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Unsold images now automatically moved to free section?
Justanotherphotographer:
Email now reads:
"This is an automated notification. Your portfolio includes images that have been online for more than 4 years with no downloads up to the present. In order to keep up with the current standards we recommend transferring them to the free section, allowing fresh content to be more visible.
The following action options are available for you to decide:
- donate the image to the free section which can provide significant portfolio exposure and increase your sales; images can be disabled at any time later. We are also announcing a new feature that enables designers to donate a specific amount to the photographer (minimum $3 USD, entire amount awarded to you).
- keep the image online.
In order to review the images and take the desired action, please access the link below.
If no action is taken, your images will be automatically donated to the free section after 30 days from this email.
Review the images: https://www.dreamstime.com/oldfiles.php"
Wasn't the default that the image stays on line? or at least you could set it to that?
Also the "old files" page now only gives the re-keyword (for a fee) or move to free section with no option I can see to just keep it online, even though the email says this is an option. Is this a new policy?
Mantis:
Yes, the default was keep the images online. Sneaky, as most will just delete that email and they will get defacto thousands of free images.
Camillo:
--- Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on July 14, 2022, 09:06 ---Email now reads:
"This is an automated notification. Your portfolio includes images that have been online for more than 4 years with no downloads up to the present. In order to keep up with the current standards we recommend transferring them to the free section, allowing fresh content to be more visible.
The following action options are available for you to decide:
- donate the image to the free section which can provide significant portfolio exposure and increase your sales; images can be disabled at any time later. We are also announcing a new feature that enables designers to donate a specific amount to the photographer (minimum $3 USD, entire amount awarded to you).
- keep the image online.
In order to review the images and take the desired action, please access the link below.
If no action is taken, your images will be automatically donated to the free section after 30 days from this email.
Review the images: https://www.dreamstime.com/oldfiles.php"
Wasn't the default that the image stays on line? or at least you could set it to that?
Also the "old files" page now only gives the re-keyword (for a fee) or move to free section with no option I can see to just keep it online, even though the email says this is an option. Is this a new policy?
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Why i left them and wirestock. Theyre just waiting for you to slip and take your images
biibii:
this must be a big joke!
"automatically donated to the free section after 30 days from this email."
Are they kidding? how can this be legal?
cypher:
I reached out to Dreamstime asking about this, and I received a reply stating that there has been no change in the unsold image policy. Contributors still have the same three choices: donate to free section, delete, or keep online in portfolio.
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