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This is actually a way to keep you from DELETING your images.

While your portfolio is disabled, you can't access your own images to delete them.  They still show up in Shutterstock's database, so Google sees them, and directs searchers to Shutterstock, using your image.  They still count toward Shuttertock's count of images.

So, rather than disable, delete.


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General Stock Discussion / Re: So where are we at now?
« on: July 01, 2020, 07:51 »
Simply de-activating your portfolio is not enough.  Your images will still be used as bait for links from Google, and will still be counted as "assets" of the company.

Closing your account will (eventually) get your images removed, as will deleting the images by hand.




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Do the missing images have anything in common?  Are they all the same model?  Do they contain graffiti? 

Looking at what you have on Alamy, there may be some property concerns.

There's no way for us to tell why Dreamstime isn't allowing downloads.  It may even be something with your account, rather than the images.

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Do the missing images have anything in common?  Are they all the same model?  Do they contain graffiti? 

There's no way for us to tell why Dreamstime isn't allowing downloads.  It may even be something with your account, rather than the images.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: The attitude of a real capitalist
« on: June 24, 2020, 07:34 »
Adobe and Dreamstime will be happy to have content that Shutterstock doesn't.


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I was thinking Adobe wanted to buy Shutterstock, but Facebook makes more sense.

An impending sale or merger makes sense, because the immediate effect of the change in payout would be Shutterstock suddenly looking a lot more profitable on paper.  Not for long, but, maybe for long enough.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: LAWYERS, CLASS ACTION, NAOMI KLEIN
« on: June 21, 2020, 07:38 »
It's possible they licensed your image, which would give them the right to use it, I guess, though why they'd want to use an image no longer on their site is beyond me.

All 2500 of my images?  No. What I think is going on is that, even though I asked for my account to be deleted, they just deactivated it.  So, technically, my images are still part of their total count of images, even though they can not be purchased.


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Shutterstock.com / Re: LAWYERS, CLASS ACTION, NAOMI KLEIN
« on: June 20, 2020, 08:01 »
I'll tell you what I want to sue Shutterstock for.  Using my images to promote their site more than a year after I closed my account.



Because pages like this still exist on their site, Google still links to them, and people searching for my work get directed to Shutterstock.

I have contacted them several times about this, and they always play dumb and blame Google.

No, they're not selling my images, but they are still USING them, and I believe that's actionable.

I bet they are still using everyone else's the same way, and I am willing to add my name to a large suit about that.

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Adobe Stock / Re: AdobeStock blocked my account
« on: June 08, 2020, 07:45 »
Have you done something differently lately?

Maybe something has been mis-interpreted.  Tell us about your recent activities, maybe we can help you get this sorted out.

A link to one of your portfolios might help.

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I still would not trust them, even if the paid more.  They have been too lax with copyright protection and image security for me to want to be associated with them. 

Now, if another stock site buys them out, or there is some other large shift in ownership, I might consider it.

In a year or two.

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Bigstock.com / Will SS muck up Bigstock next?
« on: May 30, 2020, 07:59 »
Shutterstock has finally made themselves into the Wal-Mart of stock photography.  They will probably still make a profit from selling tons of totally crappy images at "low everyday prices".   But, I don't think that will satisfy their corporate greed.

My concern it that they'll turn to Bigstock next.

My sales there are pathetic, and have been for some time.  I'm wondering if I should bail out before things get weird.

Although, Shutterstock's most likely move may be to simply close Bigstock.

What do you all think?


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I am so glad I bailed out last year. 


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So, how much is 15% of  three cents?

You know that's where they're going. 

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Bigstock.com / Re: After SS Bigstock got crazy
« on: May 19, 2020, 08:40 »
I think Thiefy Mcthieferson scared them.

140
New Sites - General / Re: www.picxy.com
« on: May 08, 2020, 07:49 »
Well, they say they are specifically for southeast asia, so no.  I am not from there, and don't have photos from there, so I don't see why I should bother.

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New Sites - General / Re: Prodigar
« on: May 04, 2020, 07:54 »
They also won't show you what they have unless you make an account.  Crooks. 

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New Sites - General / Re: Prodigar
« on: May 04, 2020, 07:32 »
Wow.  They make no promises at all.. except to spread your stuff around, maybe.

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Dreamstime.com / Re: I can't upload images
« on: April 28, 2020, 07:24 »
This can happen if a lot of people happen to upload at the same time.  The system gets backed up, and you have to wait.  I just go away, and check back the next day.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Video Thief on Shutterstock
« on: April 28, 2020, 07:23 »
Down to 7 now...

You would think, after multiple take down requests, the whole portfolio, and the "photographer" would get tossed.

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MicrostockSubmitter / Re: indecisive!?
« on: April 08, 2020, 08:30 »
Dreamstime has been having some technical problems with their dashboard.  Approved items are showing as rejected, even though they really are in the portfolio.  It's a display issue.  They're working on it, and may have it fixed today.

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I don't see how reducing prices on something that's already * cheap can help the situation. 

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Alamy.com / Re: Vector Illustrations on Alamy
« on: March 29, 2020, 12:23 »
I have been busy uploading jpgs of my vectors as separate images.  They insist on generating their own jpg previews for vectors, and they look awful.  So, for the sake of jpg sales, I'm uploading them separately.

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The whole point of clip art books is that they are public domain.  Most of the artwork is, indeed, over 75 years old. Some of the artwork is over 100 years old.   I collect clip art books, which is why I recognize it in stock illustrations.

There are digital clip arts that are public domain, most of them are in very old formats, such as wmf.  These older vector formats could not produce curves or gradients, so each image had thousands of nodes, and multiple layers to create any gradients.

I figure, if the submitter has put in the effort to convert these clunky old files into clean, easily edited vectors, it's fair for them to get paid for that.  It's certainly worth it to a buyer to have the modernized version.

I see a lot, though, that look like someone just put a book on a scanner, and posted the results.  This would violate the terms of service for  stock sites that exclude public domain images.  Legally, an unaltered copy of a public domain image is still public domain.   An altered one, such as one colorized, vectorized, or developed, is considered new work.  (however, it can be hard to defend copyright on, since others might do almost the exact same alterations, parallel evolution)

Fun fact:  It's called "clip" art because printers used to actually cut it out of large sheets to paste into their layouts.   

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Sort of parallel evolution.  I think you're right.

I see plenty of stuff derived from old clip art, and you can tell who's using the same books as a resource.  It's lazy, but not stealing.

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You honestly expect Shutterstock to have an army of reviewers to police every single one of the millions of submissions they get every week and cross reference those to every other agency and/or website on the internet to ensure they're all legit?

Yes.
They used to do that.
Other sites still do.

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