Agency Based Discussion > Alamy.com

Opting out of China in distribution scheme?

(1/4) > >>

henri:
I have opted out of China in distribution scheme last April but had again tens on sales to China (China,Editorial website) for a couple of cents each.  I have also opted out of Novel use.  These sales were all dated 20 September 2022.  Any idea what is going on? 

Mimi the Cat:
It takes months for distribution sales to be reported so you will continue to get them for a while.

However you should also take Alamy to task if you are still getting distribution sales after 6 months as they are notorious for failing to ensure your images have been removed from sale by distribution re-sellers.

As for novel use that should stop pretty quickly however there may be some that haven't been reported yet.

sgoodwin4813:
How can we opt out of distribution sales to China?  I want out of that but can't see how.  I've written an e-mail to Alamy but am not holding my breath that that will work.

HalfFull:
I've been opted out for years and it still doesn't stop them. They just say, "Oops, our mistake. We'll not do it again! Until next time!".

emjaysmith:
I had the same problem today, 17 sales to a Chinese editorial site for a paltry total of $0.72.
I have emailed Alamy as I too am supposed to be opted out.
Given the eclectic mix of images I would be very surprised if this is a genuine editorial site and what worries me most is that none of the images (photos and illustrations) has any obvious editorial use.
One has to wonder how these images are really being used.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page