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« on: March 11, 2014, 08:54 »
A while back I would have been as happy as a fishmonger's cat over this announcement - an invitation to submit direct for Getty - thus avoiding all the kerfuffle of the past with Artist's Picks, Curator Picks and whatnot.
However, given recent events I can't help feeling underwhelmed. Have to think about this one.
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« on: March 09, 2014, 14:00 »
From a certain person no longer amongst us
Now if you are a member of GI you can go in to their own Forum and read, not many are worried over there. Why not? because some House members have received PMs telling us exactly whats it all about and its confidential info, as always.
Some 90% of people screaming/shouting over at the MSG for example are just hangers-ons, latching on to something they havent even got a clue about but of course. It sounds good, makes them feel a little important. I've been reading the Getty Contributor's forum at Flickr for the past few days and there are plenty of people jumping up and down. Getty personnel are fielding some of the questions but the answers are often glib and patronizing - scant on detail about any compensation to the contributor and vague on when the embedded images will actually stream advertising and start to accrue revenue. As usual, your man is talking out of his other hole.
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« on: March 09, 2014, 11:13 »
I tried some of these sites - another one is "people per hour" - never got a sniff of any work. Even if I discounted by 25% - 50% there was always someone willing to work for a pork pie.
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« on: March 08, 2014, 05:29 »
In my inbox this morning from their Help Centre:
"A VAT number is only required for customers on our site, as you are a contributor you only need to fill out the Tax Profile and Tax Form on our Tax Center."
So, if you have already completed all the gubbins with your W8-BEN when you joined as a contributor, which will be confirmed in green on your Tax Centre page, no further action is required. Kushti.
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« on: March 07, 2014, 11:15 »
generally reliable for me but that is the problem....compared to the rest of the top 4 they are standing still and are in danger of being overtaken by two of the middle tier.
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« on: March 07, 2014, 09:18 »
^^ Reminds me of when I had a contact in the music press and a comment one of them got from a member of The Jam about his agent. Something like "Oh Yeah. I've got plenty of exposure. I'm famous. But my agent has got all the f**king money."
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« on: March 06, 2014, 18:26 »
Hobostocker
Your avatar is out of date.
Will Work For Beer Free
358
« on: March 06, 2014, 17:59 »
Slightly larger than my penthouse apartment - but with fewer ladies lounging about.
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« on: March 06, 2014, 17:05 »
I think Jeff C is bang on unfortunately. This is now all about the data, push marketing, relevant content, brand leverage and monetizing by small increments on a vast scale. The sort of stuff that makes Wall Street reptiles drool over their shoes.
Like FB and others their share price will probably shoot up in time for the big sell off and one day people will be standing around asking "what happened to the actual money?" and some ten year old kid will say "it was virtual you idiots. it was never there."
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« on: March 06, 2014, 11:19 »
Not sure they can even pull this off technically. Even at low res the computer power needed to access the photo each time it is seen. Ever notice when a news program does a story about a company you can not access web site for a day. What if they have a technical glitch and it would effect every blogger.
Not a good deal for the blogger in a way. So they save $5 or less for an image. They will be bait and switched looking for them.. time consuming. If the image is deleted their content will not show up. If the service is down their content will not show up. Once they start with ads you loose control over your content on the page and will make it look junkie. No sense in giving your site control to someone else to save a few dollars.
Interesting point. What if your blog is about the virtues of healthy eating and exercise and the advertising running through your embedded image of a green salad is from one of the big n' fat fast food chains?
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« on: March 06, 2014, 10:38 »
How do they control (in)sensitive use? Isn't that a black hole they could be sucked into legally? E.g. images being embedded on porn blogs - or worse.
To clarify, at present they can wash their hands of all this "stolen" imagery, but now they are monetizing it through advertising revenue do they not have an even higher obligation to police the end users?
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« on: March 05, 2014, 17:02 »
Shame you only bought the one share Mike.
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« on: March 05, 2014, 16:57 »
I don't think this has anything to do with Shutterstock offering a raise. But hey if you want to turn everything into an iStock vs. Shutterstock pissing match, I'll bow out of this exchange.
I thought that was your job. Have you been sacked?
I see conspiracy theories die slowly in these parts. Seriously, I have to ask, do you really believe that?
Of course not silly.
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« on: March 05, 2014, 12:08 »
I don't think this has anything to do with Shutterstock offering a raise. But hey if you want to turn everything into an iStock vs. Shutterstock pissing match, I'll bow out of this exchange.
I thought that was your job. Have you been sacked?
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« on: March 05, 2014, 11:47 »
^^ I've worked for three of the biggest IT companies on the planet and I could say the same thing about any of them. Doesn't mean much really until you put it in context.
As for SS, I like what they do with my work and the money they make for me is way above the top six agencies combined. I still watch their every move though....but I'm not obsessive about it.
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« on: March 04, 2014, 14:27 »
Quote: "The glitch monsters are at work down in the dark internety room, but they sent a note up that said: Dear You, Me fix broken thing. Sorry for trouble. Love, Monsters.
I'd expect this from that knobhead Bieber's website where it might be appropriate for the eleven years old audience - NOT FROM A SITE SUPPOSEDLY RUN BY PROFESSIONAL ADULTS!!!!
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« on: March 04, 2014, 04:37 »
Spike's in rehab....where we all will be if this continues.
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« on: March 04, 2014, 04:33 »
Only just latched onto this thread since I rarely upload there anymore.
What a disgrace. More and more, our so-called representatives and marketeers somehow manage to make Fagin look like an ambassador for decency and fair play.
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« on: March 04, 2014, 03:46 »
This is the "if you can't beat them, join them" business model - lazy and myopic.
Probably the idea of some twit with an MBA (Master of Bugger All)
370
« on: March 03, 2014, 14:28 »
There must be a government out there who will hire you to be their Doomsday and Worst Possible Outcome Scenario Plausicator. Codename: Chicken Little.
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« on: March 03, 2014, 04:23 »
If I were a buyer, I wouldn't be too vexed by noise levels or artifacts in work like this: http://benlowy.tumblr.com/
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« on: March 02, 2014, 09:26 »
I'll write to Luis and ask him to adopt me.
But seriously, I run my business(es) on 99% economics , 1% principles - same as the agencies we work with.
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« on: March 02, 2014, 06:52 »
In terms of market share - very likely.
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« on: March 02, 2014, 06:34 »
genius
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« on: March 02, 2014, 06:29 »
I'm not even going to read this thread.
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