Dude, You blew it up so bad...

Concept (if original enough) is not possible to copy under DMCA and many agencies after auditing vector works will delete your account for that reason... You should wait for at least 20 years to copy other people's vector work if you happen to want to do that.

So, yes... Make a new account on your sister or aunt name and no more copying/peeking... As far if you wish to earn some money from YOUR vectors, be original.

I think that you are totally right. I blew it up so bad ... I thought that the concept was a typical one - One big moon with firs and a Christmas tree - but SS punished me.

I will follow your suggestion. I will open a new SS account (all images will be mine - no exceptions). Do you know if is it possible to submit old images (from the old terminated account - images that I am sure that are original ones) or my new account will be terminated again?

I want to do that (submit some "old" images) because SS earned money from these images and I get 0 $ ...!!!

Shutterstock terminated my account because at one eps I sent to them they found a watermarked image belonging to another individual.

I explained to them that this image left accidentally in my artwork but no answer from them. My artwork has the same concept with the other image but it is totally mine. I used the other image only for comparison purposes. As you understand I would be foolish to try to cheat them and to left the watermarked image in my artwork. I also explained to them to check my image by opening the eps file. If they do that they will see that my image is not a trace of the watermarked image.

I am still awaiting answer from Shutterstock ...


Do you believe that Shutterstock fairly closed my account or not?

Do you have updated status concerning earnings?