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Somewhat unrelated but partially motivated by these events, how do you selectively remove photos from IS? I am going to winnow down my files that have not made sales and free them up for other options if they present themselves. Thanks.
On day X we sign a petition and post it on a web site. On day Y we stop uploading. On day Z we start deleting images. One at a time. We contact legal help. We list creative houses in Canada - we draft an email and send it to them. We can do all of the above, and more, independently of course. But the impact is not the same, it's half-baked. Getty is bringing in their own professional photographers. What goes round, comes round. They're going to pay them 20% (proabably).
Quote from: danhowl on September 12, 2010, 10:01Somewhat unrelated but partially motivated by these events, how do you selectively remove photos from IS? I am going to winnow down my files that have not made sales and free them up for other options if they present themselves. Thanks.Bring up your portfolio display. Click on one of the image thumbnails. Toward the bottom of the page, click on Administration. Type something in the text box (I use 'To quote Popeye, "I've had all I can stands and I can't stands no more!"') and click the Deactivate File button. Repeat. I'm deactivating five images a day, starting with the Dollar Bin. It'll take a while, but on the off chance something happens to change my mind, I won't have done too much damage to my port yet.
Quote or did not try hard enoughTrying hard is not easy if you're used to a certain level of income and that plummets when you give up exclusivity.No offence meant but a lot of people posting this sort of comment ( not all, but quite a few) are not big earners with a lot to lose. If you're only selling a few hundred images a year the reality of moving to a non-exclusive deal is very different to being a big seller at IS. An initial drop in income of , lets say 50% to randomly pluck a figure out of the air if you abandon exclusivity at IS, is manageable if you're earning $200 a month and have a full time job and this is pocket money, if you're earning $2000 a week and paying a mortgage and supporting a family, that's a whole different ball game.
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If I was exclusive though, I would definitely be planning an emergency escape plan. You never know when you may have to use it. Being prepared for a disaster is a much better plan than saying it will never happen.
There are alot of other agencies to work with. To begin with Alamy. I make very good $$$$ on there and they give you 60% on each sale. Yes 60%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not some slave wage at 15%. And for big fees. Good people at Alamy. Can't fault them. However classic micro style wont sell too well on there. You got to submit editorial style.
What is the minimum that iStock needs to do, or not do, in order to make everyone content?
I agree with cclapper, although I also agree with some past proposal of doing a coordinated move on a specific day.I was also thinking of a different kind of protest, like uploading protest images: images related with betrayal and insult (a stabbed heart, a slap on the face), etc.
I can't remember if it is Alias or Sentinel, but one of them has been advocating for a couple of years that IS exclusives also save a copy of their images keyworded in the exif for other sites, and to get generic releases on all shoots, just as a precaution in case it's needed.
So what are we all going to do?
Quote from: acv on September 12, 2010, 08:35There are alot of other agencies to work with. To begin with Alamy. I make very good $$$$ on there and they give you 60% on each sale. Yes 60%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not some slave wage at 15%. And for big fees. Good people at Alamy. Can't fault them. However classic micro style wont sell too well on there. You got to submit editorial style. Can I just correct this: yes, you get 60% if you sell directly through Alamy. However, if sales are made via their distributers, the distributer fee comes off your 60%. And while fees can be big, a lot of editorial sales are to education and newspapers, who get bi-i-i-i-g discounts off the published prices, so fees can be lower than an EL at iStock would be for the same use.That said, I've been building my port at Alamy at the expense of my iStock port for some months now. You can't expect big money quickly (but you could get lucky!): even after you get sales it takes weeks or months for the cash to come in to Alamy so that you can get your hands on it.So for the moment, I'll continue with the plan of supplying Alamy (editorial) primarily, and keeping a watching brief on my port at iStock and looking at alternatives as time goes on.
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