Author Topic: Art.com selling my work, without notification (Read 2782 times)

NeonRobot · « **on:** November 08, 2017, 11:43 »

Anybody heard of them?
https://eu.art.com/

I wonder where they get my images...

ShadySue · « **Reply #1 on:** November 08, 2017, 11:47 »

Quote from: spacedrone808 on November 08, 2017, 11:43

Anybody heard of them?
https://eu.art.com/

I wonder where they get my images...

Alamy?
http://www.alamy.com/customer/help/alamy-photo-prints-art-com.aspx
It's opt-outable (tick 'don't sell for personal use, including single copy, non-retail wall art prints'), but we were opted in by default

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #2 on:** November 08, 2017, 12:14 »

https://www.shutterstock.com/special/partners

This says that BigStock's stuff is used at art.com (but some of the partnerships on this page are really out of date - the amazon stuff about wall art just shows a couple of "out of stock" items)

NeonRobot · « **Reply #3 on:** November 08, 2017, 18:22 »

Thanks for explanation!
I have portfolio on Bigstock. But I don't have EL sales there, so art.com could not sell my prints, in theory:)

SpaceStockFootage · « **Reply #4 on:** November 08, 2017, 19:05 »

They can unless you've opted out.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #5 on:** November 08, 2017, 21:11 »

I think that BigStock was one of the agencies that followed the model that each actual print sale would generate one regular license (versus buying an EL to offer a number of prints for sale). This idea first surfaced about a decade ago (I think with Fotolia initially). Lots of contributors argued. We lost.

NeonRobot · « **Reply #6 on:** November 10, 2017, 10:02 »

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on November 08, 2017, 21:11

I think that BigStock was one of the agencies that followed the model that each actual print sale would generate one regular license (versus buying an EL to offer a number of prints for sale). This idea first surfaced about a decade ago (I think with Fotolia initially). Lots of contributors argued. We lost.

I wrote to them about infringement, we'll see their opinion regarding the subject.
I don't have any hopes, wrote to them just for fun.