Author Topic: Illustrative getting rejected (Read 5545 times)

homank76 · « **on:** September 22, 2016, 20:49 »

I shoot a lot of illustrative editorial images and recently everything from Istock is getting rejected.

This file includes content that may be subject to trademark or copyright protection. This content is the sole subject of the image and there isn’t a strong enough editorial relevance to accept it unreleased into our Editorial collection.

If you need more information please visit the pages (if any) listed next to the above issue(s).

If you require further explanation regarding this rejection, please contact Scout via Support link: newbielink:http://api.istockphoto.com/contact_ticket.php. [nonactive]

The iStockphoto forums may also contain valuable educational information, however, forum posts regarding specific declined files will be removed at the discretion of the administrator.

Thank you for your continued interest in iStockphoto.com

Sincerely,

The iStockphoto Administration Team.

I've emailed them with no response in the last two weeks. W

What has changed

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2016, 11:04 »

Thanks for the warning. What's changed? IS doesn't know week to week what their own rules are. Reviewers will write that, then you can appeal and Scout will write the same lines. Something about Editorial can't be RF.

Ask on the forum, you'll get one of the mods saying they don't know but legal may have changed that. Then two weeks later, you upload and they pass.

What I mean is nothing there has changed, they don't know and they make it up as the day goes on. Scout will agree with the party line, but next time, you will pass, it's accepted. IS doesn't know, that's why we don't know.

ShadySue · « **Reply #2 on:** October 02, 2016, 19:24 »

It's been discussed on their forum.

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2016, 10:33 »

Quote from: ShadySue on October 02, 2016, 19:24

It's been discussed on their forum.

Thanks that really cleared it up for me.

ShadySue · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2016, 10:46 »

Quote from: YadaYadaYada on October 03, 2016, 10:33

Quote from: ShadySue on October 02, 2016, 19:24
It's been discussed on their forum.

Thanks that really cleared it up for me.

Hold with the sarcasm. You know we're not allowed to quote from there. If you want to, you can check it out; if you can't be bothered, don't whine at me.

Dumc · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2016, 12:03 »

You're not allowed to quote. But you can say it with your own words which isn't quotation, right?

ShadySue · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2016, 12:28 »

Quote from: Dumc on October 03, 2016, 12:03

You're not allowed to quote. But you can say it with your own words which isn't quotation, right?

I said there was information about it and where to look for it.
The logical place to look for info about an agency's policies is on their own forum.
If people can't be bothered, fair enough.
But it's a bit much expecting someone else to go there to actually paraphrase what was said rather than looking yourself.

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2016, 18:49 »

Quote from: ShadySue on October 03, 2016, 12:28

Quote from: Dumc on October 03, 2016, 12:03
You're not allowed to quote. But you can say it with your own words which isn't quotation, right?

I said there was information about it and where to look for it.
The logical place to look for info about an agency's policies is on their own forum.
If people can't be bothered, fair enough.
But it's a bit much expecting someone else to go there to actually paraphrase what was said rather than looking yourself.

Link would work?

ShadySue · « **Reply #8 on:** October 04, 2016, 19:20 »

Quote from: YadaYadaYada on October 04, 2016, 18:49

Quote from: ShadySue on October 03, 2016, 12:28
Quote from: Dumc on October 03, 2016, 12:03
You're not allowed to quote. But you can say it with your own words which isn't quotation, right?

I said there was information about it and where to look for it.
The logical place to look for info about an agency's policies is on their own forum.
If people can't be bothered, fair enough.
But it's a bit much expecting someone else to go there to actually paraphrase what was said rather than looking yourself.

Link would work?

Again, that would necessitate me going over there and finding it, then copying and pasting the link. How would that be better than you/whoever looking it up for your/themselves?

One wants to whine about Getty, do it here and there.
One wants to know about their policies specifically, do it there.

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #9 on:** October 05, 2016, 19:29 »

Here are the topics on the editorial section. Find what, you say it's there, but your helpful answer is, you can't tell us. So why post anything at all if the answer is, I'm not saying?\

This is whats on the editorial only section.

    [ Announcement ] Editorial Only Content on Thinkstock
Lobo
, 11 months ago    1    160    Lobo
Go to last post Go to first unread
11 months ago
Sticky    [ Sticky ] Editorial Use Only Guide, Manual and FAQ
kelvinjay
, about a year ago    2    428    kelvinjay
Go to last post Go to first unread
about a year ago
Sticky    [ Sticky ] Editorial Captions - A Formatting Guide
kelvinjay
, about a year ago    0    127    kelvinjay
Go to last post Go to first unread
about a year ago
Hot Topic (New Posts)    Where are all the celebs? [+1]
mrtom-uk
, 2 days ago

Which year old topic explains it. The one from two days ago says, what's going on. The helpful guide on IS has missing links and broken images.

Does anybody know what is going on? A real answer or a link would be really, really, helpful.

Photobomb · « **Reply #10 on:** October 05, 2016, 20:07 »

https://contributors.gettyimages.com/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=5677#post56709

Hildegarde · « **Reply #11 on:** October 05, 2016, 23:05 »

The forums are not always easy to navigate. I have done searches and found nothing. Was not a matter of not spending time looking. Thankfully several members here we helpful and sent me where I needed to be and / or made constructive suggestions.

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #12 on:** October 06, 2016, 10:28 »

Quote from: PhotoBomb on October 05, 2016, 20:07

https://contributors.gettyimages.com/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=5677#post56709

Thank you I didn't think of looking in critique request and all the editorial subjects were years old.

ShadySue · « **Reply #13 on:** October 07, 2016, 07:08 »

Quote from: YadaYadaYada on October 06, 2016, 10:28

I didn't think of looking in critique request and all the editorial subjects were years old.

1. All posts relating to rejections are moved to the critique forum, if not originally posted there.

2. It's NOT true that 'all the editorial subjects are years old'. The four stickies at the top are from the beginning of the new fourm, but underneath that are newer posts.
2b However, the paucity of posts on the forum as a whole means it's more than easy to keep up to date on ten minutes a week, a bit more if you have to check the different media threads.

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