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Messages - Uncle Pete
4576
« on: September 24, 2018, 15:38 »
Honestly I thought they discontinued Novel Use a couple years ago.
They said the were going to, but now they have a new interpretation of NU.
But in fact, there are other, bulk discounted rates which are in the same pricing ballpark.
Ah I see. Yes I have had limited use, partner, newspapers in Romania or China, really low ball commissions. So if they rename it, and NU is no longer, that's the same deal with a new spin. Of course... Or as they say, smoke and mirrors. 
4577
« on: September 24, 2018, 15:33 »
There are 2,115 images, 22 pages shown as being for sale at this moment.
Now slightly off topic, I recently posted a shot of a wall in Verona that was covered in lovers messages and it was rejected as Non-Licensable Content (they do have many shots of the same subject for sale however). So how can you have shots of the items on this page, when it would be fair to say they are registered designs without any doubt. Any answers???
This has come up many times over the years. One theory is that people who do the reviewing are also photographers with portfolios and an image that is similar, so they reject it so theirs doesnt have competition. Or, as you said, they already have many shots of the same thing. Maybe the images just dont sell, so why keep accepting them? Who knows, their game, their rules.
You are saying those bots have portfolios and they reject similar to hold down the competition? 
If I leave the keys in my car, it's alright for you to steal it? The point is, SS can make things more difficult, but they can't eliminate theft. Also the problem is the person who stole the images, not the artist or SS, but you don't seem to see past what you want to believe, so you attack people instead of the ideas? And you seem to have a love hate relationship with agencies as you want them to pay you but don't like them and think they are dishonest, and you don't trust them. But you keep giving them your work?
A wall of graffiti is not allowed, and hasn't been for years. No artists rights... you can't resll other artists works.
Back to the OP, I think you have a good case and hopefully SS is looking. We have all seen the messages here, "they closed my account and I did nothing wrong", so I hope SS is doing research and will close this, like the other image theifs we have seen here.
I still wonder if that person also uploaded your work to other places. That's scary and you'll have to chase them to get more accounts closed. Good luck!
LOL. Of all the people bitching and moaning here, you say I have a love-hate relationship with the agencies? As I said earlier, you are just looking to argue. Im not gonna. 😄
You win, you're right. 
4578
« on: September 24, 2018, 15:15 »
There are 2,115 images, 22 pages shown as being for sale at this moment.
Now slightly off topic, I recently posted a shot of a wall in Verona that was covered in lovers messages and it was rejected as Non-Licensable Content (they do have many shots of the same subject for sale however). So how can you have shots of the items on this page, when it would be fair to say they are registered designs without any doubt. Any answers???
This has come up many times over the years. One theory is that people who do the reviewing are also photographers with portfolios and an image that is similar, so they reject it so theirs doesnt have competition. Or, as you said, they already have many shots of the same thing. Maybe the images just dont sell, so why keep accepting them? Who knows, their game, their rules.
You are saying those bots have portfolios and they reject similar to hold down the competition? If I leave the keys in my car, it's alright for you to steal it? The point is, SS can make things more difficult, but they can't eliminate theft. Also the problem is the person who stole the images, not the artist or SS, but you don't seem to see past what you want to believe, so you attack people instead of the ideas? And you seem to have a love hate relationship with agencies as you want them to pay you but don't like them and think they are dishonest, and you don't trust them. But you keep giving them your work? A wall of graffiti is not allowed, and hasn't been for years. No artists rights... you can't resll other artists works. Back to the OP, I think you have a good case and hopefully SS is looking. We have all seen the messages here, "they closed my account and I did nothing wrong", so I hope SS is doing research and will close this, like the other image theifs we have seen here. I still wonder if that person also uploaded your work to other places. That's scary and you'll have to chase them to get more accounts closed. Good luck!
4579
« on: September 24, 2018, 14:39 »
Honestly I thought they discontinued Novel Use a couple years ago.
4580
« on: September 24, 2018, 11:53 »
That should be helpful. What I would really like to see at Adobe is some decent stats. For instance - sales per time period - how many sales per month for how much. How many times did a particular image sell.
Front page for contributors, change sort by date to sort by downloads. Right side, between the graph and the images. v drop down. I'd like to see total sales for an image, in dollars (or credits or whatever else) I can see that an image has ## DLs, I'd like to see what the total income is for that image? In general though, better stats. Thanks
4581
« on: September 22, 2018, 15:02 »
Well, these dodgy blockchain sites don't have a good reputation on here. Why would this one be any better?
I'll wait until 2020 when the plan has gone through phases. Also by then maybe the whole blockchain disruption fad will have passed? If this solution to a created problem, should work, all the better? "There is no suggestion or promise that IPS tokens have or will hold a particular value." If I read right this one will be tied to the value of Eth based on .00125 : 1 Anyone interested should read the white paper from start to finish including the founders of this blockchain and the creative agency associated with that.
4582
« on: September 20, 2018, 11:01 »
True, lower sales numbers and lower commissions at Alamy. Also the worst ever was a distributor sale. Yes, they still beat many others like StinkySocks and flat rate subs.
Most recent low sale - China Editorial Website, Bulk discount, Flat rate per image - $3.96 which is still better than most subs and many ODs?
Another - Usage: Personal use Media: Non-commercial, one time, personal/home use - 2018-2023 by the way, $ 19.99
At least we know, going in that there will be distribution sales for low numbers and decent sales for better than Micro values. 100,000 new images a day is what they say.
4583
« on: September 20, 2018, 10:41 »
Well that would be good, I could use another site, and maybe I can find my old shots with the keywords in them. Used to be I'd upload to IS and SS and file them away. Someone in a dark back alley, sub-folder, on a backup drive. LOL After IS removed all mine, I could use this!
4584
« on: September 20, 2018, 10:39 »
I see the new site alignment and ordering by ALPHA. Looks nice. No more Big Four (or five or six or whatever) on the forum side.
4585
« on: September 20, 2018, 10:36 »
This seller, https://www.shutterstock.com/g/maryam%20sadeghian has three of my top selling jewelry images listed for sale. The photos have either been flipped horizontally or the colors are slightly tweaked. Please check to see if your images are also in this portfolio for sale.
Please post a link here, to one of your original files and one of her copies or altered copies? Send the same to SS! If it's more than one, find a bunch and send the file numbers to SS. Maybe you can get her shut down.
4586
« on: September 20, 2018, 10:34 »
We already know Shutterstock doesnt care about this. They have allowed people to grab high resolution images through a hole in their code for a couple of years now. Plenty of threads on here about it. Its no problem for them...they dont care how they get sales. If 50 people steal your images and post them, thats 49 more revenue streams for them. You lose, but what do they care.
If you walk into a store and the shelves are not covered and locked, is that a permission to steal? The problem is the people that do this, not the agency trying to cover and lock things. As you know, watermarks or smaller samples change nothing, except making it more difficult for the thieves to alter and steal the images. No excuse but the ability to copy images is pretty much everywhere not just SS. Now back to the sales/theft problem. If this person is stealing images and has been reported, why doesn't SS do something? And if I was one of the people who has my work on her portfolio, I'd be checking other agencies, because she's not just stealing these for one site. I considered messaging her on Linkedin and asking why she's an image thief and has no integrity. Nothing of mine is there, I don't feel right without solid evidence. So, if someone has found their work on her collection, please write to SS, please check other agencies, and report her!
4587
« on: September 19, 2018, 15:46 »
looks like they are taking down images - only a handful now..
We looking at the same person? 22 pages when I just took a look. Maybe they stole thousands, uploaded all at once, in hopes of making a payout before discovered?
4588
« on: September 17, 2018, 15:30 »
When does Thinkstock close and officially go dark?
"mid-2019"
AKA not soon enough? Thanks
4589
« on: September 13, 2018, 15:13 »
Why is Dreamstime listed as one of the Big 4 when it's #8 and behind Pond5, Alamy, 123RF, and Deposit?
Yeah, simply because it was in the big 4 earlier. They have obviously fallen quite a bit in the last while. I'll fix the forum sections pronto
Thanks. Nothing important either way, I was just making a humorous observation. I'm sure that most people would be happy if DT was still in the top four. Talk about the downfall of Micro, 123RF and DP are tied for 6th best? Only ten get enough votes to make the survey? Note Self Hosted would be 4th at 15.3!
4590
« on: September 13, 2018, 14:53 »
I disagree. I see a lot of uses of the free stuff that might have gone to paid content instead. And the fact that the stock sites feel the need to compare themselves to the free sites says a lot. Im sure thats a response to market research that shows that, despite some growth in sales, theyre still losing a significant number of potential sales to the free sites.
However, theyve dug their own graves by allowing many of the free sites to be affiliates, so they make money from the paid sites while simultaneously stealing some of their business. Of course, one of the worst is freepik, which gave away stolen vectors for years while collecting affiliate dollars from the very sites the work was taken from.
Free sites are one of the many contributors to falling income for contributors, along with market saturation, increased competition, etc.
Yes, Yes and yes! Sorry I couldn't add more than that.
4591
« on: September 10, 2018, 12:27 »
Seems like all of this depends on what you make and upload, a personal decision. But I will add the general consensus is, keywording, the disambiguation and getting everything ready for submitting, is the most complicated and convoluted of any place. Some people are very happy with the retuns for the effort. Some have lost so much in income that they stopped uploading. To each their own.
4592
« on: September 10, 2018, 12:20 »
Why is Dreamstime listed as one of the Big 4 when it's #8 and behind Pond5, Alamy, 123RF, and Deposit?
4593
« on: September 10, 2018, 12:14 »
I didn't have quite the same experience, but did re-submit a rejected for protected content image and included in all caps, "fake generic..." just passed. Maybe there is something to adding a note in all caps, where there's a possible need for a note to the reviewer. I just went and removed the all caps part.
4594
« on: September 09, 2018, 12:06 »
I couldn't find my yesterdays question My poin was that comparing with other competitors, higher resolution of the material could be an advantage (for those customers who need it).
I didn't mean that bigger file costs more.
I assume that for the future it would be a good idea to put materials of the highest resolution possible, because the technology evolves and the needs for it, in the future, may also be due to higher resolution materials
What needs will require higher resolution images in the next five years, as an example. New images, with newer cameras at higher resolution will be created and uploaded at the time they are necessary. Take HD video and 4k video as an example. HD still sells, because most of the buyers do not need 4k and don't want the resolution for a website. Large files take longer to load, the Internet is all about speed. My opinion is you don't need to upload really high resolution images and there's no advantage or income gain from "really high" (whatever that is) images. You are selling potentially great size and quality images for the same prices as if you had uploaded 10MP images. Have you looked into Gigapixel images? That's really high resolution in my opinion. 30MP like modern cameras is just current high resolution.
4595
« on: September 09, 2018, 11:57 »
My few vectors were rejected due to reason of
Spelling / Grammar -- Image and/or metadata contains spelling or grammatical errors.
I have double checked the files and spellings are correct. I couldn't find what is the problem. Regarding grammar, I am not any english professor, though I think what I write is good and understandable.
In vectors, we display text as a dummy form, the buyers usually replaces them with their version.
Has anyone faced such issue before? Are the reviewers real or bots?
Shoot, I uploaded a few photos over the weekend and half were rejected. I just figured that they were bad and I'd move on but, maybe something's up over there.
Was that last weekend? Mine are still sitting from days ago. 
4596
« on: September 08, 2018, 08:53 »
Anyone have a link that's not pay? Or do I need to read more than what's already in the brief document? This is also interesting: Companies Getty Images Inc. Google Inc. Shutterstock Inc. Yahoo! Inc. "A California federal judge on Thursday said he will give stock photography company Dreamstime.com LLC one shot at a sprawling antitrust suit alleging Google LLC stifles access to Dreamstime's images in search results, giving it the option to amend its complaint before he rules on a dismissal bid or submit the filing knowing "that would be it."Docket log here: https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/3:2018cv01910/324533 Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff Interesting also Certificate of Interested Entities by Dreamstime.com, LLC identifying Other Affiliate Serban Enache, Other Affiliate Dragos Jianu, Other Affiliate Jeff Prescott for Dreamstime.com, LLC. Interesting Alsup is a cameras in the courtroom judge. I didn't follow up how to watch. http://cand.uscourts.gov/camerasIf you want to read the complaint, I just posted it here on one of my Cobweb sites: http://crapstock.com/
4597
« on: September 07, 2018, 16:56 »
I always have a Title and Description, both are useful at various places. I always click the copyrighted box, but I don't know if that matters.
I also enter A Category and Origin, the location Etc. although it seems nothing micro cares or even stores that. News agencies do.
4598
« on: September 07, 2018, 16:35 »
And if you are not exclusive to getty/istock then you'll only get 15% royalties (they keep 85%) and get used to earning 1 and 2 cent royalties too.
In other words don't bother with them
Really? wow
Flat rates now. 15% photo, 20% illustrations, 15% video. In my case audio I'm exclusive but that makes me less because they are sold through Getty and I think they are licensed through a partner site. Simply put, my earnings on audio dropped by going exclusive. Might be different for others. Your login, is you EMAIL address not your company name that you used on IS, the password is the same. If that doesn't work, good luck, you'll need to contact support. Get Deep Meta or qHero or both if you want to upload. Getty just disable the outside submitter software, no access. Get ready for batches and convoluted uploads, with the CV and odd system limitation. No up to date data. Yes you can see total downloads year to date, (login and click in the upper right, account management) but not what or anything much of use. For example, my statistics on DM and ESP are showing July 2018. On September 20th or around that date, the August data will be imported. None of this is about sales, just the system. If you had any sports or editorial like Getty features you will find your files are gone. I lost around 4,000 images. There you are, I'm sure you will be surprised by the changes and how IS went backwards into the dark ages with ESP. 
4599
« on: September 07, 2018, 16:15 »
Does this mean our commissions will go up soon
Of course
Provide your family name is Getty.
Beautiful that's an award winning reply. As they're rolling over all their debt ($2.35 billion) how does this help? It's the cost of servicing that debt (which all went to pay the two parasitic private equity firms) that makes doing anything significant hard, and that not's changing.
I also figure it means they didn't think much of Dawn Airey
Double on both, you nailed it. Their income is not sufficient to cover the debt after the investment companies bled Getty dry and left the near dead carcass. Anyone who reads anything about stocks and investments can find how Getty and iStock are on life support. My suggestion is, sell iStock to someone who cares, who has the money, like Google. Problem is, Getty went with ESP and folded all our assets into their Getty servers, renumbered, changed the file data, restructured everything. We're trapped. I don't see anything changing for our benefit, and possibly getting even worse.
4600
« on: September 07, 2018, 16:09 »
Bot people
I want to complain. Are the bots or the AI computers on strike? I think reviews are taking three days. If this was simple bots doing the reviews, and I'm talking about unreleased, commercial, not anything with a release or Editorial, why does the review take three days now!? Yes I know 2016 thread but these are all the same, it came up first in the search and had a good subject title.
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