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General Stock Discussion / Re: Vivozoom

« on: September 18, 2008, 06:39 »

Leaf - got your email.

Our FTP processor puts them in MANAGE queue automatically. It will even process sub-folders, so you can drag and drop a complete folder.

Delays can occur when there is heavy activity, but I'll check your folder and get back to you via email.

Tom

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Vivozoom

« on: September 18, 2008, 04:17 »

Valaaami -not sure what's happening here. Please email me directly:

[email protected]

Or call +44 75123 69400.

Tom

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Vivozoom

« on: September 16, 2008, 10:31 »

VZ Contributor agreement at:

http://submit.vivozoom.com/docs/ContributorTerms

Tom

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Vivozoom

« on: September 16, 2008, 08:58 »

Sean - just found this article of yours on your excellent site
(http://seanlockedigitalimagery.wordpress.com/) in relation to how to buy images off of iStockPhoto:

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Conclusion

While, ultimately, the onus to use a photo correctly falls on the buyer (and is stated so in the iStockphoto legal agreement), iStockphoto makes every reasonable effort to protect the, perhaps unknowledgable in these matters, buyer when it comes to properly released images. No other business could offer more guarantee for properly released imagery. This is not some amateur photo sharing site where users don’t know about these types of things. This is a business, and is run as such.

Feel safe to purchase away!

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The difficulty for many businesses is that they are not allowed to purchase images without a Warranty.

It's that market that we are ultimately aiming for.

Tom

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Vivozoom

« on: September 16, 2008, 08:34 »

Sean, we (vivozoom) are giving the warranty. We are putting ourselves on the line and will defend all such claims.

Clearly if the contributor has uploaded an image they do not own, then that's a breach of contract.

Make no mistake, this is a big undertaking by us and if you own your images and have valid releases, then you have nothing to fear and everything to gain by a VZ warranty.

This is a chance to put some distance between you and the rest of the casual uploaders and open up a new market.

This is no different from how Getty Images operates. So in that regard it's nothing new for us.

Tom

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Vivozoom

« on: September 16, 2008, 07:31 »

Sean, we're taking a stronger line on Provenance. Both of the contributor and their images. This selective approach will allow us to offer a warranty to our clients.

We did a ton of market research in the USA and UK to ask Agencies, Corporations etc. what their view was of Microstock.

They all loved the product and the prices but wouldn't risk their jobs by licensing an image without warranty. We discussed a Microstock offering underpinned by Warranty with dozens of corporations and the feedback blew us away.

So this difference boils down to new and substantial incremental sales by increasing the market for Microstock in a way that has never been done before.

If there are any specific concerns or questions, my number is +44 75123 69400. I'd be delighted to explain in more detail anything that will help in understanding the difference we're trying to make.

Tom

PS Also different is a bi-lateral contract. How many times do you see that on a Microstock site? What's the point of a contract if one side can change it 'willy-nilly'? Not worth the electrons it was sent with in my opinion.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Vivozoom

« on: September 16, 2008, 03:39 »

Leaf - you're on the money.

We're trying to tighten things up a bit. This means a more diligent approach to accepting contributors and their images.

Although I'm probably not as familiar as many of you with the minutia of the others' contracts, I don't believe we are doing anything different to increase or reduce a contributor's liability for making false claims about images they are submitting to us.

I'll get the Contributors' Contract online later today and post a link.

Tom

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Vivozoom

« on: September 15, 2008, 14:39 »

There's some additional information about vivozoom here:

http://submit.vivozoom.com/faq.html

Happy to answer any questions you may have.

Tom Donnelly