...It is up to you, but I find this belief that Adobe will not allow you to grow your income to be a very negative attitude...

Since you mentioned that we can ignore forum users, I have deliberately chosen to ignore users whose posts are negative or pessimistic.

I believe it's essential to maintain a positive outlook in any endeavor. Therefore, anyone with a negative outlook is not worth listening to or interacting with.

I recently reported copyright infringements on 13 of my videos committed by the following account:

https://www.shutterstock.com/g/FootageFrontier/

Shutterstock has removed my videos, but they haven't closed the account. It's obvious that the account doesn't own any of the uploaded videos.

I've contacted a few other individuals whose content appears in that account, including Blackbox. They've also reported copyright infringements, but as of today, the account is still not banned.

I suggest that others check that account, as they may find their videos there.

Thanks Mat. I am UK based but will have a look at that

I've used Payoneer with Adobe for the past eight months without any issues. I can't recall any difficulties syncing my Payoneer account to Adobe.

Thanks for sharing these valuable insights. You are a true inspiration to many of us. Wishing you all the best!

For me SS is going better and better, last month was the BME for income and downloads.

Over 4 digits income this month and still one week left to go.

For me, Shutterstock is the best platform for video earning compared to Adobe Stock and Pond5.

Don't worry, I have the little troll on ignore, I only see the posts if someone quotes them.

I didn�t know about that awesome feature! Thanks for pointing that out. I can now ignore idiots and focus on reading posts from intelligent and well-mannered individuals. This will make my time spent on this forum a lot more enjoyable.

Hello,

I received a helpful template from another member here, Odesign. I'm attaching it for your reference.

You can use this template to list your clips.

I previously submitted a DMCA for ten clips, and Shutterstock closed the account within 10 days.

I also contacted a couple of other stock contributors whose clips were part of the same portfolio. To find the original copyright owner, you can find other contributors by doing a reverse search (using TinEye) on a few other assets. Some contributors have their email addresses listed in their portfolio's "about" section. I think having other contributors submit a DMCA fastens the process.

Wishing you all the best,

Daniel

I am iStock exclusive, so I assume from there. How? I don't know. I don't believe they paid for my files.

Thank you for your response.

A member mentioned a way to download iStock footage via Canva. If you search the forum, you may find that thread.

I�m not sure if that works with animations, but for footage, I take a screenshot of each clip and upload them once to pixsy.com.

You would then receive an email alert when one of your clips is uploaded to an agency for sale. Then, you could contact the relevant agency to take down your clips and close down the account.

 I hope this information is helpful.

Best of luck on your journey.

I completely agree with you.

I would be happier if unlimited download sites didn't exist, but they do.

They are now an intrinsic part of the market, and ignoring them will not make them go away.

Therefore, to better understand that system, I've decided to give it a try.

If the benefits outweigh the downsides, I will continue. If not, I will stop.

I wish you all the best in your journey.

I went through the difficult experience of having my content stolen and uploaded on Shutterstock. However, I managed to get through it. I'm still giving it a shot and will evaluate the situation at the end of the year when I receive my payout. If the benefits are greater than the pain, I will continue. If not, then I will stop.

Services like Pixsy send email alerts when similar or identical content is uploaded to other agencies. Once alerted, I can easily submit a take-down notice. If the payout is good, then that's just the cost of doing business.

I appreciate the willingness to share opinions on controversial topics. However, this doesn't address my original question about whether there are any current Artgrid contributors active on this forum.

no, because it is  "unlimited downloads"

I understand your negative feelings towards Artgrid.

I'm giving it a try this year. If the payout is good, I'll keep going. If not, I might not. You never know until you try.

Change is a constant in life. If you can't adapt, you'll be left behind.

Anyway, your response doesn't answer my original question.

His videos are of very low quality. Thus, I assume most of them are his own.

See the section here about prohibited activities to better understand why Adobe blocks accounts: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/submission-guidelines.html

Thanks for sharing this.

These kind of situations should make all contributors review these guidelines and thoroughly go through their portfolio to ensure there is no content that may have gone passed the reviewers and could be in breach of the guidelines.

I will definitely do that this week.

I�m curious. Is this something that happens mostly with AS or does it also happen with SS?

I hope this issue is quickly resolved for you. You�re going through a stressful moment. I empathize with you.