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I can confirm that NorthwestDreams has emailed me... and it sounds true by what they say.

I haven't heard anything from Shutterstock directly, but I did go and change my password to something new (something strong that is different from any other site) to be safe.

Thanks Leaf!  :)

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I sent Leaf a message verifying my identity and asked him to sticky this announcement. He knows who I am.

No one who's been hacked can post on the forums, because their email addresses were changed by the hackers. They can't access their accounts.  I don't know why Shutterstock hasn't made an announcement. This has been going on since Monday.

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Contributors' payout email addresses, and usernames and passwords are being changed. Contributors can't access their accounts.

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As I said, I'm a contributor who works with Shutterstock's new contributor support team. We're receiving dozens of emails per hour from contributors saying they were hacked.

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I'm a contributor who works with Shutterstock's new contributor support team. I wanted to let you know that Shutterstock is experiencing a major hacking incident that's been going on since at least Monday. Please check your accounts. If you can still login, immediately change your password to one that is secure. Spread the word. Hopefully we can nip this in the bud before it gets any worse.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Sending DMCA Notice to an Agency
« on: December 27, 2011, 18:26 »
Thanks, Warren!  That's what I needed to know!  :-)  I wouldn't think it's any different today.

My attorney said it's too late to register the copyrights for this particular situation, but believe me, I will be registering them ASAP before submitting them to anymore agencies.  Lesson definitely learned! 

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Sending DMCA Notice to an Agency
« on: December 27, 2011, 11:40 »
The omission of dealing directly with the removal of individual images in an agreement doesn't mean we're giving an agency permission to license individual images until our account is terminated.  Nowhere in any of the various agency's contracts does it state they have the right to continue licensing our images after we have removed them from their websites.  Some do allow for grace periods providing them with time to remove images upon termination, but none of them say they can do whatever they want with our images after we have removed them.  That's because we still retain the right to determine which images the agency licenses or doesn't license.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Sending DMCA Notice to an Agency
« on: December 27, 2011, 10:46 »
to the op: I hope you can recoup at least some of your money, though I think Sean is right about that...you will be lucky if you can get them to pull the images down, let alone see any $$...perhaps with the help of an attorney.

I think Sean's right, too, which is why I'm sending the DMCA in consultation with my attorney.  If they ignore me, I'll have to escalate it by retaining her full services.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Sending DMCA Notice to an Agency
« on: December 27, 2011, 10:41 »
Yes.  Damages are the agency's cut on all sales for these images, multiplied by three (the industry standard).  If I had registered my copyrights, damages would have been calculated at a going rate of $1,000 per image (which is Getty's standard rate when sending DMCAs).

I'm not going to name the agency until this situation is resolved.

I stopped giving permission when I removed the images from the agency's website.  Their contract gives a deadline for how much time they have to remove the images, and they are well beyond their own deadline.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Sending DMCA Notice to an Agency
« on: December 27, 2011, 07:13 »
I'm the uploader and owner.  I want my images removed from my own portfolio.  I stopped giving them permission to sell licenses almost a year ago, so they are profiting off my work without my permission.  Guess I should have been more specific.  LOL

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Sending DMCA Notice to an Agency
« on: December 27, 2011, 07:07 »
It's worth a try, Sean.  The agency owes me at least $1,000 in actual damages and counting.  I'm still adding up the total.  If I'd been smart and registered the copyrights, my bill/lawsuit would be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.  This infringement is that serious, and my attorney agrees.  I want to try on my own before asking her to step in.    

DMCA = Digital Millenium Copyright Act  The takedown notice is what you send people who infringe on your copyrights.

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General Stock Discussion / Sending DMCA Notice to an Agency
« on: December 27, 2011, 05:33 »
Has anyone here ever had to go so far as to send an agency a DMCA take-down notice for copyright infringement and send them a bill?  If so, how much did you charge them?  And were your images registered with the copyright office or not? 

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Missing payment and stats areas
« on: December 27, 2011, 05:29 »
Everything is loading on my end, but it's been extremely slow.

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