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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Another BAD Deal from Getty / Istock
« on: July 29, 2013, 12:44 »
Looks like too much for me to do, maybe someone else will try it out and get some info.   I wouldn't be surprised if Sean was already on it.

ETA:  I'm not sure what to make of 3 negatives for this.  I'm not going to take the time to create and account and then cancel it with some company I've never heard of.

Its for your critical thinking and brave behaviour.
I'll let someone else give their information to that company.  I don't think I'll be sending out my credit card info to get to the bottom of this.

quelle surprise. something tells me, you dont want to get to the bottom.
I did ask you a few questions, none of which you answered.

I dont like to get trolled. Again, if you wanna see yourself just go their site and check it out yourself. Just use the Istock company credit card.
I told all the FACTS I know.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Another BAD Deal from Getty / Istock
« on: July 29, 2013, 12:36 »
Looks like too much for me to do, maybe someone else will try it out and get some info.   I wouldn't be surprised if Sean was already on it.

ETA:  I'm not sure what to make of 3 negatives for this.  I'm not going to take the time to create and account and then cancel it with some company I've never heard of.

Its for your critical thinking and brave behaviour.
I'll let someone else give their information to that company.  I don't think I'll be sending out my credit card info to get to the bottom of this.

quelle surprise. something tells me, you dont want to get to the bottom.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Another BAD Deal from Getty / Istock
« on: July 29, 2013, 12:23 »
Looks like too much for me to do, maybe someone else will try it out and get some info.   I wouldn't be surprised if Sean was already on it.

ETA:  I'm not sure what to make of 3 negatives for this.  I'm not going to take the time to create and account and then cancel it with some company I've never heard of.

Its for your critical thinking and brave behaviour.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Another BAD Deal from Getty / Istock
« on: July 29, 2013, 11:58 »
Typical, always defending IS, it is never their fault, is it?

I can't tell what's going on in the OP, it's in German and doesn't clearly link to the images or TOS or anything I can make out.  Sean's links are different and don't look so bad, they are different than the google deal.


You can see everything in the pictures I attached. Its pretty simple: You search for a photo for example "baby" and you get a selection of Istock photos for free use on your personal or commerical website.

Without having access to it, I can't tell if those files are Istock or Getty.  Do they come from certain contributors or from all files?  Is there a TOS page?


Just read my post, or is the web access down at your place? (addition I also found one of my pictures, and Im exclusive)
Problem with this deal: The TOS Page is hard to find or non existing ...

The internet works just fine, the link you provided doesn't offer much information though and what you said is "Many pictures are from Istock exclusives like Yuri / Globalstock also a lot of contibutor that are not so deeply affiliated with Getty."   Globalstock and Yuri are not normal Istock contributors by any means, I don't know what "a lot of contributor(s) that are not so deeply affiliated with Getty."  I guess you mean contributors that not at all affiliated with Getty, now?  Also is the deal only good for paying customers from Germany?  That would be a big difference from the Google deal in itself without even knowing what the terms are.


What is your affilation with istock? You are playing this whole thing down. This is serious stuff. Germany is one of the biggest markets for pictures.

Also can anybody check this out:
http://website.1and1.com/pricing?linkOrigin=&linkId=ct.txt.allinclusive-link#choose


Its the american site, seems this is not "only a german thing" since they provide the exact same services:
"Over 25,000 professional images are available for your website at no extra charge. The keyword search makes it easy for you to quickly find the image you are looking for. If you can't find what you are looking for, you will also have access to more than 5 million agency quality images (at an extra cost)."

4th row, theres the info about the image library.

I'm an exclusive too.  I'm not playing it down, I don't even have nearly enough information to know what's going on.  From the pictures you posted I can't tell whose images were used.  From the link you posted I can't tell which agency is even involved, you say Getty/Istock, but there is a difference.  Did we (assuming this could even be relevant to me, I'm not sure yet) get paid for this, either through Getty or Istock?  What are the Terms of use?  I have way more questions about this deal, until I understand it I'm not going to get upset.


Fine, so if you wanna know all the details, just go and check it out yourself:

http://www.1und1.de
http://www.1and1.com
http://www.1and1.co.uk/

Choose depending on your location. I guess theres a free trial. Enjoy.

I know and saw that they give away my and the pictures of many other photographers (some exclusive) away  for free, enough for me to get upset.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Another BAD Deal from Getty / Istock
« on: July 29, 2013, 11:39 »
Typical, always defending IS, it is never their fault, is it?

I can't tell what's going on in the OP, it's in German and doesn't clearly link to the images or TOS or anything I can make out.  Sean's links are different and don't look so bad, they are different than the google deal.


You can see everything in the pictures I attached. Its pretty simple: You search for a photo for example "baby" and you get a selection of Istock photos for free use on your personal or commerical website.

Without having access to it, I can't tell if those files are Istock or Getty.  Do they come from certain contributors or from all files?  Is there a TOS page?


Just read my post, or is the web access down at your place? (addition I also found one of my pictures, and Im exclusive)
Problem with this deal: The TOS Page is hard to find or non existing ...

The internet works just fine, the link you provided doesn't offer much information though and what you said is "Many pictures are from Istock exclusives like Yuri / Globalstock also a lot of contibutor that are not so deeply affiliated with Getty."   Globalstock and Yuri are not normal Istock contributors by any means, I don't know what "a lot of contributor(s) that are not so deeply affiliated with Getty."  I guess you mean contributors that not at all affiliated with Getty, now?  Also is the deal only good for paying customers from Germany?  That would be a big difference from the Google deal in itself without even knowing what the terms are.


What is your affilation with istock? You are playing this whole thing down. This is serious stuff. Germany is one of the biggest markets for pictures.

Also can anybody check this out:
http://website.1and1.com/pricing?linkOrigin=&linkId=ct.txt.allinclusive-link#choose


Its the american site, seems this is not "only a german thing" since they provide the exact same services:
"Over 25,000 professional images are available for your website at no extra charge. The keyword search makes it easy for you to quickly find the image you are looking for. If you can't find what you are looking for, you will also have access to more than 5 million agency quality images (at an extra cost)."

4th row, theres the info about the image library.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Another BAD Deal from Getty / Istock
« on: July 29, 2013, 11:26 »
some more examples, I just saved a few pages before i canceled my account there since I dont want to pay the monthly 1&1 fee.
This is the pages that states (Google Translate)

"Over 25,000 professional photos are available for your website at no extra charge. About royalties you do not have to worry. Find the right guaranteed quick photo of the convenient keyword search. Is not your particular favorite motif here, you have access to cost about 5 Million more quality Agency."

http://homepage.1und1.de/preise-und-funktionen?linkOrigin=&linkId=ct.txt.allinclusive-link#choose
klick on the 4th row "Bildarchiv"

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Another BAD Deal from Getty / Istock
« on: July 29, 2013, 11:21 »
Typical, always defending IS, it is never their fault, is it?
I can't tell what's going on in the OP, it's in German and doesn't clearly link to the images or TOS or anything I can make out.  Sean's links are different and don't look so bad, they are different than the google deal.

You can see everything in the pictures I attached. Its pretty simple: You search for a photo for example "baby" and you get a selection of Istock photos for free use on your personal or commerical website.
Without having access to it, I can't tell if those files are Istock or Getty.  Do they come from certain contributors or from all files?  Is there a TOS page?

Just read my post, or is the web access down at your place? (addition I also found one of my pictures, and Im exclusive)
Problem with this deal: The TOS Page is hard to find or non existing ...

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Another BAD Deal from Getty / Istock
« on: July 29, 2013, 10:56 »
Typical, always defending IS, it is never their fault, is it?
I can't tell what's going on in the OP, it's in German and doesn't clearly link to the images or TOS or anything I can make out.  Sean's links are different and don't look so bad, they are different than the google deal.

You can see everything in the pictures I attached. Its pretty simple: You search for a photo for example "baby" and you get a selection of Istock photos for free use on your personal or commerical website.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Another BAD Deal from Getty / Istock
« on: July 29, 2013, 10:17 »
The 1&1 advertising says that 25 000 images can be used free of charge and another 5 Million can be accessed for very low prices.

Maybe someone with a 1&1 contract can tell us more. My contract is with domainfactory, the competition.

Is exifdata available in the downloads?

1&1 is very popular with probably millions of customers, many of them commercial users.

In fact the package they are promoting is directed at small to medium businesses.

- 25.000 could be correct. Anyway there were a lot very HQ pics for free use even on commercial websites, with no charge.
- You can open an account and cancel it within 30days without charge, just call 0800 850 5555. (so you would be able to test it yourself like I did)
- No Exif data given

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Another BAD Deal from Getty / Istock
« on: July 29, 2013, 10:11 »
Guys the links Sean posted are for forreign (outside Germany 1&1 sites) the German Website gives them away for FREE. I could insert all pictures and then donwload them in 800 *600 (with "save as") with NO ADDITONAL charge, period.

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iStockPhoto.com / Another BAD Deal from Getty / Istock
« on: July 29, 2013, 08:26 »
Getty did it again, I'm not sure when they started it but it seems that the German company 1&1 is giving away Getty exclusive photos and illustrations for FREE again. If you saw your pictures on many German websites, this could very well be because 1&1 (one of the biggest hosting companys in Germany) implemented a feature that is very similar to what google offers to its customers.

Users are able to insert pictures for free (after they paid a monthly fee to 1&1) in their personal AND business websites. The whole thing looks so familiar to the google thing that I tend to believe that Getty is bending your contracts again to the extreme. And I guess there are a lot more of that deals then we think.

Many pictures are from Istock exclusives like Yuri / Globalstock also a lot of contibutor that are not so deeply affiliated with Getty.

http://homepage.1und1.de/?linkOrigin=designs&linkId=ct.tabs.diyShowroom.overview

You can insert and download pictures up to size around 800px x 600px.

What a "professional" partner.

Some pictures for your viewing pleasure:


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Stocksy / Re: Stocksy - Are You Curious? Response?
« on: February 15, 2013, 12:30 »
Disappointing, nothing yet. For my taste the silence is a little bit to long. Yes there's always the secrecy tactic to build hype. But you can not play this game forever.

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It's funny how they try to "gather information" on a deal they did with the second biggest company in the world. "Did you saw that contract... you know the one with google ... the one we give away thousands of files for free"

Pure comedy. I would laugh my ass off if I weren't involved in their business disaster.

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These quotes remind me of the current istock management, it's from the book "Mastery" by Robert Greene (a real good read by the way):

"In the course of your life you will be continually encountering fools. There are simply too many to avoid. We can classify people as fools by the following rubric: when it comes to practical life, what should matter is getting long-term results, and getting the work done in as efficient and creative a manner as possible. That should be the supreme value that guides peoples actions. But fools carry with them a different scale of values. They place more importance on short-term mattersgrabbing immediate money, getting attention from the public or media, and looking good. They are ruled by their ego and insecurities. They tend to enjoy drama and political intrigue for their own sake. When they criticize, they always emphasize matters that are irrelevant to the overall picture or argument. They are more interested in their career and position than in the truth. You can distinguish them by how little they get done, or by how hard they make it for others to get results. They lack a certain common sense, getting worked up about things that are not really important while ignoring problems that will spell doom in the long term."

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I'm not sure about the Che picture, becaurse I have no idea about who painted it, and when.  The general copyright for a piece of artwork would proporly be summeraized like this:

Copyright law covers any work of art for the lifetime of it's creator, and extends 70 years after their death.

So based upon this, my assumption would be that El Che's famous portrait is still copyright protected  :)

/Flemming

thank you both, after i saw fidel wearing nike. i really have to think hard wether i upload it or not, but you are right, in respect of this brilliant man i wont upload it :)

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I wanna upload a composing that show el che on a grunge wall, is that thing allowed or is this a korda copyright infringement? thx in advance!

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thx sean, i will listen to mj. cause he is most of the time right :) thx

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hi there,

first of all this is a great forum and much better than some of the controlled once from the big players :)

so here is my question. is it possible to replace a originla file in istock with a new better and cleaner one. the thing is that i have a pretty sucessful image but today i see my bad isolation an composition from earlier days :)

thx for the help in advance!

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