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« on: October 04, 2021, 18:51 »
Whatever, Fb is up now as are Ig and WhatsApp. And although I got a message from Ig that they couldn't connect me, I've had some comments and likes over the past hour on the image I was trying to upload. 
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« on: October 04, 2021, 15:50 »
Ha! I just wasted time twice trying to send an Insta post, trying to figure out why I couldn't and assuming it was my fault! Why do I always assume that?!
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« on: October 04, 2021, 06:09 »
Have you already taken this up with their support team?
If so, what did they say?
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« on: September 26, 2021, 10:02 »
The stock companies have been misinterpreting copyright laws for a long time. Hopefully some day they will start reading the copyright laws properly instead of what they have been doing.
Hopefully, some day you will accept the benefits of having your own agency, raking in the profits from the highly desireable (you think) photos the agencies won't accept, while accepting the risk (which you don't believe exists). That would save you the effort and time of posting your hypotheses here, which is pointless. Have fun.
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« on: September 17, 2021, 08:53 »
Absolutely not allowed. Prohibited by section 10 of the DP license agreement. What is the site?
S/he said Depositphotos
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« on: September 08, 2021, 18:08 »
Don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant. https://www.andreacatton.co.uk/2016/08/owns-tattoos-tattoos-uk-copyright-lawhttps://copyrightalliance.org/education/qa-headlines/tattoos-copyrighthttps://theconversation.com/explainer-who-owns-the-copyright-to-your-tattoo-142825https://abj.artrepreneur.com/who-owns-the-copyright-in-your-tattoo-art You can disagree with that all you like, but as I've said to you before, it's their ball, their game. If they want to reject photos of blades of grass or random stones, they can. And they are, understandably, risk averse. For all they know, the tattoo itself may be a copyright infringement. If you want to knock yourself out, accepting the risk of selling content which the major agencies won't accept, go ahead and set up your own website. There isn't much point in whining on msg. The stock site lawyers probably never look in here.
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« on: August 25, 2021, 11:40 »
Sue, after creating an account, I can access the forum. But my message has not been approved so other members cannot see it.
I've never heard of that: my posts go live as soon as I write them whether new threads or posts in other threads. Must be new, or some mistake.
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« on: August 25, 2021, 03:07 »
For real?
I would have appreciated honest communication and prompt action.
By the way, Sue, I did open a forum account to bring this matter to the attention of management. I particularly asked for a contact person.
But my message has been pending for approval since August 20. It does not look like it would get approved.
Oh, I didn't realise you had to be approved for the forum. I thought you were automatically accepted for the forum if you are a verified contributor. They do allow critical posts. There were several posts about the payment issue, there are threads about the recent rate cuts and contract terms (now locked following hundreds of posts), and lost of individual posts complaining that they get more $$ and their service is poor. I myself have two recent threads about them not chasing up infringments. However, maybe with the red mist, maybe your posting was worded 'in the heat of the moment'. You can find the MD's email in the first contract change thread. I emailled her about the removal of benefits to exclusive images, and she (or a minion!) replied quickly.
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« on: August 23, 2021, 09:57 »
Another wall hanger licensed today...let's see what Alamy CR will say...
Just received the following reply from Alamy:
"We have no reason to believe this is being used outside of the terms of the licence. If however you do have proof that it has been, let us know and we can then investigate."
Standard answer, as you know. Still, they could hardly go after a buyer without proof of use outwith the licence purchased. I wonder what use is being made of it, given that PU sales tend to be better earners, at least for me, than many 'regular' sales. This morning I wrote them my third email about an unreported sale from September. First contact form sent when I found it on 11th June. Answer: "We'll ask the customer's account handler to look into this and we'll get back to you." Second email sent 19th July: "Any word on this yet? I wouldn't have thought it would be difficult to chase up given thatthey have an "account handler". Alamy's answer: "We've just chased our colleague about this - apologies for the delay. We'll get back to you once we have an update." This morning's email from me: "Another month has passed, and this image has STILL not been notified or paid for. You need to move much faster. What is your extra 20% doing for us?" Waiting for the reply. PS: note that a sale I should have got 50% on will now net me 40% (what they've said to others who have asked).
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« on: August 21, 2021, 07:49 »
Last month my worst month since July 07. This month much better, but not in any other sense 'good'.
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« on: August 17, 2021, 18:34 »
Best wishes for your future endeavours!
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« on: August 12, 2021, 19:52 »
Like Falantus said, is the agency you put the image on a partner of Alamy?
Have you checked to see if your file is on the Alamy website (do a search). That would show whether your file is there legitimately via a partner seller or if someone else is claiming it as their own (I'm not sure if I've ever heard of that on Alamy, but presumably it sometimes happens.)
If a partner, be aware that it can take months for a file to show up as an Alamy sale, then more time for the money to clear, then it will need to be processed through your agency.
Finally, it is slightly possible that it's an honest mistake by the user. I happened to find one of my files on a book cover with a SS credit. I couldn't actually find it on SS, but I sent a pleasant email to the (very small) publisher to enquire. They contacted the designer and it was a honest mistake, they had a valid iS licence, but somehow had credited it as SS. The publisher was very apologetic.
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« on: August 12, 2021, 18:47 »
Wow, there is a fraud!
I managed to find out how to get into the webpage for the method of payment.
It was switched to "bank account transfer". My email address was removed.
What shocks me is that Alamy did not send me an email to tell me about the change.
They're having a lot of IT problems at the moment. I presume you've contacted Support already. Let's hope it's incompetence rather than malice (fraud).
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« on: August 12, 2021, 17:57 »
Mine hit my bank account on the 5th.
Not sure how you change it, there's a tab 'account settings' on your dashboard, I'm not sure if that would do it.
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« on: August 12, 2021, 08:01 »
Wow... things are getting worse. Adobe has given a keyword to people who paid this course (stockeros1, https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=stockeros1), so those contributors can add this keyword to their pictures and this way Adobe can find them easily and promote them more frequently to increase their sales.
How do you know: 1 Adobe gave them that keyword? 2. The keyword is to let Adobe promote them above others? Isn't it possible (I don't know, I don't submit there) for anyone to make up a keyword and add it to their images? If so a group of people could use a specific made up keyword so that they can use it for external marketing or for any other purpose. Still, Mat is usually faster at getting back with answers, so the ball's still in his court.
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« on: August 07, 2021, 10:58 »
. (repeat post)
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« on: July 26, 2021, 13:10 »
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« on: July 26, 2021, 05:56 »
i spoke to them, seem genuine, but whatever, everybody has made their mind up on the back of a russian youtube video, lol
Is 'Russian YouTube video' code for something I'm not hep to? Otherwise I've no idea what you're talking about. I haven't made up my mind. I'm just saying they have done, said or shown nothing which engenders any confidence. We've (mostly) all been bitten before by much more credible players.
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« on: July 25, 2021, 17:32 »
If you are interested to increase your incomes
Do you have a guarantee on that?
oh come off it, no agency guarantees anything, so why would you look for guarantes from them, you've been shafted at istock and alamy a zillion times, you're still with them
Yebbut both were much better when I joined up. I wouldn't voluntarily join an agency which looked dodgy. Twice bitten, thrice shy. They're making no effort to be transparent or prove that they're not heisters. You've been round the block as much as the rest of us and know what total lulus have been on here tryng to encourage us to join. How many have been worth the effort? Answers on the head of a pin.
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« on: July 25, 2021, 12:43 »
And after weeks of patience this is the answer oh these *insult removed* :
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If you misrepresent that material is infringing, Shutterstock may terminate your Shutterstock account, or you may face other legal consequences.
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Why don't they* do that to actual infringers also? And publicise that they're doing it?
*And all the other agencies/distributors.
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Imagine the other way... I file a complaint, the account is shut down, while it's investigated. Would you like that? Guilty and convicted without any sort of fairness and trial? So the problem is, SS must have too many complaints stacked up and they are slow to complete the due diligence, before they can terminate someones source of income.
What's obvious for us, on the surface, has more complicated, legal implications. And they can't just close an account because of an accusation.
That's not what I meant. They're saying they may take legal action over false accusations, to discourage people from making them. Why don't they also take legal action over proven image theft? (to discourage people from doing it) I found on of my BSs on iS on Flickr with some bloke claiming copyright. When I filled in the form to make a complaint, it said they would send the accusee my email address, which I thought was bizarre (but I sent a potentially throwaway addy). No word back, but there's a blank where the photo was and a note that it's under investigation for copyright infringement. (Maybe linking to my image on Getty scared them, or maybe it's automatic, but was blanked within 24 hrs.) This guy's whole port appears to be 'lifted', some with accreditation, most (that I checked) not.
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« on: July 24, 2021, 12:34 »
And after weeks of patience this is the answer oh these *insult removed* :
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If you misrepresent that material is infringing, Shutterstock may terminate your Shutterstock account, or you may face other legal consequences.
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Why don't they* do that to actual infringers also? And publicise that they're doing it? *And all the other agencies/distributors.
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« on: July 24, 2021, 09:48 »
You could actually extend the argument and say does a customer really need to have an exact specific image or would they just look for the cheapest image that satisfied their needs?
Depends on the customer. You can see in the end results, printed or online, that some go with the cheapest, or satisfice with one from the outlet where they have a subscription. Or maybe time is money: for example some Alamy buyers only look at one page, some scroll through thousands of images to get what they want. For higher end buyers, it's better to more closely match what they need, even if it means paying more.
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« on: July 22, 2021, 10:22 »
LOL, after I posted the initial message, the cleared balance appears to be normal today. 
Sue, the only photography forum I participate is this one. 
Fairy Nuff; but you don't need to participate, or even sign up, to join the Alamy forum, it's open for all to read.
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