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Please note that we cannot lower the payment threshold as we have the largest number of contributors in stock photography, hence such adjustment would increase the logistics and slow down payments, making the process slower and more expensive for all contributors.

What a lame excuse from DT. A $100 treshold is insanely high for a low-tier agency and they should suck up the cost. If they can't afford that or make it work logistically, I wonder how they're managing their business.

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This thread is so ancient, $400 then is worth $575 now.

(And 30 cents then is now worth 10 cents on SS.)

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Canva / Re: Notice of violation emails
« on: March 03, 2024, 07:54 »
Yes.

Violation details

Hands with Gay Pride Wristbands (Raster)

Facts and circumstances:
We identified this content through our own investigation.
This content violates our policies on stereotypes and misrepresentation.
This decision was made by a member of our team.
Enforcement taken:
This content has been removed.
 
Hand with Gay Pride Rainbow Wristband Shows Rock (Raster)
    
Facts and circumstances:
We identified this content through our own investigation.
This content violates our policies on stereotypes and misrepresentation.
This decision was made by a member of our team.
Enforcement taken:
This content has been removed.
 
 
Gay Couple with Rainbow Wristbands and Hand Heart (Raster)
 
Facts and circumstances:
We identified this content through our own investigation.
This content violates our policies on stereotypes and misrepresentation.
This decision was made by a member of our team.
Enforcement taken:
This content has been removed.
 
 
Hand with Gay Pride Rainbow (Raster)
    
Facts and circumstances:
We identified this content through our own investigation.
This content violates our policies on stereotypes and misrepresentation.
This decision was made by a member of our team.
Enforcement taken:
This content has been removed.

Very concerning that even this type of content was removed.

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Off Topic / Re: Trump has the rona
« on: February 27, 2024, 16:37 »
-edit, didn't get the joke at first  ;D-

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Canva / Re: Notice of violation emails
« on: February 27, 2024, 10:43 »
Have any of you already had your account suspended?

I doubt it will lead to account suspension, because the new policy is applied retro-actively instead.

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Canva / Re: Notice of violation emails
« on: February 25, 2024, 07:08 »
Received a violation email too: a cartoon vector of an old man holding a glass of beer while intoxicated.

Not safe for school, apparently.

They could have worded the email differently, instead of 'violation'. They accepted it years ago so it's not MY violation.

You're true, it's not YOUR violation. But what about this? :

violation or not???

I don't know what I did to you to keep harrassing me with this allegation, but I do know it's not the first time you're doing this. I've already replied to your allegation in another thread, but you just can't seem to leave it alone. Please, get a life.

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Canva / Re: Notice of violation emails
« on: February 23, 2024, 12:30 »
Received a violation email too: a cartoon vector of an old man holding a glass of beer while intoxicated.

Not safe for school, apparently.

They could have worded the email differently, instead of 'violation'. They accepted it years ago so it's not MY violation.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Canstock did not pay, thief..
« on: February 22, 2024, 07:36 »
Did you request payment? I got my payment and I know from the thread that many others did too. But not everyone, but I think most of them did not request their payment in time.

That shouldn't mean Canstock should be allowed to keep the money.

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Adobe Stock / Re: 2023 Adobe Stock contributor bonus plan details
« on: February 19, 2024, 09:09 »
"Each video download counts as 3 regular downloads."

Does this also apply to the lifetime downloads counter on the dashboard which determines the minimum royalty amounts?

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I can already see some weird glitches in their homepage video examples: legs/feet that switch position in passing pose, horses walking funny, cars that pass shadows on the ground but the shade doesn't translate well to the top of the vehicle...

It looks good at first glance, but upon closer inspection, lots of things are 'off'. Of course it's just a matter of time before those errors are ironed out, but currently it wouldn't be usable in commercial projects. Besides, some projects require very specific setups, car types, clothing, accessories and authentic settings, and you can't get away with AI that inaccurately makes things up on the fly.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock steals sales. Control purchase
« on: February 17, 2024, 06:23 »
I find it hard to believe a major agency would so blatantly and obviously pocket royalties belong to the contributor. Because the legal consequences would be huge if this was found to be true. Would they risk it for a few cents per sale?
I wouldn't be surprised if either one of the following scenarios is true:
1) The claim is a lie
2) The 'control purchase' was not conducted properly or one of the buyers made a mistake
3) The sale was delayed due to a system error or some flagging and will show up sooner or later

You must have been very surprised to learn Enron was cooking the books.  Giant companies cheat and lie all the time.  They are seldom caught because there is negligible oversight.  We have no access to sales data apart from what SS or other agencies tell us and they have a very good incentive to lie.  The best we can do is conduct these risky unscientific experiments to try to get a little more data.  I'm not saying OP's post proves anything but its one more data point than we had before and you're welcome to believe it or not.  I'm tempted to try it myself but I earn so little from SS that it would cost nearly all my earnings to buy a single pack.

Cooking the books is something entirely different than pocketing money from stock sales. Enron used shady constructions with hundreds of daughter companies to pull up a smoke curtain. But anyone who carries out a properly conducted test purchase can check if SS actually steals sales. It would lead to million-dollar court claims if this was found to be true. No giant company would be THAT stupid.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock steals sales. Control purchase
« on: February 13, 2024, 17:40 »
I find it hard to believe a major agency would so blatantly and obviously pocket royalties belong to the contributor. Because the legal consequences would be huge if this was found to be true. Would they risk it for a few cents per sale?
I wouldn't be surprised if either one of the following scenarios is true:
1) The claim is a lie
2) The 'control purchase' was not conducted properly or one of the buyers made a mistake
3) The sale was delayed due to a system error or some flagging and will show up sooner or later

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Canva / Re: Magic Creator Payment is now completely zero
« on: February 12, 2024, 18:26 »
Still around $2 per month, December and January as well.

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All of these agencies say they work with our best interests, but I doubt they really do.  This wasn't always the case. Back when I started in 2008, I truly believed the agencies were on our side, but now, they're only operating with their best interests first.

What's really needed is some sort of impartial audit system.  Right now, all we have is their trust that things are on the up and up, but this trust is slowly diminishing.

I'm tempted to not submit any 4K material to most of these agencies.  My current business model was to only give subscription-based agencies HD downconverted files, saving my 4K for AS, SS, and P5.  But now, I think none of these agencies deserve any 4K material.

They NEVER worked in our interest, not now and not then; their main goal is to increase their bottom line. Anything else is just fluff to lure in more contributors, make them feel engaged, valued and willing to keep uploading. Because without us there is no them. But they'll take every opportunity to take away some of our profits and pocket it themselves.

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DepositPhotos / Re: no payment
« on: February 07, 2024, 12:52 »
I requested payment last week. God the usual mail where I had to confirm the payment request. Didn't get the payment yet, but they say it can take up to 14 days and that's usually how long it has taken in the past.

I must correct my earlier statement. I requested payment on January 31st and everything seemed normal and as usual - until just now. I went to my dashboard only to notice that my earnings are back to the number it was when I requested my payment, as if my payment request had been cancelled....

Check your tax form if it has expired or not. That usually is the cause of the cancellation.

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Why is 4k better quality than HD? I disagree with this statement.
4K is just a different format.
The stock agency has prices. It is logical to assume that these prices may be the same for all formats. The buyer will only buy the format he needs. The fact that we shoot in 4K is just our desire to reach those buyers who need 4K or will need it in the future.

4K is higher resolution than HD, it's not a different format.
Of course if matters how you obtain the 4K resolution. But generally a native 4K export should be more crisp and higher quality than the same export in HD resolution.
The quality of the video does not depend on its resolution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_quality

HD video may have better quality than 4K video. Any cheap Chinese phone shoots in 4K. And where is the quality?
If we talk about high-quality HD or 4K video, then everything depends on the monitor on which this video will be played.
But to say that 4K is better than HD is not correct.

Why should high-quality HD video cost less than 4K video? It is not right.

4K is better than HD if all other factors are equal, because more pixels allow for more detail. This may not always be the case (upscaling, compression) but again, all other factors considered equal.

The reason 4K should in some cases cost more, is because it takes more processing power to work with 4K footage, more storage space, more exporting time and more uploading time. Over time, this cost may reduce due to cheaper storage space and faster processors, but let's not forget contributors invested in faster hardware to process 4K footage/animation. Besides, we're not talking about credit price differences here, but subscription prices so it's already getting as cheap as can be for buyers.

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Why is 4k better quality than HD? I disagree with this statement.
4K is just a different format.
The stock agency has prices. It is logical to assume that these prices may be the same for all formats. The buyer will only buy the format he needs. The fact that we shoot in 4K is just our desire to reach those buyers who need 4K or will need it in the future.

4K is higher resolution than HD, it's not a different format.
Of course if matters how you obtain the 4K resolution. But generally a native 4K export should be more crisp and higher quality than the same export in HD resolution.

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Of course, why value anything we do? Let's make everything 2c per download, why don't you.

Simplify it for customers, is Adobe's excuse. Right, because it's so confusing to pay more for higher quality.

And so the race to the bottom continues. Very disappointing.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: You climbed to a higher level!
« on: February 05, 2024, 16:59 »
Shutterstock levels be like:


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DepositPhotos / Re: Exciting News from Deposit Photos
« on: February 05, 2024, 16:54 »
I don't remember what was in the old contract, but the following passages, among others, are striking:

Depositphotos may obtain special permission to distribute certain files under the Attributed Free License or another free license. By granting permission, the contributor waives the right to receive compensation for such distribution, which, with few exceptions, will not be credited to the contributor's level.

What is so striking about this one? They won't distribute your files for free without your permission. Almost any agency has a free section, for which you need to give special permission.
If you don't give your permission, you have nothing to fear.

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DepositPhotos / Re: Exciting News from Deposit Photos
« on: February 05, 2024, 16:52 »
Start deleting my files bye bye deeps

Not defending these clowns, but let's be honest: you don't even know what has changed since the last agreement.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Unfairly Blocked - My Story
« on: January 28, 2024, 10:40 »
In an attempt to fight fraud, unsuspecting parents who were receiving child support from the state were unjustly targeted (via racial profiling) and accused of fraud. Even though they did nothing wrong, they had to pay back the full amount of child support they'd received over the years, causing huge debts. When they tried contacting the tax authorities, they always received canned responses and accusations and nobody listened to their cries for help. It was like talking to a brick wall. Very kafkaesque.

Prisons all over are full of innocent people, just ask any of the inmates?

Is the legal system in the Netherlands that messed up, that they couldn't file a legal appeal through the courts? Or that they couldn't find an attorney to act on their behalf. Do you know these people, personally? Ask them why they only hammered on breaking a brick wall, instead of going around it.

In this case people were often innocent, or at the very least they made an honest mistake. Imagine having to pay back tens of thousands of euros for only missing a 200 euro payment or making a mistake when filing your tax return. The targeted parents were often low-educated and poor. They were thrown into huge debts, resulting in families losing their homes, car, children put into foster care, sometimes suicide of parents.

Those who were aware of the legal options, tried to fight it in court but were outlawyered by the state. The law was 'correct', but very harsh and inhumane. It was a major clusterfuck that started as an overreaction to fraud. Nobody was fully aware of the disastrous consequences for the non-fraudulent families, not parliament, not the ministers, not the judges, not even the media.



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Adobe Stock / Re: Unfairly Blocked - My Story
« on: January 25, 2024, 05:43 »
Looks like you woke a sleeping dog by contacting them. (Not victim shaming you.)

Adobe's response is strange, apparently their financial team never got the memo that it was YOU who reported the suspicious (?) sales in the first place. Because what criminal would self-report his crime?

It reminds me of our tax revenue service in the Netherlands. In an attempt to fight fraud, unsuspecting parents who were receiving child support from the state were unjustly targeted (via racial profiling) and accused of fraud. Even though they did nothing wrong, they had to pay back the full amount of child support they'd received over the years, causing huge debts. When they tried contacting the tax authorities, they always received canned responses and accusations and nobody listened to their cries for help. It was like talking to a brick wall. Very kafkaesque.

Edit: corrected a word.

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Dreamstime.com / Re: The Dreamstime levels system
« on: January 23, 2024, 14:53 »
This is like complaining about the quality of the food on the Titanic. Dreamstime is a sinking ship, the levels didn't mean much 5-10 years ago but certainly don't matter today, because the majority is sub sales anyway (not just on DT)...if you're lucky to get sales at all.

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The Reality Is That Visual Aids, Particularly Photographs, Can Help Activate Memories For Someone With Alzheimer's, Memory Loss, And Dementia, And This Is True For Individuals With Both Early-Stage And Full-Stage Alzheimer's.
My Book Can Also Be Used For Other Purposes, Including: In Cafes, Bookshelves, End Tables, Restrooms, Waiting Areas In Offices & Barbershops, & because It Will Be Attractive To The Viewer's With Its Wonderful Pictures, It Will Be Sufficient For Its Use.It can Increase The Quality Of Life For Persons With Down's Syndrome.

Besides the dishonesty and illegal use of images, what is up with these fake claims in the descriptions about how these books are helping and increasing quality of life for people with Alzheimer's or Down Syndrome? It's disgusting and misleading.

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