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Alamy Record of contract changes...
ShadySue:
What's the actual difference between an agent and a licensee*?
It was looked on as negative when iS moved away from being an agent to whatever they declared themselves to be instead.
*It seems a very odd use of the word 'licensee'.
Was this info in an email? If so, I didn't get it, but the Image Options thing has been aired on Alamy's forum.
ShadySue:
--- Quote from: spacedrone808 on April 06, 2018, 04:53 ---No earner to me, so not interested regarding any news from Alamy.
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However, interested enough to look at, and reply to, a post on the Alamy board.
There is a way we can avoid seeing certain forums, I've done it in the past, but I can't remember how to do it. Hopefully, someone else can help.
Uncle Pete:
--- Quote from: amabu on April 05, 2018, 09:42 ---26th April 2017 :o
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26th April 2017 :) Must have been email stuck in a time machine?
Yes Sue it's well hidden: http://www.microstockgroup.com/profile/?area=ignoreboards;u=60081
Ignore Boards Options - I just turned off the foreign language boards since I can't read any of them. Not sure if I need to logout and back in, to have the changes take effect?
Oh I get it... This page lets you ignore particular boards. When a board is ignored, the new post indicator will not show up on the board index. New posts will not show up using the "unread post" search link (when searching it will not look in those boards) however, ignored boards will still appear on the board index and upon entering will show which topics have new posts. When using the "unread replies" link, new posts in an ignored board will still be shown.
MarcvsTvllivs:
--- Quote from: ShadySue on April 06, 2018, 06:13 ---What's the actual difference between an agent and a licensee*?
It was looked on as negative when iS moved away from being an agent to whatever they declared themselves to be instead.
*It seems a very odd use of the word 'licensee'.
Was this info in an email? If so, I didn't get it, but the Image Options thing has been aired on Alamy's forum.
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As a licensee, they received a license from the photographer and then granted a sublicense to the buyer. As an agent, they grant a license directly from the photographer (acting as an agent in the photographer's name) to the buyer.
It makes Alamy's business into a commission agent model: they sell things directly in their own name that they do not own, for the account of a third party principal (us), and then arrange for direct fulfilment of the sale by the principal. In return, they get to keep a commission.
At least that's how I understand it. And I am not sure that it makes terribly much of a difference to us (but stand ready to be corrected -- maybe on the accounting side?). That will take some deep thinking though, which I am sure Alamy's lawyers have done (scary thought of the day!).
ShadySue:
I just got the letter today, and it is dated as a contract change of 10th April 2018.
Haven't read it through, but I noticed this, which hasn't been thought through:
"Any information supplied for display with any Image, including captions, keywords, ... and does not include ... any personal details from which a living person can be identified."
I don't think that's what they mean, or else they are going to lose a lot of sales from searches relating to well-known people.
However, even if it's not what they mean, it's what they said.
Full text:
"4:11 Any information supplied for display with any Image, including captions, keywords, Pseudonyms, agency names and descriptions only includes information that is pertaining to the specific Image itself, and does not include contact details, web addresses, Uniform Resource Locator’s (URL’s), copyright and rights management information or any personal details from which a living person can be identified."
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