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I met a person doing that: He joined IS for exclusivity but told me he was sending his refused images to other agencies. A bit dangerous, you can be caught and bannes

All of the above sound not only risky, but entirely dishonest.

It never occurred to me that exclusives would have friends and relatives upload images to other agencies and reap the benefits of exclusivity and independence at the same time.  Pretty reprehensible IMO.  I hope Istock polices this sort of thing vigorously!

About 1% of people have no conscience. They wouldn't know the meaning of reprehensible. Reference.

That percentage seems a little higher in my field – advertising.

haha...ditto...me thinks 25%-30% with another 25% straddling the fence 

Pedro,

First the fake model releases, now this.  You are walking on fire, you know?

Refused images can be sold as RM in other agencies.  Anything different is contrary to the exclusivity agreement of any agency.

On the other hand, we've heard about exclusives whose spouses/gf/bf with a remarkably similar type of work are non-exclusive contributors to other agencies, what always raised some suspitions.

I know this has all been hashed over before but, I can and have sold copyrights of groups of images to agencies. I am no longer the owner of those images and I expect the agencies I sold them to would be more than unhappy if I licensed one of those images. Sure I have the original RAW files on my HDs but they are not mine anymore. I see absolutely nothing "technically" wrong with assigning a copyright to another individual for them to do as they like with. Just because I was the original photographer does not necessarily mean I still own the image. Or say a get a summer job shooting for a large production company. Does it mean those images can't be sold by that production company in a market outside my usual exclusive agreements? Some obvious discretion regarding similars  needs to be adhered to. I should note that this how I see it and it doesn't really matter what I think if I get turfed cause of my misunderstanding of exclusive agreements. Which, for the record,  I am not a part of.

I vote for PedroV as "troll of the month"

seconded

btw isn't yuri's girlfriend an exclusive at Istock ?

No I don't think he is selling her rejects, but it would allow him to evaluate the benefits of Istock exclusivity.

Is she still there?  I asked for the link here once, and was told her portfolio was gone. 

What if I robe a bank?

You may have a large sum of money for a short time, maybe get shot, or maybe get nothing, but you will have a designated place to stay for a long time right after that?  

He left out, what if someone sells their images as exclusive on multiple sites. Remember that one. The guy was featured photographer of the month and people found the same pictures on six or seven sites. Oops!   I never did follow up if all his accounts were closed, or if one site kept him. Don't even remember the name anymore.