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Letter to pond5 and quick Poll for contributors
Bart:
Just watched the Town Hall with Pond5. I created quick poll, please take time to complete.
Below is my e-mail to Pond5:
What just happened guys??
An ALL OUT exclusive option or 10% pay cut (that’s 20% less profit on my end)? That’s it?? We know how great ALL EXCLUSIVE programs work, we can hear all the success stories about Stocksy Video? (and no offense to Stocksy and Bruce… their content really is top quality) …The things I agree with, yes people shop around, and they will always. Myself as both a content contributor, and content buyer, I will not pay premium for exclusive content (especially when its 5-15sec stock clip), so whomever goes to ALL EXCLUSIVE at pond5, sorry you might be disappointed, unless pond5 shoves(Favors) exclusive content into buyers faces (which will not be done according to your Town Hall) . Yes, there are clips and moments that we capture that are unique, and I think you should have instead added an option based per clip (not contributor) to make exclusive… that way we could experiment, see the “great results” and be the judge for ourselves. Putting lipstick on a pig is not my cup ...Putting us contributors up against the wall like that is NOT FAIR, and I’m considering going the total opposite of “EXCLUSIVE”.
Respectfully,
Bart Sadowski
davidbautista:
Artist exclusivity is just stupid nowadays.
eyeidea:
Agree with you 100% Bart.
My words to Pond5 ...
My first reaction is that I wish there was an option to begin uploading exclusive content moving forward without having to kill my relationships at other agencies. This would create a more stable transition over time. If the exclusive program is an "on-off" switch and I pull all of my content from other agencies I will lose 75% of my income overnight.
What I would love to do is upload my next batch of videos and make them exclusive to Pond5. And / or the option to delete videos from other agencies and make them exclusive to Pond5. I started as an 'exclusive contributor’ with iStock back in 2006 and it did not go well ultimately, the purchase by Getty changed a lot of things. I would very much like to be part of the Pond5 exclusive program, however I would like to have 100% exclusive content on Pond5 rather than be a wholly exclusive contributor to only one agency.
everest:
And I agree 100% with you. Clear and concise. It is what it is
--- Quote from: eyeidea on March 21, 2019, 12:30 ---Agree with you 100% Bart.
My words to Pond5 ...
My first reaction is that I wish there was an option to begin uploading exclusive content moving forward without having to kill my relationships at other agencies. This would create a more stable transition over time. If the exclusive program is an "on-off" switch and I pull all of my content from other agencies I will lose 75% of my income overnight.
What I would love to do is upload my next batch of videos and make them exclusive to Pond5. And / or the option to delete videos from other agencies and make them exclusive to Pond5. I started as an 'exclusive contributor’ with iStock back in 2006 and it did not go well ultimately, the purchase by Getty changed a lot of things. I would very much like to be part of the Pond5 exclusive program, however I would like to have 100% exclusive content on Pond5 rather than be a wholly exclusive contributor to only one agency.
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tickstock:
It says artist exclusivity some places and video artist exclusivity others. Is this just for video content? I assume it is but they license other types of media as well so just want to make sure I understand it. Time to crunch some numbers but I think pulling my video stuff off SS and iS is probably the right choice.
FWIW I think content exclusivity just won't work, too many people would abuse it by putting similar (almost identical) content on other sites, it would be impossible to police.
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