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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: unnonimus on January 30, 2020, 17:12

Title: strange istock policy
Post by: unnonimus on January 30, 2020, 17:12

Istock is telling me via email that images that have the same person, doing the same pose, where one is a close up of the face and another is a full body shot is 'too similar', and that a full body vertical shot of a person vs a horizontal torso shot are 'too similar' and have limited  my uploads (to an unreasonably low number).

I have 50,000 photos. they want me to upload a max of 50 per week.

no advance warning.

I am going to lose out on all those 1 cent photo sales.

I am not complaining, I am just notifying the rest of you because they do not warn in advance, they just place the restriction and refuse to resolve it.

Title: Re: strange istock policy
Post by: wds on January 30, 2020, 22:22

Wow!...they are actually restricting your upload rate?

Title: Re: strange istock policy
Post by: The Mighty Jungle on February 13, 2020, 16:03

Someone else received a similar message and restriction. You'll see their detailed message in the thread titled "?Images in a series ... good idea?"

Title: Re: strange istock policy
Post by: Uncle Pete on February 14, 2020, 14:30

Quote from: wds on January 30, 2020, 22:22

Wow!...they are actually restricting your upload rate?

But doubling his pay to 2 cents.  ;D

Title: Re: strange istock policy
Post by: SpaceStockFootage on February 15, 2020, 02:55

There's no law stating that you can't submit similar shots to a stock agency, so you should sue them.