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1226
« on: May 23, 2014, 04:05 »
I think it's a click-view payment rather than a download of some kind.
Well, that's obviously a fabulous revenue stream that I've been overlooking, then!
1227
« on: May 23, 2014, 04:01 »
YAY! I've hit the big time! I've got a Getty Connect sale!
1c
Yes, that's right, $0.01. For April 1. It must be an April Fool's joke.
Only ..... this is Getty, isn't it, so it won't be a joke.
1c.... seriously? What on earth is that for?
1228
« on: May 22, 2014, 14:25 »
And here is fresh answer from DP:
"It is a copyright violation. To post our images with our watermarks on is prohibited by our license agreement. Feel free to contact the person who posted your file on Pinterest. We will do our best to remove it from public access."
That doesn't make sense, since there is no "license agreement" between DP and whoever "pinned" the stuff.
1229
« on: May 22, 2014, 14:13 »
I rather think you are jumping to conclusions when you have very little evidence indeed. TS must have a very considerable turnover to deliver the returns that it has been doing. Perhaps they have just decided not to push it on Getty because they've found it is counterproductive to push GI customers over there. Their marketing logic has been very mysterious for a long time.
1230
« on: May 22, 2014, 11:53 »
We need a publicist. Someone to send out press releases to techcrunch and the nytimes (?) "Artists Revolt". There is a story here. (And a backstory with Istock Dday) They just need to know that they want it!
Well, I can write a press release, and we can pay to distribute it. I've never used a service like this before, though, so not sure how effective it is. PR firms pay for placement, I believe.
http://lp.prweb.com
I think you would do better selecting target publications and submitting a release directly to the appropriate desk or individual. Unfortunately places where Fotolia advertises may not show much interest, though a neutral-sounding article might slip through.
1231
« on: May 22, 2014, 10:54 »
FT isnt stupid, they are tricky 
I'm inclined to think that agencies that try to be tricky are stupid, since it destroys trust - and the microstock industry is built on trust.
1232
« on: May 21, 2014, 12:32 »
Forgive me for being dumb, but what is this "extended license"? What is it extended to? What do customers get without "extending" it? Seems to me that the EL is being presented as a magic formula to win people back with no substance to it.
1234
« on: May 21, 2014, 08:10 »
The first quoted figure I seem able to find in this thread is for about six MILLION more images than this, which means that almost a quarter of the collection has been pulled out, maybe more than a quarter given that they have been adding new approvals at the same time images are being taken down. That's a huge achievement and shows how strongly the creative community rejects this scheme, particularly as there must still be a large number of contributors who are still unaware of it - along with those who have abandoned small portfolios that just sit there, and there will be a lot of those. Given that at least 80% of earnings is reckoned to come from the top 20% of the files, the disappearance of 25% of the work of the most active contributors has got to be a huge blow to this project. Latest changes in the number of images on DPC (Moscow time) (the current number is on top of the list):
Date and time Images on DPC Change
21-05-2014 16:08:59 21,708,365 -1,097
21-05-2014 14:08:56 21,709,462 167
21-05-2014 13:08:56 21,709,295 113
21-05-2014 12:08:54 21,709,182 -243
21-05-2014 11:08:58 21,709,425 -1,477
21-05-2014 10:08:54 21,710,902 -97
21-05-2014 09:08:59 21,710,999 -3,550
21-05-2014 07:08:53 21,714,549 -67
21-05-2014 06:08:59 21,714,616 -3,074
21-05-2014 05:08:53 21,717,690 -23
21-05-2014 04:08:55 21,717,713 23
21-05-2014 03:08:56 21,717,690 281
21-05-2014 01:08:57 21,717,409 -633
21-05-2014 00:09:00 21,718,042 -133
20-05-2014 22:08:59 21,718,175 171
20-05-2014 20:08:57 21,718,004 -16
20-05-2014 19:08:54 21,718,020 197
20-05-2014 18:08:57 21,717,823 -102
20-05-2014 16:08:53 21,717,925 -534
20-05-2014 15:08:58 21,718,459 -15
20-05-2014 13:08:57 21,718,474 -984
The numbers are falling, but it's still nothing compared to the 21 million they're left.
1235
« on: May 21, 2014, 06:50 »
Sorry, what's the "daily rip-off" of contributors?
1236
« on: May 21, 2014, 03:21 »
It's gone for me - are you guys reading it from the cache?
1237
« on: May 21, 2014, 01:27 »
If they can't handle the volume they should get another server.
I'm pretty sure that if it was that simple they would have done it. I guess all these old sites are the equivalent of building extensions in Cairo, where a structure built to hold maybe a million photos has ramshackle bits piled on top of it to accommodate a library of a size that was unimaginable a decade ago (and we know what eventually happens to buildings like that).
1238
« on: May 20, 2014, 15:52 »
I have sales for all days but they were mostly reported next day. Sales for 19th are low side of normal. Sales in general at dreamstime have not been good this month but not bad enough that I blamed reporting issues. You may be right but if so how would we know?
The only way to get a good idea of it is if a lot of people say how their sales were over this period. So far it looks as is my lack of sales was a coincidence. If a lot of people had blanks on those days then there would be something to look into.
1239
« on: May 20, 2014, 14:42 »
My sales dried up a couple of days ago, with very late reporting of some sales on the 17th coming in (late on the 18th). I checked the site's forum and - sure enough - they were having serious delays and were having to do something to get the site back up to date. It could take a couple of days for the server to pull everything back. Ok, fair enough, I thought, the sales from the 18th and 19th should turn up eventually.
Now I've just got a sale reported for the 20th but nothing from the 18th and 19th. The last time there was a problem with sales reporting there was no way my earnings could possibly have been what was recorded, based on the value of sales I had showing in the list.
It seems very likely to me that DT is losing data during these periodic problems.
Are others seeing odd reporting - or no sales reported - for the 18th and 19th?
1240
« on: May 20, 2014, 07:43 »
I'll whisper this bit to avoid upsetting things ....
they've got it working again
1241
« on: May 20, 2014, 04:57 »
Now the navigation bar with the earnings total showing on it has vanished. Don't panic, though, if you go to http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php you can still see your earnings in the "financials" tab. That's assuming it is still possible to log-in, of course.
1242
« on: May 19, 2014, 06:23 »
Yeah, I wasn't being serious. It can't possibly go from hundreds to just three in an instant. Well, not unless the naughty internetty monster has been at work in the computer room again.
1243
« on: May 19, 2014, 03:35 »
Well, it's five days since I started this thread and I still only have the three. I hope that doesn't mean the PP is over 
1244
« on: May 18, 2014, 13:26 »
Why you need a lawyer? A crime must be pursued in most western countries by the state. It is sufficient a complaint with the police. It should be examined whether the unsolicited disclosure of material to the DPC is a crime or not.
That depends on if it is a violation of contract which is a civil offence where you claim financial compensation, or a breach of the law which is criminal where you complain to the police and the State takes over the case.
1245
« on: May 18, 2014, 11:10 »
Ember Mike, you might be right - there's a very good chance that you are. But, then again, there's a chance that you're wrong, too.
The only way we can be sure of having lost is by giving up.
Yesterday, in the Italian tennis, Andy Murray thrashed Rafael Nadal in the first set. It was obvious that Nadal was losing - but then the Spaniard won the next two sets. If only he'd given up after the first set, then our boy would have won!
1246
« on: May 18, 2014, 05:38 »
It's an interesting poll - it's good to see how often people get sales, it gives some idea of how effective it has been up to now.
One problem is that the "percentages" are meaningless because they are calculated across a range of different topics. You need to read the number of votes for each section and recalculate percentages just for those votes.
1247
« on: May 18, 2014, 05:22 »
We need money and a good lawyer. I still dont understand that non of the agencies have ever been sued for all the malpractice we have seen over the years. I think it takes one good court case to hang one of these agencies to stop the rest from exploiting us once and for all.
I think the necessary funds could be raised through crowdsourcing. If each of us contributed a small amount, the total amount might be more than enough to hire a lawyer.
That was tried once. It involved someone (not me!) in a lot of work getting people to pool some funds contacting lawyers, getting initial advice, moving on to getting more advice from a specialist in the field. It's a slow and uncertain (and expensive) process. In the end it faded out, I think that was because even the few who put money up front started to flake off so the amount of extra needed from those remaining in order to take it through the courts just went up and up. Also, at the court stage people need to put their names forward - and who wants to be branded as a legal problem for the agencies? I'm pretty sure the fact that people earn maybe a few hundred dollars a month from stock makes them reluctant to commit thousands to launching a test case. If you crowdsource the cash then you need to have a lot of faith in the person all the money is being sent to.
1248
« on: May 17, 2014, 01:34 »
At a constant aperture, increasing the ISO from 100 to 400 will only halve the exposure time, not quarter it as you suggest above.
I don't think you were fully awake when you wrote that, Gostwyck.
1249
« on: May 16, 2014, 15:58 »
Whatever dude. Enjoy that heart attack your working yourself up into. 
That sounds quite personal, too. Let's just focus on the DPC and ways of resisting it.
1250
« on: May 16, 2014, 04:22 »
"Many little acorns grow"
Spanish have a similar proverb that I like a lot for the assonance: Muchos pocos hacen un mucho (Many littles make a big one)
In France they say: Les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivires (Little streams make big rivers)
Or "Mony a mickle maks a muckle" from Scotland.
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