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Elenathewise



« Reply #25 on: March 04, 2011, 11:41 »

How long does it take before unsold files fall into the trap?  I'm a compulsive editor with an itchy delete finger.  I wanna mark my calendar!

It used to be 4 years, now it's 3. Soon they'll start giving away your images for free after a couple of months....


Is it 3 years?  Everything I see in the thread and the oldfiles page say 4+...  I still think it should default to delete rather than donate as well, but at least they let you change it ahead of time now...


When I contacted Dreamstime about this issue here is what I got in reply:

"All images that have been online for more than 3 years and have no downloads automatically enter our database clean-up process. Please see link for more details on this:
http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_19023
You receive a notification for all such files and you are asked to take one of the three indicated actions: donate to the free section, re-keyword via the keymasters program or simply disable the file. The donate option is set as default so if you do not select another option by a certain date, the images will be donated.
We can disable these images if you wish but we recommend all members to keep free files online as they increase the exposure of your portfolio. Once disabled, the free images cannot be enabled again or uploaded for the commercial section."


 


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cclapper
« Reply #26 on: March 04, 2011, 11:57 »

As long as we keep getting a notification, I'm ok with it. I certainly hope they don't start moving images to the free section without a notification and chance to disable. That would be a bad move. But I don't get it at all because again, if images are given away for free, no one makes money.

Is there a way to search through those 8000+ pages for my images by using my name? For instance, my name in double quotes, etc.? I have always gotten a notification (as far as I know), so I wouldn't expect there to be any of mine, but stranger things have happened.


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WarrenPrice

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« Reply #27 on: March 04, 2011, 12:10 »

As long as we keep getting a notification, I'm ok with it. I certainly hope they don't start moving images to the free section without a notification and chance to disable. That would be a bad move. But I don't get it at all because again, if images are given away for free, no one makes money.

Is there a way to search through those 8000+ pages for my images by using my name? For instance, my name in double quotes, etc.? I have always gotten a notification (as far as I know), so I wouldn't expect there to be any of mine, but stranger things have happened.

There was a very heated discussion in Dreamstime forum concerning this very subject.  I and several others bordered on being banned for (abusive comments).  My big complaint was the default setting ... email or no ... the default should be DISABLE.  Several contributors accused Dreamstime of Stealing their images.  Others were simply concerned about copyright issues.  

As with most such discussions on Dreamstime, the resolution was "Out of sight, out of mind."  

Glad to see it revived.  That default should be changed.  If it is not Stealing, it comes  close.
« Last Edit: March 04, 2011, 12:12 by WarrenPrice »

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lisafx
« Reply #28 on: March 04, 2011, 18:20 »


Is there a way to search through those 8000+ pages for my images by using my name? For instance, my name in double quotes, etc.? I have always gotten a notification (as far as I know), so I wouldn't expect there to be any of mine, but stranger things have happened.

Cathy, if you want to see if you have any free images at Dreamstime, go to your management area and click on "online files".  Sort by downloads.  If you have any freebies they will show up first as the most downloaded.  Then you can disable them, if you want, by clicking on the "edit" button.  


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cclapper
« Reply #29 on: March 04, 2011, 19:29 »


Is there a way to search through those 8000+ pages for my images by using my name? For instance, my name in double quotes, etc.? I have always gotten a notification (as far as I know), so I wouldn't expect there to be any of mine, but stranger things have happened.

Cathy, if you want to see if you have any free images at Dreamstime, go to your management area and click on "online files".  Sort by downloads.  If you have any freebies they will show up first as the most downloaded.  Then you can disable them, if you want, by clicking on the "edit" button.  

Thanks Lisa, I'm going to go try that.


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luissantos84

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« Reply #30 on: March 04, 2011, 21:12 »

the default is on DISABLE!

I am in DT almost 2 years and never changed anything regarding this matter


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« Reply #31 on: March 05, 2011, 10:09 »

the default is on DISABLE!

I am in Dreamstime almost 2 years and never changed anything regarding this matter
Look above DT said the default is donate.


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luissantos84

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« Reply #32 on: March 05, 2011, 11:24 »

the default is on DISABLE!

I am in Dreamstime almost 2 years and never changed anything regarding this matter
Look above Dreamstime said the default is donate.

mine isn´t and I have never touched it


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Elenathewise



« Reply #33 on: March 05, 2011, 19:05 »

the default is on DISABLE!

I am in Dreamstime almost 2 years and never changed anything regarding this matter
Look above Dreamstime said the default is donate.

mine isn´t and I have never touched it

Then they must have changed the default for some (more recent) contributors..?. Although the email I got from them says default is "donate' - confusing, eh? The default was definitely "donate" for me - hope that changing the option described in this thread works.


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trek


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« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2011, 20:50 »

The link worked for me.  Thanks for posting it. 


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Lcjtripod


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« Reply #35 on: March 07, 2011, 21:48 »

Hey Lisa, you can still do that - I just did (I don't have any old files pending either). You go to http://www.dreamstime.com/oldfiles.php and the last sentence you see before "No images found" contains a link to click on to change the default. Hope that works.

Thanks everyone - this is very helpful!


I click on that link ("Click here to set your default action") and absolutely nothing happens.



Worked for me and thanks!!


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digitalexpression



« Reply #36 on: March 28, 2011, 13:24 »

I disabled an image quite a while ago (we're talking years here). I read somewhere that disabled files get deleted after a certain amount of time but the image in question was in the disabled section for over 3 years. I contacted support and found out that if I wanted the image deleted they had to do it for me or it would stay in the disabled bin indefinitely. I didn't really see the point of that so I chose to donate it (maybe a mistake but I thought maybe my portfolio could use some more exposure which turns out never happened anyway). In the future I think i will definitely disable but I get very annoyed seeing those * images in the disabled bin knowing they will stay there forever.


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pancaketom


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« Reply #37 on: March 28, 2011, 13:49 »

Maybe DT should go through the free bin and delete anything they think is similar to images on sale. I bet that would clear out 99% of them.

In any case I am set to disable, if someone wants those images they can buy them elsewhere.


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