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Messages - Sebastian Radu
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« on: March 10, 2023, 04:04 »
For the last three or four years I have been seeing all sorts of ways for companies to pay us less and less. Now Adobe has found this " door ". I'm not a very good photographer but over time I've improved the quality of my photos. Not to mention all the money I've invested in equipment. But I did it primarily for pleasure, money always came second. But honestly, in the last few years it actually made me give up the hobby. I'm sick of all the lies and the ways of these "big famous companies" to keep diminishing our income. It's like the world has gone crazy, really. I hear there are companies like BMW that sell you the car and then charge you a subscription if you want seat heating. A few weeks ago I couldn't scan a document at home with the HP multifunctional I have until I signed up for an account with them... I also read a news that Microsoft wants to make Windows 12 available on the Cloud and you have to pay a subscription if you want to have their operating system... Really??? I come from a former communist country and we all thought the West was much fairer than what was on the other side of the iron curtain. As time goes by this difference is diminishing. No wonder more and more extremist parties are popping up. Just my opinion.. Good luck to all!
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« on: January 26, 2023, 08:04 »
Thank you for this thread I found randomly.
Found 1.5k of my images stolen
https://www.freepik.com/author/alleca
2.1k downloads on premium. IM guessing this person has made lots of money off me. Emailed support but will they actually do anything?
Chris
Hi, You need to be more insistent. In the end, in my case, they blocked that user. I also wrote to them on Facebook and left a negative review on Google Maps. Use this email address: [email protected]
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« on: January 23, 2023, 09:09 »
I also found one that has a lot of my photos:
https://www.freepik.com/author/solidstocks
After a few more emails sent to them.... Hi
The author has been blocked and his content removed from our site. Please allow 24 hours for the images to disappear from our site.
Regards
Copyright Department
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« on: January 17, 2023, 05:38 »
Going thru "normal" channels will only get you to another contributor who is representing Shutterstock. I don't think Shutterstock has any contributor relation personnel on staff anymore.
These contributor liaisons will most likely give you a worthless canned response to any problem or inquiry.
At least, that was my experience when I tried in the past.
I also had the same sad experience...
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« on: January 16, 2023, 02:25 »
my question is:
b) curious also - how are you finding your assets/finding out the ones they've taken?
thanks!
I have some specific images and so they are easy to find. A simple search immediately brings them to my attention.
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« on: January 12, 2023, 05:00 »
Hi, I wrote a review on google maps. They even replied to me saying that they "just answered my emails". I edited that yes, they did reply but they didn't solve my problem. Today I saw a $10 payment in my account - "ASCRL Summer Distribution - DEC 2022".... Very interesting....
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« on: January 10, 2023, 02:53 »
The Alamy team opted out for me in September for Novel use, and China + Russian distribution. As I can see today i still have sales for 0.01$ to China. It's an insult to all contributors and to the world of photography. I've just sent an email today to ask for explanations. If nothing is done Im going to close my account of this joking site.
I will definitely do the same. I'm tired of sending them emails and getting nothing but false promises.
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« on: January 04, 2023, 07:43 »
From Alamy:
Hi Sebastian,
As you are aware we are paying back contributors 100% commission and a top up for the sales that happened in September. Regarding the sales you have recently seen in December these are not additional sales by the distributor and is an error in the way it has been displayed in your balance of account.
We are aware of this and checking this with our billing team, once the changes have been corrected when will let you know.
Kind regards,
Chantelle
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« on: January 03, 2023, 10:38 »
On my dashboard is shows that I am having fees removed from each sale (like normal). I just received a response from their contributor team that this is in error due to technical issues. It is supposed to be a top up but their system still took commissions. They said that was in error and will get back to me. Geeze.
Same for me: Hi Sebastian,
This seems to be an error on our side and our team are looking into this. Hopefully, this will be rectified as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
ChantelleAnd this after they sent me the same message again and I told them to read my emails for real and stop giving me copy paste.... Hi Sebastian, After working with the distributor and as a gesture of good will, we are now going to rebill these images as a top up payment in your account, with the sale price being slightly higher than previously. These arent new licenses but are top up payments and you will see this reflected in your account over the coming days. This top up payment will also include the 100% commission that we were due to pay back to you from the corresponding sale(s) in September. Once again were sorry that this happened and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Many Thanks,
LouiseThey are so unprofessional ....
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« on: December 29, 2022, 06:14 »
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« on: December 10, 2022, 06:43 »
Hi, I've just contacted them saying they've become an disgrace. Maybe we should all do that!
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« on: December 02, 2022, 02:06 »
Huge drop in earnings last few months. Huge! I will wait few more weeks and if earnings not get recovered, I will delete all images.
The same thing happens also to me... For several months now only one sale.... Very strange. I'm trying to make that $50 and then close my account with them.
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« on: October 06, 2022, 08:06 »
Something similar just happened to me. More sales than usual. I think if Adobe would offer a "good and fair contract" for exclusivity I would like to stay with them only. But, unfortunately, when you add up the sales from the other agencies you realize that this is not really possible... Who knows...
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« on: September 23, 2022, 05:54 »
over on the Alamy forum they posted
https://discussion.alamy.com/topic/15988-sales-to-china/page/2/
" Hi All,
We're very sorry that due to a technical error on our part some of you who have opted-out of distribution are seeing image sales on your account via distribution sales.
We are aware of the issue that these sales shouldn't have happened for those opted-out of distribution, and we're investigating to establish what happened so we can resolve this as soon as possible. We'll be paying all contributors 100% of the commission from these sales. If you think you shouldn't have seen these distribution sales on your account, you can email [email protected] however we will be getting in touch with everyone affected once we have a clearer picture on the matter.
Thanks,
Alamy
"
I got a bunch of distro sales from China for 22 to 2 cents for which I get 5 to 0 cents. I'm opted out of China this year. Plus 2 cent sales for which the photographer gets 0 is never ok. They need to put a floor on the amount the photographer gets. It doesn't have to be very high, but it should definitely not be 0.
I just received the same answer from them....
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« on: September 22, 2022, 03:25 »
Same here....
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« on: September 02, 2022, 01:25 »
I think it should at least be an optout for selling images to russia when shutterstock dont seem to have any problens selling.
Or maybe all images bought in russia going directly to aid Ukraine.
Good idea
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« on: August 05, 2022, 06:58 »
I also uploaded some "watercolor paintings" done in photoshop using some old photos of mine and the images were rejected - "PROPERTY RELEASE MISSING" ??!?.....
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« on: July 01, 2022, 04:37 »
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« on: July 01, 2022, 03:44 »
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« on: June 07, 2022, 06:43 »
Starting tomorrow, June 7 some of you will have the opportunity to re-nominate photos that are currently in the Free collection, or to nominate new photos for consideration. The window to nominate your photos will be open until June 22.
Hi Mat, thanks for the heads up.
What defines "some of you"?
Because when I look in the contributor portal I see no changes so I will not have the opportunity then, I guess.
I have the same questin as you
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« on: May 06, 2022, 01:41 »
I think eventually, we will have to pay them for "having the chance" to have the photos on their platforms...
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« on: May 03, 2022, 07:59 »
I've had quite a lot of food photography sell on FAA. They can sell as wall art for kitchens and dining rooms, holiday food (Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine, Easter, etc) does well for greeting cards, I've sold several as jigsaw puzzles, a cake printed on a tapestry (of all things!). Heck, someone even purchased one of my candy photos printed on a shower curtain. So you never know.
Thanks for the encouragement! I'm really going to try to see if I can "squeeze" anything out of the photos I already have.
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« on: May 03, 2022, 06:37 »
Hi, I was also thinking of an alternative to increase my income from stock photography. But, unfortunately, I don't know how many would be willing to buy products with pictures of food. But I don't want to practice another kind of photography just to sell PODs. Anyway, I think the best way is to try and see what happens... Good luck to all!
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« on: March 29, 2022, 01:43 »
Same problem.. I stopped uploading pictures as soon as I had the first such sales, couple of month ago. Next month I will try to get out of all those "profitable" sales. If I still have such sales, Alamy will have the same fate for me as Shutterstock ... I'll delete the account and that's it. Eventually, solutions will be found for us as well. Everything is cyclical. I hope
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