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@click_click, thanks I sent the DMCA mail again to Ktools. Let's say how they react.

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More people contacted me know.

It really seems that the company behind Resimstock emails or calls people in Turkey who use an image that is shown on their site and asks for the 150$ fee advertised on the site. They threaten people that if they do not pay, they will take the case to court.

I also got hold of a PDF they email the people which shows that they have a contract with a lawyer (however, they do not seem to provide evidence that they have the rights to pursue usage cases).

So it is more than a "steal images and sell as their own" scheme...

Also, people try to open threads about Resimstock in Turkish forums, but people claim that the company threatens the forums to take them down, so I hope this thread is enough to inform people out the scam why they search for it.

Best regards,
Robert

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@Dodie:

So far I did not get response to my email, not even the automated "Delivery Status Notification" (DNS) I requested when sending the mail.

But I issued the DMCA notice to the host now, let's see if it helps.

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I just sent an email to them asking to remove my images. Let's see how they react...

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A colleague photographer told me how the site is supposed to work:
The real purpose of the site is to scam people.

They massively contact turkish companies and ask for proof that they purchased the images they have on the website and they try to bully them into paying a "licence" to them, claiming to be a representative of the copyright owner.

I already have contact with a person who claims to be threatened by them now, I will try to get more evidence.

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ANd of course you want the username and passwords of the videographers to get access to the stock sites?

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Hello,

I was just made aware of a site called "Resimstock.com" which offers thousands of images.

It seems to be shady, because the photo author is not mentioned, instead it says "Owner: Resimstock" and they sell the images with an Extended Licence.

I found several of my images, for example:
http:/ /resimstock.com/photo/2392/Health,-Care,-Doctor,-People,-Hospital.html

from Kurhan:
http:/ /resimstock.com/photo/821/Business,-I%C5%9F,-Call-Center,-%C3%87a%C4%9Fr%C4%B1-Merkezi.html

from ArtFamily:
http:/ /resimstock.com/photo/1858/Others.html

Minerva Studio:
http:/ /resimstock.com/photo/540/Business,-I%C5%9F.html

WavebreakMediaMicro:
http:/ /resimstock.com/photo/2464/Technic,-technology.html

Lev Dolgachov / Syda Productions:
http:/ /resimstock.com/photo/1406/smiling-couple-having-fun-in-park.html

Peshkova:
http:/ /resimstock.com/photo/665/Business,-I%C5%9F.html

Monkey Business:
http:/ /resimstock.com/photo/17/Group-Of-Friends-Standing-By-Car-On-Coastal-Road-At-Sunset.html

and many many more. (links not clickable on purpose)

Does anybody know more about the site?

What would be the best way to find out or get the images removed?

Thanks in advance,
Robert Kneschke

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The original question was: Does anyone know how much a photographer of these images gets for each sale?

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Warning about Demotix
« on: June 14, 2015, 07:39 »
@photosales2015:
Where are you based?

Depending on your location and the location of the agencies using your photos I wonder why you don't use a lawyer to sort this thing out?

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Hello,

I just saw that Stocksy offers a bunch of their images (about 77) in a bundle at CreativeMarket for 39$.
https://creativemarket.com/bundle/photography-bundle

Does anyone know how much royalties goes to each photographer for each sale?

Best regards,
Robert

86
Off Topic / Re: Ireland votes YES for equal marriage !!
« on: May 28, 2015, 02:40 »
On a related note:
Not everybody seems to be happy about it.
So the Italian political party NCD used one of my stock images (most likely not within the license agreement terms):
http://bit.ly/1J3O6gR

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I've sent mail as well.

BTW, is there a way to see "rejected" or something files?
Uploaded contents
    1,764
Validated contents
    1,677

Where are the missing files?

Sean,
go to "My files" and on top click on the monitor icon and choose "show rejected files" (or similar, I don't know the exact english wording, since I use the German site)

88
Can you please provide the links to the public Twitter posts?

89
Fotolia just replied to me that this site has an official API key.

90
Adobe Stock / Re: Adobe changes at Fotolia
« on: March 12, 2015, 09:28 »
So far it seems that the minimum price for an EL has increased from 20 to 30 Credits.

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Hello,

I collected information about 14 different services for uploading and submitting to microstock sites.

Maybe I have missed some, but I am sure that though you know most of them, you'll learn 1-2 new ones.

The blog post is in German, but Google Translate might help you understand it:
http://www.alltageinesfotoproduzenten.de/2015/03/12/14-tools-zum-upload-zu-verschiedenen-bildagenturen/

92
Adobe Stock / Re: Credits price change
« on: March 12, 2015, 05:19 »
Yes, seems to have changed, I found an old screenshot in my blog showing different prices (it's from 2012 though, there might have been other price changes in the meantime):
http://www.alltageinesfotoproduzenten.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/preisaenderung-bildgroesse-fotolia.jpg

93
Mostphotos.com / Re: Mostphotos goes Rip-Off
« on: March 12, 2015, 05:17 »
@sharpshot: If I am correct, Axel already has pulled his port from Shutterstock and some other agencies.

94
Software - General / Re: automated Focus Analyzer ??
« on: December 01, 2014, 08:12 »
The RAW editor/converter Capture One has the option "show focus mask" that highlights all areas that are "sharp" with 50% green.

See here for more details:
<a href="http://youtu.be/ypX8j8TtGjw?t=1m58s" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://youtu.be/ypX8j8TtGjw?t=1m58s</a>

95
123RF / Re: 123rf sharing commissions with parent company Inmagine
« on: November 17, 2014, 07:42 »
@Red On: Partner distribution is one thing, as good or as bad as it gets.

But doing "partner" distribution within the same company and deducting royalties all along the way, is an entirely different thing and I hope it is quite new...

96
Image Sleuth / Re: Copyright infringement by "delta_art"
« on: November 11, 2014, 11:15 »
great news, always nice to see what a community can achieve...

97
@ghostwyck:

I beg to differ.

I am a fulltime stock photographer myself and in the last five years I always managed to produce, retouch, keyword and upload more than 200 images a month. I even keyword in two languages, have a child and am lazy as well :-)

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123RF / Re: 123rf sharing commissions with parent company Inmagine
« on: November 04, 2014, 04:47 »
maybe there are your images too: http://dubistock.com/
the same game..


Why do you think it is the same game?
Dubistock does not seem to belong to Inmagine?

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123RF / Re: 123rf sharing commissions with parent company Inmagine
« on: November 03, 2014, 07:13 »
Now four days have passed since Alex from 123rf told us that they change the system.

Has anybody checked if their images disappeared from the Inmagine website after they unchecked the "API partner" box?

I cannot check it because my images already have been deleted (probably manually) at Inmagine...

100
Image Sleuth / Re: Stock images on porn site
« on: November 01, 2014, 08:52 »
Many Dreamstime images there.
Did you already informed Dreamstime about it?

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