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Agency Based Discussion => Dreamstime.com => Topic started by: leaf on January 10, 2008, 10:03

Title: Dreamstime does not accept istock release anymore!!!
Post by: leaf on January 10, 2008, 10:03

Just so ya know... they don't accept the istock release (with the istock logo cropped off) anymore.

I have just submitted a stack of photos where I used the istock release.  I had cropped off the istock trademark and wording but that is not good enough - they still don't accept it :(

anyone know of a different model release that is accepted everywhere?

Title: Re: Dreamstime does not accept istock release anymore!!!
Post by: Pixart on January 10, 2008, 10:36

They accepted mine today.  I made my own release in Word (from Istock) and put my own logo on it, changed any reference to Calgary, etc.  There is a link to it somewhere in this forum.

Title: Re: Dreamstime does not accept istock release anymore!!!
Post by: leaf on January 10, 2008, 10:57

Quote from: Pixart on January 10, 2008, 10:36

They accepted mine today.  I made my own release in Word (from Istock) and put my own logo on it, changed any reference to Calgary, etc.  There is a link to it somewhere in this forum.

ahh yes, here is the release

http://www.microstockgroup.com/index.php?topic=1435.0

Title: Re: Dreamstime does not accept istock release anymore!!!
Post by: Pixart on January 10, 2008, 12:24

I guess I should have said "The reveiwer I had today accepted mine"... it sucks that you'll have to ask the model to sign another release though.

Title: Re: Dreamstime does not accept istock release anymore!!!
Post by: ManicBlu on January 10, 2008, 12:27

I looked at the other thread and can tell you with all the iStock bits removed my latest model images were accepted with the fixed MR by all agencies accept DT.

Title: Re: Dreamstime does not accept istock release anymore!!!
Post by: Smithore on February 11, 2008, 10:47

i don't understand at all:
today a batch of 20 pictures with IS model release and logo cropped:
15 refused for not generic model release and the last 5 accepted with the same release, I'm going mad...

Title: Re: Dreamstime does not accept istock release anymore!!!
Post by: leaf on February 11, 2008, 10:51

i am guessing the reviewer just didn't catch the release on the 5 images that were accepted.

Because the release says "alberta" on it, it becomes non-generic.

Title: Re: Dreamstime does not accept istock release anymore!!!
Post by: Smithore on February 11, 2008, 11:04

Thanks leaf, but I've already changed "province of Alberta, canada" by "the USA", so this release is absolutely generic now, they already accepted a batch of 20 pictures last week with the same model release...

Title: Re: Dreamstime does not accept istock release anymore!!!
Post by: Lukasphoto on February 11, 2008, 11:38

I decided to be proactive and attached property releases for my dog on some images where the dog was not the main subject and pretty far away.
They were rejected because my PR did not include the phone number of the owner (me) but only address and e-mail.
They probably would have been accepted without PR in the first place...

Title: Re: Dreamstime does not accept istock release anymore!!!
Post by: null on February 11, 2008, 15:36

Quote from: leaf on January 10, 2008, 10:03

anyone know of a different model release that is accepted everywhere?

Minor  and Adult in 1 (http://flemishdreams.com/joomla_fd/documents/modelrelease-minor-generic.doc)
Adult only (http://flemishdreams.com/joomla_fd/documents/modelrelease-adult-generic.doc)
Both are also good as property release. When I travel, I don't like to drag around several blank release types.

These are direct doc download links. The document is European A4 and I guess the US legal is a bit smaller, so change the page margins a bit.
I wrote them myself 1,5 years ago. Accepted everywhere. The only problem I ever had (solved by link 1) was with SS that wants the minor and the parent on 1 single sheet.