I was very disappointed to discover that a large number (over 200) of my video collection has been duplicated and re-uploaded to Shutterstock, Pond5 and AdobeStock (and probably other stock sites but I haven't checked).
The account goes by the name CreativeVideoIdeas in various forms and there are a lot of videos on this account that are not mine, I have reached out to one other contributor who I could track down but it will no doubt have other contributors videos as well.

On pond5 the account was set up in 2020 and is set to Exclusive even though my content is already on there, so I guess it goes to show they really do not monitor their exclusive upload process if the same content can be uploaded even when it already exist in the database.
https://www.pond5.com/artist/creativeideas
How Shutterstock does not pick it up is surprising as I get rejections for 'similar' content of my own within a batch so to approve the same content goes to show their image recognition software is crap.
https://www.shutterstock.com/g/CreativeVideoIdeas/video

I have reached out to BlackBox about my stolen videos. I know that their videos are from many contributors and I don't want to get their account suspended without them at least taking some steps to remove it, but as yet I can not get a reply from them, so I might in the coming days make a copyright claim against them as well.

Is this kind of thing becoming commonplace with cheap subscription plans allowing anyone to download 1000s of clips for nothing?

Anyway check that clowns account to see if your videos are on it.

You lost me slightly on this part... how is BlackBox involved?

Blackbox also had stolen clips of mine that I came across when doing a search, but they have now removed the offending member and sent me an email to confirm they have done so.

Quote from: Rick_jo on May 01, 2023, 18:10

Is this kind of thing becoming commonplace with cheap subscription plans allowing anyone to download 1000s of clips for nothing?

1. BlackBox - evil
2. I have been loading on subscription stocks for many years, I am satisfied. Yes, maybe someone steals my video and places it on stocks, but I think that this does not bring me significant losses. In any case, I do not waste time looking for my work in the portfolios of others.

Evil?! They take a fee for Paypal transfers, they could be classed as expensive for what you get (and that's before you get others involved for keywording and editing), you lose a lot that you'd get doing it yourself (which might not be worth it for some) like analytics, knowing who has accepted your work, if and why your work has been rejected etc etc, and their Facebook group is just weird... mainly due to the (somewhat) 'enforced' positivity and censoring/avoidance of criticism. But evil?! No, they're not evil... they're a not exactly groundbreaking service which is useful to some and not to others.

Quote from: stoker2014 on May 02, 2023, 01:59

Quote from: Rick_jo on May 01, 2023, 18:10

Is this kind of thing becoming commonplace with cheap subscription plans allowing anyone to download 1000s of clips for nothing?

1. BlackBox - evil
2. I have been loading on subscription stocks for many years, I am satisfied. Yes, maybe someone steals my video and places it on stocks, but I think that this does not bring me significant losses. In any case, I do not waste time looking for my work in the portfolios of others.

Evil?! They take a fee for Paypal transfers, they could be classed as expensive for what you get (and that's before you get others involved for keywording and editing), you lose a lot that you'd get doing it yourself (which might not be worth it for some) like analytics, knowing who has accepted your work, if and why your work has been rejected etc etc, and their Facebook group is just weird... mainly due to the (somewhat) 'enforced' positivity and censoring/avoidance of criticism. But evil?! No, they're not evil... they're a not exactly groundbreaking service which is useful to some and not to others.

If people are stealing videos through this service, then the service is evil.

Quote from: SpaceStockFootage on May 02, 2023, 02:54

Quote from: stoker2014 on May 02, 2023, 01:59

Quote from: Rick_jo on May 01, 2023, 18:10

Is this kind of thing becoming commonplace with cheap subscription plans allowing anyone to download 1000s of clips for nothing?

1. BlackBox - evil
2. I have been loading on subscription stocks for many years, I am satisfied. Yes, maybe someone steals my video and places it on stocks, but I think that this does not bring me significant losses. In any case, I do not waste time looking for my work in the portfolios of others.

Evil?! They take a fee for Paypal transfers, they could be classed as expensive for what you get (and that's before you get others involved for keywording and editing), you lose a lot that you'd get doing it yourself (which might not be worth it for some) like analytics, knowing who has accepted your work, if and why your work has been rejected etc etc, and their Facebook group is just weird... mainly due to the (somewhat) 'enforced' positivity and censoring/avoidance of criticism. But evil?! No, they're not evil... they're a not exactly groundbreaking service which is useful to some and not to others.

If people are stealing videos through this service, then the service is evil.

Nobody is stealing content through Blackbox... they're buying content through other sites (most likely Elements, Motion Array or Storyblocks) and then uploading them to Blackbox as their own. So they're not stealing from BlackBox, and they're not stealing from Elements, Motion Array or Storyblocks (although it could be classed as fraud I guess) but they are breaching copyright laws and conducting intellectual property theft. In this instance, the 'service' is the concept of stock footage and copyright.

Someone must report this �vietnam� guy. Wow holy **** how many videos and animations from another contributors  :/

It appears that someone did. SS is now 404 on that portfolio. P5 states that this artist is no longer on P5