"I understand what you are saying but all the columns became offset on the file.
So, while your name is on there, it is not your last 4 or your address.
 
The forms only show the last 4 digits of the social anyways, but the one listed does not go with the name on the form.
 
All we can do is amend all the forms at this point and that is what is being done.
We are all human here and unfortunately, mistakes happen."

"StockAI is shutting down

StockAI will shut down on February 25th, 2023. Please backup any data and use remaining credits before then."

Starting a new thread. Got tired of the old thread trying to trick me.

I just received the 1099 and it has Bigstock/Shutterstock, but NO Pond5.

Mine came with a "Top-up amount for Jun-Aug sale." for whatever that's worth.

Does anyone know if the "Contributor Fund" money is subject to the Earning Schedule/Levels? Will this also reset in January?

We�re excited to announce that we are partnering with OpenAI to bring the tools and experiences to the Shutterstock marketplace that will enable our customers to instantly generate and download images based on the keywords they enter.

As we step into this emerging space, we are going to do it in the best way we know how�with an approach that both compensates our contributor community and protects our customers.

In this spirit, we will not accept content generated by AI to be directly uploaded and sold by contributors in our marketplace because its authorship cannot be attributed to an individual person consistent with the original copyright ownership required to license rights. Please see our latest guidelines here. When the work of many contributed to the creation of a single piece of AI-generated content, we want to ensure that the many are protected and compensated, not just the individual that generated the content.

In the spirit of compensating our contributor community, we are excited to announce an additional form of earnings for our contributors. Given the collective nature of generative content, we developed a revenue share compensation model where contributors whose content was involved in training the model will receive a share of the earnings from datasets and downloads of ALL AI-generated content produced on our platform.

We see generative as an exciting new opportunity�an opportunity that we�re committed to sharing with our contributor community. For more information, please see our FAQ on the subject, which will be updated regularly.

I'm waiting for them to reboot the website. What a freaking dumpster fire.

I just uploaded and I don't think that it gave me the choice of commercial vs. editorial.

Good lord, who asks for these changes???

#FeelsGood

Like a proctology exam.

Thank you Schadenfreude I'll do a bit more research - might practice on a very old Nikon I have first.  Worth learning just nerve wracking.

As long as you're not experimenting with any of the wet wipes, you should be ok. Do yourself a favor and take an unfocused picture of a completely white computer screen at f22 (or whatever your smallest setting is) before and after you clean the sensor - if you did it correctly, you should see much fewer spots. I've been told not to "swipe" with the brush but to dab.

You'll get it.

When companies make their web-experience more difficult, I find that it's their subtle way of directing you to the app. None of the changes are meant for the contributor's convenience; in the business world of assets vs. liabilities, guess which one we are.

You should try using a "real" camera and see if more of your pictures are accepted.