Author Topic: Copycats (Read 18752 times)

Albert Martin · « **Reply #50 on:** April 23, 2010, 16:30 »

Quote from: epantha on April 23, 2010, 13:12

It is against the rules to download other people's photos and use them in your work.

Yes... If you don't have license which allows that... Some micro agencies have such allowance in their licenses ;-)

[ADDED] I think it is called 'ELECTRONIC ITEMS FOR RESALE' License... Thus as Macrostock dinosaur I really don't understand it...

qwerty · « **Reply #51 on:** April 23, 2010, 17:29 »

Quote from: Albert Martin on April 23, 2010, 16:30

Quote from: epantha on April 23, 2010, 13:12
It is against the rules to download other people's photos and use them in your work.

Yes... If you don't have license which allows that... Some micro agencies have such allowance in their licenses ;-)

[ADDED] I think it is called 'ELECTRONIC ITEMS FOR RESALE' License... Thus as Macrostock dinosaur I really don't understand it...

I don't think that it true, electronic items for resale is for web templates, screen savers and alike.

Otherwise you could buy a few extended licences of the best sellers in microstock and submit them you could easy make a profit with a couple of hundred downloads on Istock. If this was possible people would be doing it. The only option I think that you can do this is buy the copywrite.

ThomasAmby · « **Reply #52 on:** April 23, 2010, 17:40 »

Quote from: qwerty on April 23, 2010, 17:29

Quote from: Albert Martin on April 23, 2010, 16:30
Quote from: epantha on April 23, 2010, 13:12
It is against the rules to download other people's photos and use them in your work.

Yes... If you don't have license which allows that... Some micro agencies have such allowance in their licenses ;-)

[ADDED] I think it is called 'ELECTRONIC ITEMS FOR RESALE' License... Thus as Macrostock dinosaur I really don't understand it...

I don't think that it true, electronic items for resale is for web templates, screen savers and alike.

Otherwise you could buy a few extended licences of the best sellers in microstock and submit them you could easy make a profit with a couple of hundred downloads on Istock. If this was possible people would be doing it. The only option I think that you can do this is buy the copywrite.

Definitely. No license allows this kind of usage on any of the agencies I know, also that would suck.

I've seen some examples of people using the same public domain images for their works, e.g. old illustrations from graphic design books that were made for the purpose. I never acquainted myself for the rules on this though.

lisafx · « **Reply #53 on:** April 23, 2010, 18:00 »

Quote from: click_click on April 23, 2010, 09:11

Lisa I think you misunderstood. X-tera used parts of the original image for their own work. It's like using your hubbie in a pic with another person (and reselling it). That's not right.

Oh, wow. I totally missed that part

. My apologies to Ifongokea.

That's what I get for trying to read a thread on my phone. The screen is so small I must be missing posts when I scroll.

Then it really isn't an issue of copycatting, is it? It's more an issue of outright theft/copyright infringement, right?

click_click · « **Reply #54 on:** April 23, 2010, 18:51 »

Quote from: lisafx on April 23, 2010, 18:00

...Then it really isn't an issue of copycatting, is it? It's more an issue of outright theft/copyright infringement, right?

Yep, pretty hard to spot as well but the OP did a good job finding this stuff.

ifongokea · « **Reply #55 on:** April 25, 2010, 03:37 »

Thanks you all guys for the support.
to Lisafx and Fotografer, you don't have to apologies i think. After all we are in the same boat and it's really not easy for others to notice.
I can spot it just because i spend many hours on this file, and it's my very 1st file approved in microstock .

At Istock his files has gone. i received a 2nd mail from admin, (thanks Mr.Locke ! i think its you.)
Still no respond from others agencies yet.
Will update you all if you still want to know the outcome.

Albert Martin · « **Reply #56 on:** April 25, 2010, 14:25 »

Quote from: ThomasAmby on April 23, 2010, 17:40

Quote from: qwerty on April 23, 2010, 17:29
Quote from: Albert Martin on April 23, 2010, 16:30
Quote from: epantha on April 23, 2010, 13:12
It is against the rules to download other people's photos and use them in your work.

Yes... If you don't have license which allows that... Some micro agencies have such allowance in their licenses ;-)

[ADDED] I think it is called 'ELECTRONIC ITEMS FOR RESALE' License... Thus as Macrostock dinosaur I really don't understand it...

I don't think that it true, electronic items for resale is for web templates, screen savers and alike.

Otherwise you could buy a few extended licences of the best sellers in microstock and submit them you could easy make a profit with a couple of hundred downloads on Istock. If this was possible people would be doing it. The only option I think that you can do this is buy the copywrite.

Definitely. No license allows this kind of usage on any of the agencies I know, also that would suck.

I've seen some examples of people using the same public domain images for their works, e.g. old illustrations from graphic design books that were made for the purpose. I never acquainted myself for the rules on this though.