Does anyone have any idea why Getty sent me $0.55 today? What is that for?

Ah, another e-mail arrived.
Pictoright Collective Licensing Payback 2023 H2
What is that?

Oh just can't wait, maybe I got 55� for AI licensing? Or a partner site? Tell me if you find out.

https://pictoright.nl/en/

Quote from: Wilm on January 23, 2024, 10:43

Ah, another e-mail arrived.
Pictoright Collective Licensing Payback 2023 H2
What is that?

Oh just can't wait, maybe I got 55� for AI licensing? Or a partner site? Tell me if you find out.

https://pictoright.nl/en/

From their website:

Pictoright is the copyright organization for visual creators in the Netherlands: illustrators, visual artists, graphic designers, photographers, architects and other image creators (or their heirs). These visual creators can join Pictoright free of charge to claim the collective fees to which they are entitled. In addition, they can commission Pictoright to protect their copyright and collect royalties for the use of their work.

Pictoright is a non-profit foundation designated by the government to collect and distribute collective rights. Pictoright also exploits individual copyrights, offers legal assistance, acts as an inquiry point and is committed to improving the legal standing of image creators.

Pictoright represents the interests of visual authors by exercising, promoting and protecting copyrights. We do this by:

distributing collective remuneration to all visual authors who are entitled to it;
exploiting the individual copyrights of affiliated visual authors;
acting legally on behalf of affiliated visual authors;
informing creators and users by means of talks and publications;
supporting organizations or activities that strengthen the social and cultural position of visual authors.
The exercise and enforcement of copyright is essential for visual creators. Pictoright supports visual authors in this regard. It strives for maximum compensation for visual creators and for an optimal distribution of this compensation among as many copyright holders as possible.

As an authoritative copyright representative, Pictoright is transparent, flexible, involved, service-driven and focused on the market. All income and expenses are fully accounted for. Pictoright is supervised in this by the government ( College van Toezicht Auteursrechten, CvTA). The Board, management and staff feel responsible for the entire organization and for the copyright interests of all visual creators.

Pictoright is the copyright organization for visual creators; There are similar organizations for writers and writing journalists (Lira), composers (Buma Stemra) and publishers (Pro). Pictoright frequently acts in cooperation with these organizations to represent the interests of all copyright holders in the Netherlands. We also reach agreements on how to distribute the remuneration. We act in line with the requirements set by the CBO Quality Mark.

Pictoright has also made arrangements with equivalent organizations abroad so that the copyright of visual creators is maintained across borders. Anyone who joins us for for the full copyright management is assured of copyright income and protection in more than thirty countries, including England, Germany, France, Belgium and the US.


I don't know how to interpret this, but it seems that Getty managed to get a flat fee from the Dutch copyright organization for the use of their images, and distributed a commission to the contributors. If that would be the case, it would be weird, because Getty provides licenses, so no need to pay twice. On the other hand, they maybe used the argumentation that there's a lot of fraud and misuse, and therefore received a flat fee compensation. I don't know.

January statements are available (or at least I just noticed them)

2nd best month ever, making my January little bit less gloomy (shutterstock was atrocious).

I've made a bit more money on AS, but this month pulled the trigger and closed my contributor account with Ai
. I will focus on agencies that support FTP uploads.

Not a great month but better than last month and a 9% increase on January 2023, but that's with a comparatively lot more content uploads over the past year. RPD for combined photos and videos was 1.998989898989....