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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: TG1112 on March 11, 2017, 05:30

Title: Give up Istock?
Post by: TG1112 on March 11, 2017, 05:30

Thinking about why I should continue to sell editorial images via iStock. One rejection of a recently in the new system uploaded editorial image showing a company name with logo  printed on an object associated with it makes me confused. This image has been approved in several other agencies as editorial and sold.

The rejection message:
"Unreleased Copyright
This file includes, as the main focus, content that may be subject to copyright protection. We regret that it cannot be licensed unreleased in our Editorial collection."

Title: Re: Give up Istock?
Post by: kevinbrine on March 11, 2017, 07:38

I understand your frustration as they're extremely fussy with editorial content. I guess you'll have to decide if they're worth the effort. This, among all the other shenanigans is why I'm waiting for account closure.

Title: Re: Give up Istock?
Post by: Justanotherphotographer on March 11, 2017, 07:51

I would definitely at least suspend uploads to istock and wait a few months to see what the new payment structure does to rpd. Although with a already one of the lowest rpds and sales for 1c or a fraction of a cent I am not sure what change it will take for someone to stop uploading if they haven't already.

Title: Re: Give up Istock?
Post by: dpimborough on March 11, 2017, 10:08

Just stop beating yourself with the idiot stick and give up uploading to iS full stop  ;D

Title: Re: Give up Istock?
Post by: TG1112 on March 11, 2017, 16:54

Thanks!


It seems a good idea to wait and see how it develops in the future. The more I study iStock the more remarkable seems that from a supplier's perspective.

No idea to spend time trying to figure out the hard way to find out what is accepted. Too bad you can not erase images with less than opening a case.

Title: Re: Give up Istock?
Post by: dpimborough on March 11, 2017, 17:54

Quote from: TG1112 on March 11, 2017, 16:54

Thanks!


It seems a good idea to wait and see how it develops in the future. The more I study iStock the more remarkable seems that from a supplier's perspective.

No idea to spend time trying to figure out the hard way to find out what is accepted. Too bad you can not erase images with less than opening a case.

Oh iStock's reasoning was quite deliberate first they removed our ability to delete our images so that when they shat on us from a great height with their new krappy royalties we were not able to respond.

They learned what happened when Fotolia tried to krap on contributors with Dollar Photo Club