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« on: November 04, 2024, 09:40 »
Despite historically quite high sales volumes, my earnings at Alamy have pretty much stagnated in my port that is just over 16,000.
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« on: October 28, 2024, 17:48 »
I worked with Amos a number of times and he was always super enthusiastic about the industry and life in general.
Gave me a lot of great advice and ideas related to my writing/articles that I carry on.
Really shocked to hear about his sudden and premature passing away.
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« on: October 28, 2024, 17:42 »
Any updates on this? I'm in the process of possibly applying to submit work there, but I can't find very much info on if others are successful!
Hi, What would you like to know?
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« on: September 14, 2024, 09:40 »
Another thief;
https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Aqeela_Image
I guess selling public domain images from the Department of Defense as your own is alright at Shutterstock for the last 4 years..
*. 2000 of them. And 1 duck.
Further proof SS have no human review system any more. If they did, any basic reviewer would have realised these images were NOT shot by that person with appropriate rights and permissions.
They've been using AI to review for a while now. Shame as they used to actually pay humans to do the work once upon a time. DepositPhotos is def using as well as images are accepted within 5 seconds of uploading.
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« on: September 02, 2024, 13:09 »
in my opinion you could earn more on Adobe,but you know it too,because you simply upload little,but for you it is relative because you already have a job.
thank you Alex for always being brutally honest 
I do need to upload more on there! Also they have some quite well-paying "missions". One agency that I'm seeing quite decent results is Motion Array. In July I earned $60 on just 50 downloads in a portfolio which was around 230 assets.
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« on: September 02, 2024, 13:06 »
a) Interesting... Perhaps write an article talking about how companies like midjourney are essentially based on MASSIVE copyright theft - and how producers can fight back to get some of the same RECURRING revenue every time their asset is referenced? (One of the big "problems" companies like midjourney had was how to get rid of pesky little things called "watermarks"... and they STILL generate it with watermarks from time to time)...
Payments CAN be made retroactively (contrary to what the 'ai' companies would like you to believe) - it is quite simple (programatically) to retroactively go through the massive data library - attribute any image generation to any dervived 'ai' model - then compensate authors in micropayments. It is also very easy to do that going forward as well.
b) As a general rule - I'd say don't approve 'any' east indian accounts - because the way of doing business there is based a lot on theft, and try and not get caught. Many "western" people have been conditioned to think that is "racist" (it's not - it is a fact, and they need to realize they've been programmed with that belief system - and ironically there is now massive racism against white people, in the form of "BIPOC" (black/indigenous/people of color) agencies being pushed by the likes of blackrock/vanguard "investment" companies with their "DIE" (diversity, inclusion, equity) "mandates"). There is now a deluge of east indians being imported into Canada doing the same kind of "business" tactics at the rate of 500,000-1,000,000 people per year (not including "sponsored" family members, "baby production" because they get paid up to $800/baby/month (i.e., $7200/year/east indian baby), etc, etc... - so if it is an east indian name, don't approve the account. That will solve a lot of the 'theft' issues.
a) This sounds like a big investigative journalism job. I wouldn't mind pitching the story to some larger technology/photography publications with larger budgets so I can dedicate a significant amount of time to it and potentially resources. Thanks for the idea EU AI Act is in effect from August and we should be getting the first claims soon. I'll keep an eye out for anything related to Stable Fussion / Midjourney, etc. Meanwhile, in the US there have been some positive developments for creators - https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/ai-companies-lose-bid-dismiss-parts-visual-artists-copyright-case-2024-08-13/b) This day in age, unfortunately, it's tricky to single out ethnicities / countries due to political correctness gone awry, who knows I may be committing some sort of violation of Wordpress's terms and conditions or whatever and I'm in no mood to get into disputes with Big Brother. But it's what I see on almost a daily basis. Antonio Gravante is doing a great job identifying stolen accounts at Shutterstock and pushing for them to be shut down. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N1oYYhfCVKP4llm7aC7GSeWjjs4DFhLcb3QWAT2kcXw/edit?pli=1So, far he has identified some 2,564 accounts and you only need to do a small sample of a few dozen accounts at random and you'll see where most of the thieves come from. Hope he's getting paid for this work! Shutterstock does have some mechanisms in place to combat thieves from "high-fraud places" but probably doesn't go far enough: "Why is my account in a 90 day waiting period? Contributors from certain countries have to wait 90 days before they are eligible for payment. If you see the message "Your account is currently in a 90 day waiting period. You will be eligible to receive payments after xx/xx/xxxx" on your Earnings Summary, your Shutterstock contributor account has been flagged by our system as originating from a high-fraud area. For this reason, we must apply an additional restriction to the payout guidelines of your account." https://support.submit.shutterstock.com/s/article/Why-is-my-account-in-a-90-day-waiting-period?language=en_US
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« on: August 31, 2024, 07:37 »
My microstock income pays for all trips and provides me with guilt-free upgrades.
Wish it could provide for more but it is what it is in 2024.
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« on: August 27, 2024, 07:21 »
It's annoying getting dozens of spam/scam messages everytime I upload a new Etsy asset.
WTH, where do these lead you? Offsite or to some website that has a Trojan? and yes, you sure are popular.
Here's an example
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« on: August 24, 2024, 11:56 »
It's annoying getting dozens of spam/scam messages everytime I upload a new Etsy asset.
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« on: August 23, 2024, 09:58 »
9. PicFair
10. Bigstock
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« on: August 08, 2024, 05:44 »
...and Potentially Earn
Dear Colleagues,
This topic is highly relevant due to the abudance of copyright theft going on. Curious if anybody on here has had any success in earning compensation for copyright infrigements using third-party copyright infrigement companies.
I've just published this blog post on 5 tools that are currently being used by an Alamy-exclusive contributor who appears to be having more success at earning from infrigements than actually earning from licensing his images. Which begs me to ask whether chasing thieves may be a viable business model.
Here's the link to the blog post:
https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2024/08/01/photo-justice-top-5-tools-for-stock-photographers-to-combat-infringement-and-potentially-earn/
Alex
Very useful post, thanks !!
Unfortunately the agencies helping finding thieves don't seem to do this with videos, animations...
You're welcome. The DCMA process is very hidden in the small print somewhere. Makes sense that they don't want to put off potential clients / investors but at the same time they are deliberately hiding the scale of the problem. I'm pessimistic when it comes to the future of microstock. 
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« on: August 02, 2024, 05:02 »
...and Potentially Earn Dear Colleagues, This topic is highly relevant due to the abudance of copyright theft going on. Curious if anybody on here has had any success in earning compensation for copyright infrigements using third-party copyright infrigement companies. I've just published this blog post on 5 tools that are currently being used by an Alamy-exclusive contributor who appears to be having more success at earning from infrigements than actually earning from licensing his images. Which begs me to ask whether chasing thieves may be a viable business model. Here's the link to the blog post: https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2024/08/01/photo-justice-top-5-tools-for-stock-photographers-to-combat-infringement-and-potentially-earn/Alex
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« on: July 26, 2024, 08:04 »
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« on: July 26, 2024, 08:01 »
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« on: July 25, 2024, 05:48 »
Was intent on upgrading to the Air 3 for the reasons you outlined but have had second thoughts after recent declines in my stock ports earnings + not being able to sell my Air 2 combo.
Well I caved. Couldn't help it. I finally sold my Mavic Air 2 and the very next day (Sunday) went and bought the Air 3 from a lady in north Sydney who was selling it for a decent price with a pack of freewell filters. Haven't used it yet but eagerly look forward to it and getting some content up on the stocks from that 70mm lens.
You won't regret it! That 70mm is wow
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« on: July 24, 2024, 10:45 »
Sales are consistent but generally very low priced - average of 51cents per download. For videos it's also not great at an average of $4.23. Tough business.
Thank you for sharing! Are you doing any postproduction or just uploading straight. I just trim the videos a little bit.
Most of the time just straight out of camera, I try to get it as perfect as possible on the shoot.
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« on: July 23, 2024, 10:24 »
Hello Everyone,
How are your drone photography sales going? I have about 100 photos, but my sales haven't been great. What kind of shots are selling well for you? Should I take overhead or from the side? From 400 feet or close to the subject as possible?
Sales are consistent but generally very low priced - average of 51cents per download. For videos it's also not great at an average of $4.23. Tough business.
Here are some of my best-selling images. Sweeping cityspaces and landmarks with nice light are popular.
I have some drone images that sell good, videos not really. But I stopped to upload video to stock agencies, And will try to sell them individually. May I ask what service are you using to see various income from agencies?
Microstockr
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« on: July 22, 2024, 05:15 »
Hello Everyone,
How are your drone photography sales going? I have about 100 photos, but my sales haven't been great. What kind of shots are selling well for you? Should I take overhead or from the side? From 400 feet or close to the subject as possible?
Sales are consistent but generally very low priced - average of 51cents per download. For videos it's also not great at an average of $4.23. Tough business. Here are some of my best-selling images. Sweeping cityspaces and landmarks with nice light are popular.
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« on: July 17, 2024, 11:34 »
The other day I accidently uploaded an image which had already been accepted. No big deal and it was rightly rejected (see below)
How the fk does a company worth more than 1 billion with 1,286 employees not have a way to identify images that have already been accepted (by other contributors)?
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« on: July 09, 2024, 06:02 »
Getty is like a vampire with a nice face,it sucks your soul,and when you no longer serve them it throws you away with frightening simplicity.
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