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« Reply #600 on: May 03, 2014, 00:23 »
+12
I wrote in FT forum and my text was manipulated. I already opt-out my images, but now FT made me PO.
« Last Edit: May 29, 2014, 12:18 by jarih »


« Reply #601 on: May 03, 2014, 00:46 »
+15
I opted out 2 496 files.

« Reply #602 on: May 03, 2014, 02:30 »
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This is great news! Congrats on your success - great to see how banding together can have such a positive outcome!
Email from Boycottfotolia.org:

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Dear colleagues!

We want to offer our deepest thanks for all your involvement so far in taking part in the protest over Fotolias actions. As a result of your exposure of the facts about what Dollar Photo Club really is, and the important principles at stake, many microstock contributors learned about the problem for the first time. Solely as a result of these efforts, Fotolia finally informed some contributors about the Dollar Photo Club project, added a Profile option to opt out, and changed the license terms to limit the print run.

None of this would have been achieved without you! Fotolia had to yield and the sole credit for this goes to all of you.
It is true that some goals have not yet been achieved, but the most important thing is we proved we can take a stand for our rights. We made all agencies aware that the contributor community has real power and they need to consider our opinions. We had very little time, insufficient resources, no experience and yet we still achieved so much.

As for the protest it is not over yet. Lots of contributors still don't know about the Dollar Photo Club. Information about the changes Fotolia made as a direct result of your actions and about our next steps will be published on the website.

Please don't stop spreading the word among your colleagues. We need your support like never before!

With best regards, Boycottfotolia.org team.

« Reply #603 on: May 03, 2014, 04:01 »
0
Hello,
We are having a discussion on a Russian forum and I thought I'd come here and ask this question: was any of the contributors here actually notified by FT about the DPC project in January or around that time? I mean, before the petition?
« Last Edit: May 03, 2014, 04:14 by Svetlana »

« Reply #604 on: May 03, 2014, 04:06 »
0
I would say no but I don't remember

stocked

« Reply #605 on: May 03, 2014, 04:17 »
+1
No

« Reply #606 on: May 03, 2014, 04:29 »
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stocked, luissantos84, thank you, so it's as I thought.

« Reply #607 on: May 03, 2014, 04:33 »
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Hello,
We are having a discussion on a Russian forum and I thought I'd come here and ask this question: was any of the contributors here actually notified by FT about the DPC project in January or around that time? I mean, before the petition?

No, i didnt knew anything about dpc till i read it in this forum

« Reply #608 on: May 03, 2014, 04:39 »
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in german FT-Forum, DPC was discovered mid of january ... after long discussion there was a short information from a person of FT called "Anton" (nobody heared something about him before and afterwards)  ... but only about 5 sentences and no newsletter to all of us or something like that ... this was the only "official" statement.

« Reply #609 on: May 03, 2014, 04:51 »
+1
Hello,
We are having a discussion on a Russian forum and I thought I'd come here and ask this question: was any of the contributors here actually notified by FT about the DPC project in January or around that time? I mean, before the petition?
Defintitly no.

« Reply #610 on: May 03, 2014, 04:51 »
0
Hello,
We are having a discussion on a Russian forum and I thought I'd come here and ask this question: was any of the contributors here actually notified by FT about the DPC project in January or around that time? I mean, before the petition?
Definitly no.

« Reply #611 on: May 03, 2014, 05:19 »
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Hi

I've been reading Microstockgroup silently for years.
Didn't know about DPC from any other source than reading this forum.

I opted out my 6000 images (and told many photographer friends to do so) and deleted a couple of hundreds as a protest.

 Thank you for everyone putting an effort in organizing and participating in this.

« Reply #612 on: May 03, 2014, 05:38 »
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Great ... and protest will go on! Since yesterday another 8000 pictures less!!! 27 923 968 ...

« Reply #613 on: May 03, 2014, 05:49 »
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The question came up how can we inform some big contributors with images still on DPC and possibly not knowing about it.

I've found the following sites where in the you can locate their images you can send them private message:

Istock
Mostphotos
Photodune

« Reply #614 on: May 03, 2014, 05:51 »
+6
Dreamstime as well by commenting a picture

H2O

    This user is banned.
« Reply #615 on: May 03, 2014, 06:44 »
+1
The people to contact and inform about what Oleg Tsheltzoff and his DPC site are doing, are the Advertising and Design Agency's, who use the content.

Deleting and Opting out is not enough the people who buy the content should be informed, they are creatives like us, they wont be happy about exploiting other creatives.

The quickest way to inform them, is through the Advertising and Design Press.

This would stop Oleg Tsheltzoff and his DPC site selling the content.

« Reply #616 on: May 03, 2014, 06:51 »
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The people to contact and inform about what Oleg Tsheltzoff and his DPC site are doing, are the Advertising and Design Agency's, who use the content.

Deleting and Opting out is not enough the people who buy the content should be informed, they are creatives like us, they wont be happy about exploiting other creatives.

The quickest way to inform them, is through the Advertising and Design Press.

This would stop Oleg Tsheltzoff and his DPC site selling the content.

There's the risk that this would just bring more buyers to DPC, as it is a pretty good deal for them.

H2O

    This user is banned.
« Reply #617 on: May 03, 2014, 07:10 »
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The people to contact and inform about what Oleg Tsheltzoff and his DPC site are doing, are the Advertising and Design Agency's, who use the content.

Deleting and Opting out is not enough the people who buy the content should be informed, they are creatives like us, they wont be happy about exploiting other creatives.

The quickest way to inform them, is through the Advertising and Design Press.

This would stop Oleg Tsheltzoff and his DPC site selling the content.

There's the risk that this would just bring more buyers to DPC, as it is a pretty good deal for them.

A boycotte by the Major Advertising and Design Agencies would lend a great deal of weight to stopping this exploitation by Oleg Tsheltzoff.

I believe in the spirit of human nature and Dollar Photo Club is just wrong in so many ways, most people who buy in the Agencies would stop buying.

« Reply #618 on: May 03, 2014, 07:11 »
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Im not to active on forums, I just saw this but Im not up to reading trough 25 pages so can someone please tell me in short where to deactivate images from this...

Thanks

« Reply #619 on: May 03, 2014, 07:14 »
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Im not to active on forums, I just saw this but Im not up to reading trough 25 pages so can someone please tell me in short where to deactivate images from this...

Thanks

In Fotolia website: My Account > My Profile > Contributor Parameters > Sell my files on DPC - Modify (Make sure the text now reads "Don't sell my files on DPC) and Save parameters
« Last Edit: May 03, 2014, 07:17 by brisoca »

« Reply #620 on: May 03, 2014, 07:37 »
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I opted-out of DPC (2,836 files) 3 days ago and will suspend uploading for the time being!
« Last Edit: May 03, 2014, 07:42 by Sandralise »

« Reply #621 on: May 03, 2014, 08:50 »
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I opted-out of DPC (2,836 files) 3 days ago and will suspend uploading for the time being!

Thank you Sandra, please let your stock friends know about this issue.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
― Edmund Burke

« Reply #622 on: May 03, 2014, 09:34 »
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The people to contact and inform about what Oleg Tsheltzoff and his DPC site are doing, are the Advertising and Design Agency's, who use the content.

Deleting and Opting out is not enough the people who buy the content should be informed, they are creatives like us, they wont be happy about exploiting other creatives.

The quickest way to inform them, is through the Advertising and Design Press.

This would stop Oleg Tsheltzoff and his DPC site selling the content.

I don't think you'll be able to convince ad agencies to stop buying there. It's a cheap deal for customers, so why should they care about our commissions? You need to inform contributors. Without contributors, there will be no (or less) content, and then customers will stay away as well.

« Reply #623 on: May 03, 2014, 09:38 »
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H2O

    This user is banned.
« Reply #624 on: May 03, 2014, 10:38 »
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The people to contact and inform about what Oleg Tsheltzoff and his DPC site are doing, are the Advertising and Design Agency's, who use the content.

Deleting and Opting out is not enough the people who buy the content should be informed, they are creatives like us, they wont be happy about exploiting other creatives.

The quickest way to inform them, is through the Advertising and Design Press.

This would stop Oleg Tsheltzoff and his DPC site selling the content.

I don't think you'll be able to convince ad agencies to stop buying there. It's a cheap deal for customers, so why should they care about our commissions? You need to inform contributors. Without contributors, there will be no (or less) content, and then customers will stay away as well.
Convincing advertising and design agencies is a good idea because if they stop buying that hits Dollar Photo Club, and if they buy more it hits the contributers who are going to see an increase in 25 cents commissions.

This is a Win Win for US the contributors, as all those who get these low commission are going to start to ask some serious questions and be altered to this problem.

It really needs a big push to publicize this to the Advertising and Design Press to get the message out their - which ever way the agencies jump as a whole it will be a win.

The quicker the better.


 

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