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« on: May 20, 2009, 11:12 »
I am working on the upload section of our site and want to make it easier to submit vector files to the site. Which sites that you work with have the best workflow and upload process for EPS and AI files? What makes the process so easy for you?
I'm the first to admit that I don't think I built the upload system properly for vector files. How can I make my process and workflow for uploading these files better?
At Cutcaster, All vector illustrations (ai or eps) MUST be accompanied by a JPEG preview and compressed in a ZIP archive.
If you could give me any feedback I would greatly appreciate it and will do my best to build it so the upload is simpler and less time consuming.
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« on: May 20, 2009, 11:07 »
Just shoot me an email and I can send you some instructions and take a look at the problem for you. Looks like you are doing it ok.
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« on: May 19, 2009, 21:21 »
It's both really. At least for us at Cutcaster. You need to figure out a lot of the metrics to determine what the costs are surrounding the acquisition of a new buyer and once you figure that out you can determine if it makes sense and you want to spend your money to scale that part of your business to get more buyers. it could include pay per click advertising, print advertising, direct sales calls or finding distribution through biz dev partnerships. All cost different amounts but determining the return on each investment is what i think will seperate the winners from the losers. That is a bit of stream of conciousness so hope it helps. I can write in more detail later if you want.
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« on: May 19, 2009, 21:08 »
pond5 is a good one and the founder Tom Bennett is a stand up, smart guy. I hear they are getting sales too.
Also you can check out ThoughtEquity. Just google them. I am not affiliated with either of them.
Revostock is also another one.
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« on: May 15, 2009, 21:48 »
what do you think would be an easier way to lay it out? should i just have 100 images per page and have you scroll up and down that page or is there an easier way?
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« on: May 14, 2009, 10:03 »
yeah that was me henrik. we have been going through and just trying to clean up some of the older files that were uploaded that we found aren't what our buyers are looking for. you have got a ton of great shots in there but there were a few that were redundant. no hard feelings at all. i probably removed about 300 images that needed to get taken down. if you feel that any of them should have not been removed definitely email me and let me know or reupload them.
i'm just trying to do a little spring cleaning as our traffic grows. thanks for understanding and let me know your thoughts on if i can do it better or removed a file that shouldnt have been removed.
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« on: May 14, 2009, 02:00 »
here is a copy of the email that i got back from ic3.gov when i filed it. i will let you know what happens with it and we can use it as a test to see if we can deter or, long shot, prosecute them. Thank you for filing a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Your complaint has been successfully submitted. Please retain the following information for future contacts with the IC3: Complaint Id: I0905132052001691 The IC3's mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 aims to give the victims of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism. Complaint Status The IC3 receives thousands of complaints each month and does not have the resources to respond to inquiries regarding the status of complaints. It is the IC3's intention to review all complaints and refer them to law enforcement and regulatory agencies having jurisdiction. Ultimately, investigation and prosecution are at the discretion of the receiving agencies. Evidence It is important that you maintain any evidence you may have relating to your complaint. Evidence may include canceled checks, credit card receipts, phone bills, mailing envelopes, mail receipts, a printed copy of a website, copies of emails, or similar items. Please keep the items in a safe location, in case you are requested to provide them for investigative purposes. Additionally, to learn more about Internet schemes and ways to protect yourself, please visit www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com.
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« on: May 13, 2009, 19:55 »
i just filed a complaint with www.ic3.gov which helps to solve these crimes. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). IC3's mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, local and international level, IC3 provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet related crimes. If you guys see more of this rampant stealing and copyright issues please report it to this service. Anyone else know of any other government services you can use to stop these thieves. Its a huge pain in the butt.
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« on: May 11, 2009, 11:08 »
yeah this is really a pain in the ass (excuse my french) for everyone involved and ends up costing a lot of money to the photog (lost revenue), the agency (having to police it and paying chargebacks or refunds) and the buyer (legal issues).
what can istock do to prevent anyones images from being stolen and then reuploaded to other sites like ours? Did anyone get a response from them? And if I can give another agency the IP address of a thief would they be able to track down that thief on their site and stop them?
I like that digimarc product but it does look expensive. I will try to talk to them to see if there is something they can do through Cutcaster.
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« on: May 08, 2009, 16:24 »
you mean like a form of digital rights management DRM. we embed info into the IPTC data so a buyer knows where they purchased it from but someone who steals it normally strips out the IPTC. If they are really dumb or lazy they leave it in there. what do you think we, as agencies, can do to better protect you as a seller and then on the other hand a buyer who purchases stolen content from a site that doesnt have authorization to sell it from the copyright holder.
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« on: May 08, 2009, 16:09 »
WOW. These scammer guys piss me off more than anything and waste my time. We just had a guy from Vietnam (sorry if you are from there but I am sorry to say they have a problem with people from there using stolen credit cards or not nice things, not everyone is like that, only a few bad apples) try to upload stolen/copyrighted content to Cutcaster that he obviously either bought with a fake credit card or ripped off of istock. Istock needs to look into this person who purchased that image (use the IP address I provided below to track it if you can) and do something about catching him. I will do whatever I can to help stop this guy. I did a search for him by the username he chose at CC using google and found that he was selling on ImageCatalogue. IC has no idea that he is a fraud and they arent his images and is probably selling these images for the scammer. http://www.imagecatalog.com/photographer_profile.php?pID=1930And then we checked TinEye and saw that the photos he said were his on IC were actually an istock exclusive member AND an istock admin ( http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=71254) so this scammer stole them from istock it looks like. http://www.imagecatalog.com/image_details.php?iID=96456&icsid=255e27b2353c1faad2fce4b089d3948ahttp://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-380844-earth-in-a-box.phphttp://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-7185445-environmental-conservation.phpI'm trying to write to both ImageCatalogue and iStock to alert them to this thief. It looks like they could be targeting istock exclusives because their images wont be on other sites or have the potential to be recognized as much and will most likely sell better. Any other ideas? We checked two of the images and they were both from istock exclusives. Here is some info on the guy who tried to upload it to our site. Name : Nguyen The Dinh : [email protected]IP ADRESS : 123.18.232.113 This is absolutely a nightmare. I am so pissed about this because it is wasting my time, money and stealing peoples money. WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS? What can istock do to protect you guys as photographers and me as an agency that is getting stolen content uploaded to my site that came from istock in the first place?
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« on: May 08, 2009, 12:28 »
milinz. you are definitely correct and that is something that we are looking at and will be experimenting with as well. this is just a start so we can see how buyers are purchasing the ELs at Cutcaster. Let me know what other feedback you guys have. thanks a ton.
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« on: May 07, 2009, 16:39 »
What do you think of CC's extended licensing policy? It is not live yet and I am taking any and all criticism so lets hear it. I can not please everyone but I will do my absolute best to explain myself and change the extended licensing options based on your feedback and buyers feedback. I am weighing two sides here. The sellers and the buyers so I need to hear from both to get a fair middle ground. A lot of what is written in our policy was dictated by users feedback at the Cutcaster forums, our competitors and buyers that I spoke with who complained about not wanting to use MS sites because they didn't feel comfortable with the rights that were granted and just chose to ignore those sites. I want this to be as transparent a process as possible so that is why I am asking you first and putting myself out here. http://www.cutcaster.com/info/Extended-Licensing-at-CutSpeak now or forever hold your peace ;-) (or at least for the first release of ELs)
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« on: May 07, 2009, 15:09 »
hahahahahaha scarrrryyyyyy
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« on: May 07, 2009, 14:42 »
yeah i missed this little discussion. i have been out calling new buyers and telling them about Cutcaster so i can sell more images ;-) so far so good but it is a long and hard fight and i am just starting.
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« on: May 07, 2009, 11:42 »
hahahahaha
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« on: May 07, 2009, 11:33 »
definitely contact the site. That is almost 100$ a case of fraud and that person is probably taking your images and uploading them as their own on other stock sites. That is what one of the schemes is. Scammer A refers himself as a buyer and we can call him Scammer B. Scammer B uses a fake CC to buy your image so the scammer gets two things for the price of nothing. Scammer A gets the referral fee and Scammer B gets the digital download which they probably upload to other sites or add to CDs which they try to sell. BE VERY WARY and ask the site what they do to protect against that problem. These scammers use a real credit card with all the correct details (you can buy stolen credit card info on the internet).
You are doing more to hurt the value of your images by not reporting the suspicious activity to the agency bc they can work to deter, prevent or prosecute the image and credit card theif. hope that helps from the perspective of a site owner.
They download the same file more than once bc they are probably doing something with their referral program and gaming the system. BE CAREFUL
Also it would be great if DT made public any of the information of the Scammer so we can have a Wall of Shame of sorts and sort out these bad apples so it doesnt depress prices more in our industry
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« on: May 07, 2009, 11:25 »
SOLD....Cutcaster to all of you ;-) hahahahaha justttt kiddinggggg...
This is a great development and I have been saying for a long time that there is power in numbers and don't accept that things can't change. You guys control the content and that is power. Form a group of like-minded photographers that will act as one and that is even more power. I also said I am NOTHING without your content and that is why I have always asked for your contributing support and patience. I need more variety of content at Cutcaster so we can compete with the big boys and keep prices up. I am always open to new ideas and reading this is really great feedback for what we can focus and improve upon at Cutcaster.
If Cutcaster can be a source of positive change then I hope to be one of the leaders.
And now I am off to make more sales calls. Letssss goooo buyersssssss.
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« on: May 01, 2009, 17:01 »
That is a re-post from the TechCrunch article but thanks for sharing and I like the name. Kinda funny.
Thanks for the love stormchaser ;-) Looks like someone got their undies tied up in a bunch over there. Hope you find a good storm to chase this weekend to cool yourself off.
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« on: May 01, 2009, 12:13 »
these are great images to upload "Hispanic kids (none posed), at the playground, at a school ball game, teens on cell phones, teens text messaging, kids portraits, kids playing instruments," so thank you. Those ones might not have hit at the time but they will over time if you are selling them on other sites. We are definitely making sales of these types of images and people are asking for them so that is why i am asking for more. I understand your criticism and take it very seriously but hang in there. I'm not going anywhere but my desk to make sales calls for you.
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« on: April 30, 2009, 17:23 »
I would greatly appreciate any help in finding images and vectors that meet these requests. I have been speaking with mostly publishers, advertisers and graphic designers and this is information that I have picked up that I hope will help you know what to shoot in the future when you are planning and upload to Cutcaster if you choose to work with us. One of the biggest requests that I am hearing (and I am sure most of you have heard this before but it is more true than ever) is that buyers want non-posed, non stockish type shots of "everyday" or "ethnic/minority" looking people doing everyday things i.e. shopping, at home, at school, walking etc. This is coming especially from publishers and advertisers. You are going to need model releases for these shots as well in most cases. We are really making a push at Cutcaster for ethnic and minority related people shots so if you have any please upload them. Thanks again and let me know if you have any questions. http://www.cutcaster.com/info/contents
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« on: April 23, 2009, 21:59 »
is that when you are logged in or logged out when you come to the page. what is it like when you are not logged into the site when you go the www.cutcaster.com site. thanks
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« on: April 23, 2009, 20:32 »
check out the page load now for the homepage. should be a ton faster now.
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« on: April 23, 2009, 14:07 »
ill let you know stockastic. so far ec2 at amazon has been good. that is their computing cloud.
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