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« on: January 12, 2013, 17:47 »
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« on: January 12, 2013, 16:45 »
Not sure that I agree that Google is off the hook. Think of this 1) Contributor sends Google a DCMA notice asserting that Google does not have the right to use the image the way Google is using it. 2) Google refuses to take it down saying they have a valid license. 3) Istock/Getty lose a court case brought by the contributor and are found to have licensed content outside the scope of the contributor agreement, meaning in part they infringed the copyright of the contributor. 4) Google can say "well we thought we had a valid license", but they A) still failed to comply with a legitimate DCMA notice and are still on the hook for that failure and B) distributed infringing material after being told by the owner that Google did not have a valid license. Google's recourse is to go after Istock/Getty for misrepresenting their ability to license the images the way they did.
Ideal scenario would be to convince Google that >Istock/Getty misrepresented their ability to license the images the way they did< and make them to go over to contributors side. Well - I know that it sounds too fancy but it may not be impossible.
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« on: January 12, 2013, 16:24 »
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« on: January 12, 2013, 15:15 »
4. Please give us a bit more time to gather the facts: >> [crap], Sean found it.
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« on: January 12, 2013, 13:43 »
Congrats & my condolences.
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« on: January 12, 2013, 12:42 »
"Were excited about our progress in search..." I became allergic to word "excited". Previous excitement that I read about was the one about Microsoft deal.
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« on: January 12, 2013, 09:08 »
I'm not sure if Getty's lawyers are still absolutely sure that they are right.
But iS is pretty sure that after few days or weeks of screaming and shouting on forums contributors will calm down again and nothing will happen. Few contributors will leave, few will stop uploading and show goes on
I hope that gostwyck is right and this proves to be a game changer, but i think jm is closer to the truth. Already there are bargainings from contributors..."what if we all just stop uploading"...there have been so many backstabbings in the past and so many warnings that these people are ruthless and have no respect for contributors, and people keep doing business with them. You cant stop a giant without giving up something yourself.
Some contributors constantly rip SS for giving away sub images...istockgetty has now driven the game to $0.
I also hope that gostwyck is right. But lemmings (no offence - I'm one of them) indispensably need their leader. I wish Sean feels like playing this role.
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« on: January 12, 2013, 07:23 »
I'm not sure if Getty's lawyers are still absolutely sure that they are right.
But iS is pretty sure that after few days or weeks of screaming and shouting on forums contributors will calm down again and nothing will happen. Few contributors will leave, few will stop uploading and show goes on
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« on: January 12, 2013, 03:07 »
IMHO I would prefer if they play with the Relevant search not the Popular 
I'm not sure ("Image Gallery Stats" show Internal Server Error at the moment) but looking at first rows of images in my portfolio (not sure about rest) I would say that relevant search arranged images strictly by "number of downloads". Popular search is based on some algorithm. edit: Gallery Stats were online for one minute and first page of images arranged by "Total Purchases" is same as "Relevant search" result.
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« on: January 11, 2013, 17:44 »
What a great time it was when I was not iStock contributor. It was possible to skip hundreds of pages of iS threads about outages, F5, commissions cutting, incompetency of management etc. I should have learned something and stay outside of this weird master and slaves game. Instead of working, I've been waiting for CMicare's cock-and-bull stories whole day.
The fact that I don't have any of my images on Google doesn't mean that I'm not affected by this.
I'm furious and tired of it at the same time. All I can do at this moment is to stop uploading and send some money to fund if contributors decide to go to court.
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« on: January 11, 2013, 16:35 »
Haha. That's exactly what we are waiting for whole day. 
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« on: January 11, 2013, 03:56 »
Notice for those who use Snapseed app (I have version for desktop computers): Be careful before uploading anywhere - I found out that if you open image in Snapseed and save it then info about copyright in EXIF data for unknown reason changes to "Public Domain". I wrote to their support to explain this to me but still no reply.
Well - as Snapseed was acquired by Google I'm not that surprised.
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« on: January 11, 2013, 01:23 »
Maybe some of other agencies - that may feel threatened by this and would like to see iS crash and burn - could help contributors with some legal action.
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« on: January 10, 2013, 16:53 »
I am sure iStock pays more than 123RF or all the other low earners combined thus I want in the club. If I can get in I can now afford sugar in my coffee in the morning 
I don't think so. Keep in mind that iStock is first agency that gives images for free.
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« on: January 10, 2013, 15:35 »
Thiefs, rip offs, Microsoft, Google and in addition to this now I can look forward to 8 cents sales on 123rf. Beginning of this year in microstock is real nightmare. I'm sick of it all.
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« on: January 10, 2013, 14:15 »
No. Just short description. Do you think it is good time to become iStock contributor? 
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« on: January 10, 2013, 13:56 »
Am I blind? All I can see in Google Drive is common "Stock" word when inserting image.
How the **** can this be considered by someone as "promotion" when there is absolutely no info about istockphoto?
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« on: January 09, 2013, 06:24 »
Then it's great deal for iS.
Profit from this promo will be close to zero - but with no expenses. It's paid by contributors so why not to try it.
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« on: January 09, 2013, 06:10 »
jm, Microsoft hasnt paid us anything. Zero. Null. Nada.
istock has declared that this is all "promotional use".
Even better. I read this "We are selling them images with an Extended License for their online site for use under their EULA which will be made available for download by their members." and thought that you should get some money. To me it would be very bad deal even if you would be paid but this is absolutely beyond my understanding.
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« on: January 09, 2013, 06:00 »
I'm afraid that my English is not good enough to understand and fully appreciate this exciting agreement.
Microsoft pays roughly 200 dollars for EL license. Millions of users will download image for free. IS hopes that some of them will click on iS link, register there and buy some image. Am I correct? If so I wouldn't call it a great deal.
Anyway - there are also Fotolia images on Microsoft site.
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« on: January 08, 2013, 17:29 »
I'm satisfied with Android. But I don't like that now there is not much information left that Google doesn't know about me.
Aaa sorry Mr. Google, I know you can see me. I didn't mean it.
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« on: January 08, 2013, 16:47 »
I shot this in .jpg format only. So Is there some other technique I can use?
Cricket
You can try "Filter" > "Lens Correction" and try to move with sliders - if it's available in your version of Photoshop. It works but it'not always perfect - in RAW it usually is.
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« on: January 08, 2013, 16:34 »
Usually fringe can easily be removed by making selections and desaturating the offending color... or by creating a layer and using the gaussian blur tool... but neither technique seems to work too well, when there's a deep blue sky and the fringe is almost the same color as the sky.
I know about easier way. Open RAW file in Adobe Camera Raw. Tick "Remove Chromatic Aberation" Box. Done.
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« on: January 08, 2013, 11:46 »
There are already apps for Android. I have "add watermark" app that was for free and works well.
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