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Title: Thieving Freepik now offers to buy my vectors
Post by: Shelma1 on September 29, 2016, 06:01
So, after stealing who knows how many of my vectors and giving them away for free for years, Freepik now has the unmitigated gall to email me and offer to buy my vectors.

They mumbled something about compensation back when i caught them and got SS to tell them to remove my images, but not a penny has been forthcoming.

These people are scum, folks. I'll continue to remind everyone.

Scum.
Title: Re: Thieving Freepik now offers to buy my vectors
Post by: CrFx on September 29, 2016, 06:21
Quote from: Shelma1 on September 29, 2016, 06:01
So, after stealing who knows how many of my vectors and giving them away for free for years, Freepik now has the unmitigated gall to email me and offer to buy my vectors.

They mumbled something about compenation back when i caught them and got SS to tell them to remove my images, but not a penny has been forthcoming.

These people are scum, folks. I'll continue to remind everyone.

Scum.

are they ready to buy copyrights? offer them $1k per image and sell the rights
Title: Re: Thieving Freepik now offers to buy my vectors
Post by: noodle on September 29, 2016, 20:06
Why would they pay $ when they can just steal it again?
They suffer no penalty or consequences for doing so.
Title: Re: Thieving Freepik now offers to buy my vectors
Post by: Shelma1 on September 29, 2016, 20:21
I don't know. They seem to want to appear aboveboard. Perhaps they got worried when Shutterstock got in touch...though they're still affiliates, which really angers me.
Title: Re: Thieving Freepik now offers to buy my vectors
Post by: noodle on September 30, 2016, 05:08
They are all rats, even ss for for being complacent
Title: Re: Thieving Freepik now offers to buy my vectors
Post by: gugun teguh on October 11, 2016, 11:15
hello,

after read shelma's thread about freepik, i decided to join this forum (to say my experience join as contributor in there), im new in here, and im sorry for my bad english.

And yeah, i have bad experience in there. they didnt pay me. i have about $95, maybe its just a penny to you, but for me, in my country, it can pay rents for 2 months.

i regret join freepik, and warn you not join them.
or am i wrong? or did i miss something?
Title: Re: Thieving Freepik now offers to buy my vectors
Post by: Noedelhap on October 11, 2016, 11:52
Quote from: gugun teguh on October 11, 2016, 11:15
hello,

after read shelma's thread about freepik, i decided to join this forum (to say my experience join as contributor in there), im new in here, and im sorry for my bad english.

And yeah, i have bad experience in there. they didnt pay me. i have about $95, maybe its just a penny to you, but for me, in my country, it can pay rents for 2 months.

i regret join freepik, and warn you not join them.
or am i wrong? or did i miss something?

$95 for two months of rent? Nice.

In my country I pay $1200 for two months of rent. And that's cheap for our rent standards.