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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: pkdinkar on March 08, 2012, 22:44

Title: istock account closed please help!
Post by: pkdinkar on March 08, 2012, 22:44
today my istock account is terminated. please help!

my traced file.: http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9882/watersplash5.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9882/watersplash5.jpg)

my source file : http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2926/watersplasha.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2926/watersplasha.jpg)

account closed because my file is similar from this file: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-14649009-splash.php?st=ad7b5b5 (http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-14649009-splash.php?st=ad7b5b5)
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: stormchaser on March 08, 2012, 23:21
Don't know what to tell you other than that you will have to plea your case with istock directly. I've shot thousands of these over the years and while the shots are all distinct, to a novice's eye or to someone who actually has not physically done this type of work, depending on your setup and method, they can all wind up looking the same after awhile. I would say the judgment was made by someone who has not actually done splash work.

As far as the similarity of your image to the image linked on istock, I'm going to say Not Even Close.
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: lagereek on March 09, 2012, 01:22
See, this is the danger with splash and isolation works, although not even close, I would say, someone has complained towards you and got it their own way. Unless your isolations are somewhat original, like RT, for example, its a dodgy business.
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: Microbius on March 09, 2012, 03:13
Very strange, your file is nothing like the one they have said you copied, are you sure that is the reason?
If it is you need to get on the phone with  them.
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: sodafish on March 09, 2012, 03:38
is it a vector you uploaded from a traced photo?
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: Microbius on March 09, 2012, 03:55
I knew I recognized that name/ portfolio!
Here's a thread about this guy on SS:
http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/abt119023.html (http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/abt119023.html)

I found some of his images on DP that I could have sworn have been reported on here before as being made up of other people's images
The city here for example looks very familiar.
http://depositphotos.com/8031171/stock-illustration-world-city--road.html (http://depositphotos.com/8031171/stock-illustration-world-city--road.html)

This thread is just a red herring. Move along and good ridance

ETA here is the image from the SS thread, I have a screen grab if it gets taken down by the thief. http://www.crestock.com/image/4010815-model-stairs.aspx (http://www.crestock.com/image/4010815-model-stairs.aspx)

and here the original it is nicked from: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-39112009/stock-vector-sexy-girl-dancing-disco.html (http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-39112009/stock-vector-sexy-girl-dancing-disco.html)

I suggest if any vector artists have a a minute they google up his portfolio on the micro sites and have a look for their own work
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: pkdinkar on March 09, 2012, 06:00
I knew I recognized that name/ portfolio!
Here's a thread about this guy on SS:
[url]http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/abt119023.html[/url] ([url]http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/abt119023.html[/url])

I found some of his images on DP that I could have sworn have been reported on here before as being made up of other people's images
The city here for example looks very familiar.
[url]http://depositphotos.com/8031171/stock-illustration-world-city--road.html[/url] ([url]http://depositphotos.com/8031171/stock-illustration-world-city--road.html[/url])

This thread is just a red herring. Move along and good ridance

ETA here is the image that the SS thread refereed to, I have a screen grab if it gets taken down by the thief. [url]http://www.crestock.com/image/4010815-model-stairs.aspx[/url] ([url]http://www.crestock.com/image/4010815-model-stairs.aspx[/url])

and here the original it is nicked from: [url]http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-39112009/stock-vector-sexy-girl-dancing-disco.html[/url] ([url]http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-39112009/stock-vector-sexy-girl-dancing-disco.html[/url])

I suggest if any vector artists have a a minute they google up his portfolio on the micro sites and have a look for their own work


Hey microbius

i am submitting images only on istock, shutterstock and vectorstock.
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: Microbius on March 09, 2012, 06:25
Yuh right, okay then, good luck to, and all the other people opening portfolios in your name on other sites with the same images.
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: Microbius on March 09, 2012, 08:25
bye then, just for the record, another one:
Original:
http://yaymicro.com/vector/blank-paper-script-with-old-ink-feather-pen/708150 (http://yaymicro.com/vector/blank-paper-script-with-old-ink-feather-pen/708150)
copy by mr pkdinkar aka Pankaj Kumar
http://depositphotos.com/6026481/stock-illustration-Pen-and-papyrus.html?sqc=12&sqm=675&sq=&seller=pkdinkar&nudity=1&sorting=best_match (http://depositphotos.com/6026481/stock-illustration-Pen-and-papyrus.html?sqc=12&sqm=675&sq=&seller=pkdinkar&nudity=1&sorting=best_match)

Don't think we've heard the last of this guy, looks like he has a history of reopening accounts when he's shut down (that and he seems to have a lot of portfolios with "borrowed" images open as we speak)
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: luissantos84 on March 09, 2012, 08:47
PMSL!!! help?? open another account dude, oh boy
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: archibald1221 on March 09, 2012, 13:26
I have a question: When account in Istock is closed - you don't have possibility to create new account there with the same ID ?
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: princigalli on May 17, 2012, 08:27
I think it's better to talk to them instead of opening multiple accounts
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: Microbius on May 17, 2012, 08:51
Please review the posts in this thread, the OP was actually reuploading other people's work as his own. No doubt by now he has opened another account to continue his nefarious activity under a different name, I don't think speaking to IStock is going to help him.
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: luissantos84 on May 17, 2012, 10:23
Please review the posts in this thread, the OP was actually reuploading other people's work as his own. No doubt by now he has opened another account to continue his nefarious activity under a different name, I don't think speaking to IStock is going to help him.

sweet :D
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: julieanderson on May 20, 2012, 23:51
I've made account at iStockphoto.com but I don't have permission to participate. Please tell me why???
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: CarlssonInc on May 20, 2012, 23:58
I've made account at iStockphoto.com but I don't have permission to participate. Please tell me why???

Think you'll have better luck contact iStock's contributor relations - submit a ticket.
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: nicku on May 21, 2012, 00:21
I've made account at iStockphoto.com but I don't have permission to participate. Please tell me why???

Do you pass the initial 3 pictures review?
Title: Re: istock account closed please help!
Post by: RacePhoto on May 21, 2012, 17:46
I've made account at iStockphoto.com but I don't have permission to participate. Please tell me why???


Do you pass the initial 3 pictures review?


Did you pass the quiz and submit the required Identification?  ;D

http://www.istockphoto.com/sell-stock-photos.php (http://www.istockphoto.com/sell-stock-photos.php)