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modellocate

« on: February 21, 2010, 18:26 »

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I'm seeking a way to keep my real name from appearing on my istock images. On 123rf.com this is handled with a single selection in the account management.

istock says on your profile "This information is private and for admin use only. " but it seems to automatically appear under the copyright info on every image I upload.

Does anyone know how to turn it off?

And, before you start, please let's not change the subject of this thread to *why* I want it turned off, just let me know if anyone knows how. Thanks.


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Pheby

« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2010, 18:50 »

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When you open "control panel" you'll see a sort of drop down menue called "contributor", and there you'll see "real name". You just switch that to "member name".


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modellocate

« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2010, 19:05 »

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Quote from: stardust on February 21, 2010, 18:50

When you open "control panel" you'll see a sort of drop down menue called "contributor", and there you'll see "real name". You just switch that to "member name".

Thanks, but I did that a year ago, it still puts my real name in the copyright field.


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cclapper

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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2010, 19:12 »

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It's likely the only way to resolve it is to call them first thing tomorrow morning. Many people checked the opt-out of partner programs in the control panel and it did not seem to make a difference...perhaps they are having problems with the whole control panel thing working correctly?


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stormchaser

« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2010, 19:32 »

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I just tried it and it worked. I was looking for that awhile back too, so thanks.


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elvinstar

« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2010, 20:25 »

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When I look at your portfolio, I see your username, not your real name.


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modellocate

« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2010, 21:09 »

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Quote from: elvinstar on February 21, 2010, 20:25

When I look at your portfolio, I see your username, not your real name.

It's still in the page source, so it shows up on google image searches -- it comes from the copyright field, which auto populates with my name.


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UncleGene

« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2010, 10:34 »

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I do not think that it is on the page source - just look at any image page. Most probably Google crawled some of your images _before_ you toggled showing of username


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elvinstar

« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2010, 13:06 »

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I looked at the source for both your main profile page and an image page and couldn't find any real names.


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loop

« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2010, 17:00 »

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What already is in Google will be there for many time.


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