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donding

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« Reply #725 on: January 16, 2013, 18:23 »
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MP just posted a new blog post :D

http://www.microstockposts.com/photographers-plan-to-remove-images-from-istockphoto/


It's good to see the words finally getting out and hopefully people will read it.


Pinocchio

« Reply #726 on: January 16, 2013, 19:14 »
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I see the news has reached APhotoEditor at http://www.aphotoeditor.com/...

Regards

« Reply #727 on: January 16, 2013, 19:31 »
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How come noone wrote up some basic facts of this deal in wikipedia? : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getty_Images
I would but my English is not quite perfect... any takers?

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #728 on: January 16, 2013, 19:32 »
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sc

« Reply #729 on: January 16, 2013, 19:44 »
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I think any photographers / artists affected by this should file a complaint with the FTC. (I have already done so)

They have an online form to file a complaint.
They won't take on individual cases but if they get enough complaints about one company it might prompt them to look into it.
Both Getty and Google have run afoul of them before so maybe this might do some good.

From their Site:
The Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency, collects complaints about companies, business practices, identity theft, and episodes of violence in the media.

Why: Your complaints can help us detect patterns of wrong-doing, and lead to investigations and prosecutions. The FTC enters all complaints it receives into Consumer Sentinel, a secure online database that is used by thousands of civil and criminal law enforcement authorities worldwide. The FTC does not resolve individual consumer complaints.
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
 

« Reply #730 on: January 16, 2013, 20:23 »
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Hey everyone,

Any suggestions on how to influence people to stop buying from Getty & co? I would like to drive business away from them as much as i can. They are ruining my professional life and driving me out of business. I want to retaliate. Even if by small influence, i want them to have less customers.

There should be a hashtag for this horror.

Exclusive. Full time. But not for long.

« Reply #731 on: January 17, 2013, 01:19 »
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We support contributor fairness and want to help spread the word, we just posted this article on our blog:

Creatives Stunning Revolt Against Big Bad Business
http://graphicleftovers.com/blog/creatives-stunning-revolt-big-bad-business/

Please feel free to comment and share.

Microbius

« Reply #732 on: January 17, 2013, 02:42 »
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Hey everyone,

Any suggestions on how to influence people to stop buying from Getty & co? I would like to drive business away from them as much as i can. They are ruining my professional life and driving me out of business. I want to retaliate. Even if by small influence, i want them to have less customers.

There should be a hashtag for this horror.

Exclusive. Full time. But not for long.
I would start be tweeting and posting to Facebook articles like the one above

Microbius

« Reply #733 on: January 17, 2013, 02:47 »
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Is Speider Schneider an employee at GL? He has written some great blog posts for the site in the past

« Reply #734 on: January 17, 2013, 03:03 »
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This might have been posted somewhere else in this forum, but according to this, Instagram lost 8 million users thanks to the web-rebellion over change of terms!  D-Day, here we come!
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/bad_insta_karma_4ZENrwZVX2byVMQxK045rN

« Reply #735 on: January 17, 2013, 03:15 »
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Is Speider Schneider an employee at GL? He has written some great blog posts for the site in the past

Speider is one of our freelance writers. Here is his bio:

Speider Schneider is a former member of The Usual Gang of Idiots at MAD Magazine and has designed products for Disney/Pixar, Warner Bros., Harley-Davidson, ESPN, Mattel, DC and Marvel Comics, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon among other notable companies. Speider is a former member of the board for the Graphic Artists Guild, co-chair of the GAG Professional Practices Committee and a former board member of the Society of Illustrators. Follow him on Twitter @speider

« Reply #736 on: January 17, 2013, 03:57 »
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Hey everyone,

Any suggestions on how to influence people to stop buying from Getty & co? I would like to drive business away from them as much as i can. They are ruining my professional life and driving me out of business. I want to retaliate. Even if by small influence, i want them to have less customers.

There should be a hashtag for this horror.

Exclusive. Full time. But not for long.
They seem to be doing a good job of driving away buyers themselves.  We can help them out by removing our images and recommending sites like GLStockImages, Pond5 alamy  and Stockfresh that all pay 50% commission or more and have good prices for buyers.

« Reply #737 on: January 17, 2013, 06:51 »
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Hey everyone,

Any suggestions on how to influence people to stop buying from Getty & co? I would like to drive business away from them as much as i can. They are ruining my professional life and driving me out of business. I want to retaliate. Even if by small influence, i want them to have less customers.

There should be a hashtag for this horror.

Exclusive. Full time. But not for long.
I would start be tweeting and posting to Facebook articles like the one above

ok, i did.
Never been an activist so far. Good time to start. How does one initiate a subject hashtag?

I suggest #boycottgetty

« Reply #738 on: January 17, 2013, 06:58 »
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Google is "curating" - looking for more content. Artist beware!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDJzSUtIRl82MXdJTG9LaWpadWtCWEE6MQ#gid=0

Microbius

« Reply #739 on: January 17, 2013, 07:06 »
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ETA deleted due to being too immature, sorry
« Last Edit: January 17, 2013, 07:09 by Microbius »

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #740 on: January 17, 2013, 07:10 »
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Microbius, you beat me to it:

rubyroo

« Reply #741 on: January 17, 2013, 07:13 »
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Oh Godddd... it's even worse when you see that happy invitation.

Can someone stop the world please?  I want to get off.

_____________________________________________________________________
ETA:  I didn't even notice those entries when I looked at it - just saw the invitation.  Not immature Microbius!  If those entries on ShadySue's post are yours then I liked what you did there.
« Last Edit: January 17, 2013, 07:28 by rubyroo »

Microbius

« Reply #742 on: January 17, 2013, 07:20 »
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Microbius, you beat me to it:

You said it in a lot more mature way and with less naughty words!

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #743 on: January 17, 2013, 07:22 »
+1
Oh Godddd... it's even worse when you see that happy invitation.

Can some stop the world please?  I want to get off.

_____________________________________________________________________
ETA:  I didn't even notice those entries when I looked at it - just saw the invitation.  Not immature Microbius!  If those entries on ShadySue's post are yours then I liked what you did there.

These are mine, but as I was posting them, I saw that Microbius had thought of dong the same thing and got in first. Then by the time I'd posted, he had deleted his.  ;D

rubyroo

« Reply #744 on: January 17, 2013, 07:26 »
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Aha!  Well in that case, well done Sue!  Inspired!

Sorry I didn't get to see yours Microbius... you were too fast for me.  You'd have done well in the Wild West with such a fast trigger finger :)

« Reply #745 on: January 17, 2013, 07:34 »
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This is so sickening, do you think we should ask Google for an opt out?  If it takes months to get images off Thinkstock and if we don't want them in the Google drive collection, we should be able to opt out somewhere.  I'd like to see a page like this for copyright holders to pick the images they don't want to be included.

rubyroo

« Reply #746 on: January 17, 2013, 07:39 »
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That's a great idea Sharpshot.  I wonder if they'd oblige?  Who would we ask?

« Reply #747 on: January 17, 2013, 08:00 »
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If we had enough people doing this, we could all "vote" for the same BAD photos.  If we would all suggest our worst photo, then define about 50 (or more) of them of different MSG'ers, then each of us would vote on 10 of them.  I bet Google automates part of this and will add the top 1000 to their collection ...?

« Reply #748 on: January 17, 2013, 08:07 »
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« Reply #749 on: January 17, 2013, 08:34 »
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Google is "curating" - looking for more content. Artist beware!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDJzSUtIRl82MXdJTG9LaWpadWtCWEE6MQ#gid=0


From Sirimo @ iStock forum: ( http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=350613&messageid=6823199  )

That is the orignal link from August last year, it's not a new request.


Check the URL with the link on https://plus.google.com/+GoogleDrive/posts/6p2e3FTeKL4?e=EmbedsDocumentObject that says Want to help us curate a new batch of stock images?


 

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