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You should obviously offer the SR-EL license only in case you really want to and only in case you can stick to the rules.

Unless it is DT exclusive file, it may be quite difficult to ensure the file gets off-line in 72 hours. BigStock has a 90 days tie in, other sites like FT have 3rd party sites from which it take time to delete your stuff.

Your question:

Can Dreamstime just tell me to take it off all other sites?

Does not make much sense. You have opted in into the optional licensing under SR-EL meaning that you have agreed with the terms. Unless there is way to change defaults, the SR-EL option is something you must specifically check when submitting the file.

It is not in conflict with the RF licensing. You just sell it exclusively from the moment on and agree to pull it from everywhere you are selling it including DT pulling it.

thanks for clearing this up. but for someone who is considering exclusivity, with is, for example, how would this dt sr-el license fit in with their conditions? would it be considered a rm license for all intents and purposes so as not to conflict with their non rf licensing outside of is? if not, then, it seems you would never be allowed to go exclusive there.

just food for thought. 

From the beginning I have "SR-EL license" completely disabled for all my photos on  DT and I am not planning to enable it.

Alas, poor Yorick... *SCNR*

I had an offer like this, but was asking much, much more than $300 to disable one of my bestsellers. Turned out the client couldn't or didn't want to pay the price.

But to confirm, yes, the license begins when the client buys and you must disable it for sale on every RF site. Whatever sold prior to that date is irrelevant.

This also means you can never sell the photo RF again, period. So when you think about selling with the SR-EL license, you should consider how much money you think you might be losing over the photo's lifetime in order to come up with a selling price. I asked many questions when I first received the email from DT about this, and that was how the SR-EL license was explained to me. The explanation for the SR-EL license in the contributors agreement is very brief and leaves a lot of answers out.

Also, the price that DT puts on the license is based on what DT thinks sales may be on their site only. If you are independent and sell that photo on multiple sites, you should consider how much TOTAL money you will lose on the photo. But that ends up pricing the SR-EL license too high for most DT buyers to want to pay. So, to me, it's kind of a useless license unless you are exclusive to DT.

Good idea, I'll do that on BigStockPhoto!

As for Dreamstime :  I just started disabling the SR-EL licenses there, but then I changed my mind :  instead, I'm putting VERY high prices on my best sellers (like 3000 to 4000 dollars).  If there's any one crazy enough to be willing to pay amounts like that for a single file, I'm not going to stop them 

Bravo BigStockPhoto !
I just got an e-mail that BigStock deleted my photo, only 3 hours after my request.  Thank you BigStock for not sticking to the rules and forcing me to wait 3 months!

I don't allow SR sales on any of my images .. however, this is a good example of where the rules of the industry got a little jacked up during the rise of microstock. If you notice DT states that the buyer can use it exclusively .. with just a few restrictions. If I sell all rights to an image I have no say to what the buyer does with that image and neither does DT or anybody else. Selling the rights means you are transferring the copyright ... all rights means all rights ... duh LOL. The fact that DT throws the restrictions in the SR is a bit confusing.
I think DT's 72 hour policy is a good one. That's plenty of time for a person to make a few emails. As for other sites refusing to remove the image because of their policies ... well their policies don't matter in a court of law and if the new owner of the copyright does not want them distributing it then the site must remove it immediatly or risk getting slapped with infringement charges.

I put them all at $3500 and would remove from all sites per the rules if I sold one.

Selling the rights means you are transferring the copyright

The SR-EL license at DT does NOT mean you are selling the copyright. I made certain I understood this when I asked all my questions. You are just not allowed to ever sell the photo RF again. You can continue to use the photo for your personal projects.