By the way, look at which photo jumped out as a dupe, licensed both ways. The rock concert shoot that was written up, blogged and promoted as the most expensive Micro shoot. ;D
http://alamy.com/stock-photography-search-results.asp?qt=APJFXK+or+B0A1HD&ns=1&nu=0&lic=6&lic=1&archive=1&size=0xFF
I expect you will see the RF image files disappear from Shoosh, uploaded by Formcourt agency, a reseller. The RM images are there from Yuri. I bet the phone lines are smoking!
(READ THE CORRECTION BELOW: Shoosh is Yuri's photos RF, possibly an agency, maybe himself under an Alamy Pseudonym. "Yuri" photos RM is not Yuri, it is the agency)
Sean Locke Photography:
So, you're saying his intent was to upload the micro concert series as "L", under his name, and the RF version is what is not supposed to be there, under Shoosh? That makes even less sense having it listed RM there and RF micro.
That can't be correct at all.
sharpshot:
I am sure he has been uploading RF images there as "Shoosh" for a long time and the distributor has now uploaded his portfolio under his own name without him knowing, with some of them licensed.
There have been a few threads before about the pros and cons of uploading the same images to the micros and alamy with the RF license. Alamy currently allow this. I keep mine separate but I can understand why others do it and I might end up joining them one day.
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--- Quote from: RacePhoto on November 10, 2008, 00:04 ---
--- Quote from: sjlocke on November 09, 2008, 21:21 ---I think he is pointing out that Arcurs is trying to keep the Alamy images unassociated with his name by putting them all under the psuedonym "Shoosh":
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography-search-results.asp?qt=shoosh&ns=1&nu=0&lic=6&lic=1&archive=1&size=0xFF
Possibly so people wouldn't be able to search for them at a lower price elsewhere under his name? Maybe that's what lobby is trying to say?
--- End quote ---
Sorry but I think you missed something. He didn't put up the RF images, someone else did. He does use his name on Alamy. Maybe this link will make it easier to see. By the way, look at which photo jumped out as a dupe, licensed both ways. The rock concert shoot that was written up, blogged and promoted as the most expensive Micro shoot. ;D
http://alamy.com/stock-photography-search-results.asp?qt=APJFXK+or+B0A1HD&ns=1&nu=0&lic=6&lic=1&archive=1&size=0xFF
I expect you will see the RF image files disappear from Shoosh, uploaded by Formcourt agency, a reseller. The RM images are there from Yuri. I bet the phone lines are smoking!
--- End quote ---
no no no... sjlocke is right..
once again, this is what Yuri commented on microstock diaries
--- Quote ---One of my third party distributors has put all my images in Alamy under RM. We are currently investigating this and I will require the images removed immediately. We are in the black as to why this agency has done so, especially when considering that just one single search on my name on Alamy would reveal that all the images are already online. I will be contacting Alamy about this also.
Yuri
--- End quote ---
The mistake was putting them on as RM. You can also see that the agency that uploaded the photos has some 85,000 images on Alamy.
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