Hey Everyone, I have been an iStock contributor for around 8 months now, and have been receiving a small monthly royalty payout.

I logged in to my ESP portal a couple of weeks ago to find all my sets of content had disappeared, and my performance data was not available. I ignored it and thought the site may be having a glitch.

Today comes around and I don't see my usual iStock royalties come in, so I log in to ESP again, and it looks the same as it did a couple of weeks ago... no previous uploads, no performance data, and when I click the royalties tab, i get a message saying 'Royalties data will not be available until after your first transaction'. I also don't have an option to upload content.

When I click account management, it looks like my profile has been reset, there are no address details except my email address, my payment method has not been selected, and my tax interview isn't complete. When I click Community, i get a message saying I have to log in if I'm a contributor, and when I click Log In I get taken back to the ESP portal with no information.

Obviously I've contacted iStock about this, just wondering if anyone has had or heard of a similar experience.

Woke up to it this morning, and it's listed as single / other. This means that the buyer paid around $200 for it. Is this a mistake?

Hey Everyone, I have a question about licensing on Alamy, I am seeing a lot of RM licenses for commercial imagery that has logos / trademarks etc, with options to license these images for calendars , merchandise etc. If you do a search on any popular brand (Ferrari Lamborghini etc.) then you'll see what i mean.

Can someone shed some light please as I thought that trademarks / logos / brands etc. were protected by copyright law and could only be sold as editorial. Is it because Alamy assumes no risk for content and contributors are taking a risk by selling these images commercially, or do the terms of an RM license differ from the terms of an RF license where logos and trademarks are concerned

Thanks

I am at the initial stage of submission, where I have to have 1 out of 10 images accepted to become a contributor but I have a question... assuming I get one accepted out of 10 does that image then go on sale or do I need to reupload and submit... I'm asking because I am still under exclusivity with DT until July 14th, but I want to start uploading my port to SS and others before them so they are ready to go live, or at least go to review on 14th

Thanks