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Vistaprint and Depositphotos changes
Firn:
--- Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on June 23, 2022, 09:17 ---Just reread the response and it even explicitly states “Indeed, a contributor gets paid if their files are licensed at VistaCreate (via its subscription plans), within the named RSM program.”
So work should only be there under the premium (subs) content, not the free section. Merrillie’s work shouldn’t even be there at all as they (wisely) opted out.
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Okay, so maybe I was wrong about my assumption that you don't get paid for individual sales as part of the RSM program and just got a share - But if this statement is correct and you get paid if your files are licensed at VistaCreate, you should get paid for the free downloads just the same as the condition is "licensed", not "paid for".
Justanotherphotographer:
--- Quote from: Firn on June 24, 2022, 03:57 ---
--- Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on June 23, 2022, 09:17 ---Just reread the response and it even explicitly states “Indeed, a contributor gets paid if their files are licensed at VistaCreate (via its subscription plans), within the named RSM program.”
So work should only be there under the premium (subs) content, not the free section. Merrillie’s work shouldn’t even be there at all as they (wisely) opted out.
--- End quote ---
Okay, so maybe I was wrong about my assumption that you don't get paid for individual sales as part of the RSM program and just got a share - But if this statement is correct and you get paid if your files are licensed at VistaCreate, you should get paid for the free downloads just the same as the condition is "licensed", not "paid for".
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You could be 100% correct. I just hope not for the sake of the people in any way involved (images fr free or sub) as they are all getting scr*wed for the reasons I outlined.
Either way the people on there for free who didn't even sign up for RSM need their work removed and to be paid for all the DLs arising from the mistake.
Firn:
--- Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on June 24, 2022, 04:06 ---
Either way the people on there for free who didn't even sign up for RSM need their work removed and to be paid for all the DLs arising from the mistake.
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Of course!
And please don't get me wrong, I was not trying to defend the RSM system. I think this RSM is a total rip-off. The lowest of the low of microstock. (Okay, maybe the "give us free content for exposure!"-thing is even worse) But maybe people who did sign up need to be made more aware of what they signed up for. Becaus with a RSM the more images are downloaded as part of a RSM program, the lower the individual share of the revenue every contributor gets. And if there are free downloads in the mix it means A LOT more downloads, but the revenue pool doesn't get bigger by these downloads. It's such a rip-off, because the agency will always take the same % share out of the whole pool, but the contributors have to share the rest with all other contributors, so Depositohotos always gets the same profit, contributors get less the more content is downloaded.
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