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« on: August 06, 2019, 00:31 »
I think some of you guys may be misunderstanding the email. He may have submitted images previously submitted by other contributors.
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« on: August 05, 2019, 22:01 »
I'm experiencing the opposite situation. Even tho my portfolio is half editorials.
As I remembered, FT didn't accept editorials. Your sales are coming directly from the AS side, where they started accepting editorials after they bought FT. For us older contributors, we're losing the credit sales from FT's side. Maybe AS has been actively trying to convert all those credit buyers into subscribers, but credit buyers probably loved the flexibility of the system instead of being charged every month for something they may not use.
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« on: August 05, 2019, 20:19 »
Sales were steady until a few months ago. It has dropped over 25% in the last few months.
I know they're transitioning all FT buyers over, but there are no more credit sales and subscription prices seem to be higher other major sites. Are they losing customers to SS?
AS has been my most consistent earner, but this decline is worrying. They were doing a lot of things right until recently.
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« on: July 30, 2019, 16:35 »
Unfortunately, it's just the nature of the business. Supply is outpacing demand and there's more competition than ever. Happens to every industry.
SS is still performance surprisingly well, but AS has declined a little bit. I was banking on AS staying consistent since it's still my biggest earner, but the closure of FT is hurting our download numbers.
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« on: July 27, 2019, 20:51 »
The engineering team need to work a bit faster. They need to add a search to the portfolio and it shouldn't take them this long.
If they move any slower, they need to have their salary reduced.
81
« on: July 03, 2019, 15:55 »
Email doesn't work anymore. If you file an infringement claim from the support page, they will ask you to submit a DMCA takedown notice.
So the only thing you can do is file a DMCA takedown request, otherwise they won't do anything.
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« on: July 03, 2019, 15:50 »
Many of your photos... a lot of people can take them with their phones in 2019. And the photos that does have some commercial value, I've seen other photos with similar subject matter that are a lot more downloadable.
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« on: June 03, 2019, 19:56 »
BigSVGBundle is one of the biggest snakes at Etsy. I think a lot of people have already reported her, but Etsy is still keeping her shop active. I wonder if notifying companies like Disney would get them to throw their weight around and get shops like these banned for good.
You say "Her" but as they are obviously giving false information it could be anyone (male or female). They give their location as NYC in one place and the UK in some of their counter notices. I very much doubt the name they are providing is real either. When Etsy doesn't give a s**t on this level there's not much that can be done. It's like trying to get one of the old Warez sites to take action in the early 2000s.
Yes, I am aware. We dont know who this person is and the address she gave you is probably fake. Map the addresss on her counter claim and see where it is.
Counter claims with fake information is a violation of Etsys terms of service. While Im doing my part, please let Etsy know if the address she give is fake, so they can investigate. This person giving false information on a counter claim may be the best weapon against her/him and get the shop taken down.
Prepare to be super annoyed with Etsy. They don't care. You will get a stock copy and paste answer about how they "can't get involved". I have had it multiple times when pointing out a blatantly fake counter notice (false details etc.) . Lying leaves the crook open to perjury charges, good luck suing someone you know nothing about in a foreign country over stolen stock images. It's why I'm so p**sed on this and the other thread.
Shop is gone, along with many others. I guess the barraged of DMCA takedowns worked.
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« on: May 29, 2019, 02:56 »
You say "Her" but as they are obviously giving false information it could be anyone (male or female). They give their location as NYC in one place and the UK in some of their counter notices. I very much doubt the name they are providing is real either. When Etsy doesn't give a s**t on this level there's not much that can be done. It's like trying to get one of the old Warez sites to take action in the early 2000s.
Do you have Etsy shop?
I have, and for sure that what you're saying about owners id is not real: it's required to know valid credit card and real bank info with real name to be payed. So Etsy for sure knows exactly the real person behind every shop, despite of nickname
Oh yeah, Etsy probably know who they are. They just don't care that they are filling out different/ false information on legal documents to cover up their theft.
They consider it to be nothing to do with them. Of course they care when it's information required for them to get their cut of the dirty money.
Let's just keep filing against this person. Maybe Etsy will take down the shop. It's been frustrating dealing with Etsy infringers. They think they can sell something because they found it on Google or because 20 other shops are selling it. And when you say a design belongs to you, they want proof and they don't believe it unless it's on the US copyright website. Etsy makes me appreciate the approach that Shutterstock and Adobe Stock takes. They take down the images and ban entire accounts if more than a couple people file a DMCA request. Etsy is a clusterfuck. The US need to change the law on this Safe Harbor nonsense, because like you said. Etsy is not going to do anything because they like the dirty money.
85
« on: May 28, 2019, 14:51 »
Just put a white rectangle layer at the background with the same size ot the artboard...
Yeah I can do that, but that's destroying the integrity of the artwork. That's also just more work for me. According to their new uploading article, you now have to check the Use Artboards box when saving your EPS. Then it takes your artboard into account when it renders the preview. I haven't tried it, I refuse to upload until this is resolved.
Are you referring to this article? https://www.shutterstock.com/contributorsupport/articles/en_US/kbat02/000006575I can't find the option to "Use Artboard" when trying to save an EPS file. Where do I find it?
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« on: May 28, 2019, 00:14 »
I uploaded a vector for the first time they made the change and it's a disappointment.
I can adapt to the new size. No problem. What's disappointing is that they take the size of the artwork instead of the artboard size. This cause a lot problems.
I leave some padding on my artwork since most of them DON'T have backgrounds. I want them to be centered and surrounded by white space. When Shutterstock render the JPG from my EPS file, the rendered JPG has no padding. It looks like a mistake and when people search for my work, it goes from edge to edge and it really messes up my presentation.
I don't know what they're thinking. The tech is clearly not ready for prime-time. They need to change it so that it renders a JPG from the size of the Artboard instead of the size of the artwork.
87
« on: May 14, 2019, 15:49 »
BigSVGBundle is one of the biggest snakes at Etsy. I think a lot of people have already reported her, but Etsy is still keeping her shop active. I wonder if notifying companies like Disney would get them to throw their weight around and get shops like these banned for good.
You say "Her" but as they are obviously giving false information it could be anyone (male or female). They give their location as NYC in one place and the UK in some of their counter notices. I very much doubt the name they are providing is real either. When Etsy doesn't give a s**t on this level there's not much that can be done. It's like trying to get one of the old Warez sites to take action in the early 2000s.
Yes, I am aware. We dont know who this person is and the address she gave you is probably fake. Map the addresss on her counter claim and see where it is. Counter claims with fake information is a violation of Etsys terms of service. While Im doing my part, please let Etsy know if the address she give is fake, so they can investigate. This person giving false information on a counter claim may be the best weapon against her/him and get the shop taken down.
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« on: May 13, 2019, 13:35 »
I have been all over Etsy reporting my images being sold illegally and I have also contacted several other stock artists when I found their work for sale.
I know of one seller that has probably had 30-40 successful copyright reports in the past week and they're still active and selling stolen digital files daily.
Although Etsy is quick to remove the listing when reported, it appears they will not take any action against the seller.
It's often difficult to find the copyright holder because their Shutterstock profile name doesn't match any other name online. Something to consider when selling stock, you may want to make it easier for people to find you.
Can you post a link to the shop? we may be able to find some of ours too.
Edit: Here's a couple of offenders worth also worth a look:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/BigSvgBundle?
almost 7000 sales in the last year or so, conservatively making 2-3 dollars per sale. Evey items seems to infringe someone's copyright.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MetalClipart? lots of stuff I recognise in this one
https://www.etsy.com/shop/BestCutDesign?
Etsy's form for DMCA:
https://www.etsy.com/legal/ip/report
I'll add some more prolific offenders when I come across them
BigSVGBundle is one of the biggest snakes at Etsy. I think a lot of people have already reported her, but Etsy is still keeping her shop active. I wonder if notifying companies like Disney would get them to throw their weight around and get shops like these banned for good.
89
« on: May 11, 2019, 00:38 »
The more I look, the more I find. I've never see such a clusterfuck of copyright infringement on any website.
I found one of my images being sold by at least 20 shops. Every profile I go into, I find more infringement. It's one rabbit hole after another. A lot of these images are being spread by just a few people who sell bundles for cheap. If Etsy would ban a few of them, it would stop flow of copyright material by at least 50%.
I wish Disney, Marvel, DC, and HBO go after infringers on Etsy. There are literally hundreds of thousands of Disney items on sale, without Disney's permission. Maybe Disney see them as free advertisement for their brands so they don't even bother.
The whole Etsy submission system encourages copyright infringement. They don't review anything. Any buyer can list an item for cheap and it goes to the store instantly and every time Etsy list something, they make money. Every time something is sold, they make money. They have no incentive to after copyright infringers.
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« on: May 06, 2019, 15:00 »
Maker
Best match to a Visionary.
91
« on: May 01, 2019, 12:46 »
Looks like a big holiday across Europe.
92
« on: April 19, 2019, 17:55 »
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Regarding the Ansel Adams image, I would be careful about reporting that as copyright infringement.
I spoke to a young lady recently who worked on app that encourages people to follow Ansel Adams's footsteps and recreate his photos. This project was sponsored by Adams' relatives. This particular photo may have been the result of that.
While Adams own the original photo he took, he doesn't own the landscape. Unless the photo on SS is the exact same photo he took, I'm not sure SS is obligated to take it down. The composition is similar, but the lighting in the mountains is different and the clouds are different. It may not be original, but the contributor probably owns the photo.
Gotta imagine some parts of the landscape, tree placement, tree size, foliage, even the flow of the river, would look a little, if not dramatically different than it did in 1942 when Ansel Adams took that image. Not to mention the shadows, reflections, lighting, ripples in the water, etc. Unless this Shutterstock contributor took this image around 80 years ago and in the exact same spot at the exact same time of day, I'm not buying this theory. The Shutterstock image replaced the clouds from the Ansel Adams shot and darkened the rest.
Shutterstock should be ashamed of themselves for removing their forum thread about this, essentially condoning the theft.
Actually, the SS photo does belong to Adam: http://shop.anseladams.com/v/vspfiles/photos/1502016-2.jpgThere was no cloud replacement or alterations. Brasilnut compared the wrong image.
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« on: April 19, 2019, 13:11 »
I recently found a person stealing much of my work and uploaded in his portfolio.
Having sent a DMCA to SS, they did took action but... but they only deleted the mentioned images which I complained for, the profile is still active.
I complained for about 10-12 images as a ref out of 100s and they only took action for complained images. I mentioned in the DMCA that the entire portfolio is full of copyrighted content.
Its little worrying that company don't respects artists.
Based on my own experience, they seem to have kind of strike rule. If 1 person submit a DMCA takedown letter against a contributor, SS usually take the images down. If 2 or more people submit DMCA takedown letters against the same contributor, they usually take the entire portfolio down.
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« on: April 19, 2019, 13:07 »
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Regarding the Ansel Adams image, I would be careful about reporting that as copyright infringement. I spoke to a young lady recently who worked on app that encourages people to follow Ansel Adams's footsteps and recreate his photos. This project was sponsored by Adams' relatives. This particular photo may have been the result of that. While Adams own the original photo he took, he doesn't own the landscape. Unless the photo on SS is the exact same photo he took, I'm not sure SS is obligated to take it down. The composition is similar, but the lighting in the mountains is different and the clouds are different. It may not be original, but the contributor probably owns the photo.
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« on: April 05, 2019, 15:33 »
https://www.etsy.com/shop/RutaFoziSVG
See if your work is in this shop. This lady is a big time infringer.
Lucky me I don't make Vectors for her to steal. But please help someone who doesn't understand the art side. How does she copy others vectors to easily? Is this a matter of download a sample, make a SVG and upload or how is it so easy for people to do this?
There are numerous pirate sites they can download it from. I'm not going to link to them, but they're almost impossible to squash. The files are usually in EPS format, but it's a simple "Save As..." in illustrator if they want to to convert it to a SVG.
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« on: April 05, 2019, 02:31 »
I don't think many vector artists design at a minimum of 4 megapixels. This is a bad change that's going to cause a lot of headaches for designers.
I like that I can reuse the same files for multiple agencies. This will force people to create a file just for SS and that's just more work.
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« on: March 18, 2019, 19:44 »
You used to be able to do that manually on FT. I doubled the credit cost of all my best sellers.
I don't know what happened to that feature on AS.
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« on: March 18, 2019, 18:22 »
No. You're basically taking other people's work and selling it.
You risk having your entire portfolio taken down.
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« on: March 14, 2019, 13:07 »
I've reported my fair share of infringers over the years and the process has gotten slightly more complicated. I appreciate all the work you've done in getting all these infringers' portfolio taken down, but I think the few legit portfolios that was affected gave SS second thoughts about this process. It opened them to facing potential lawsuits. It just takes one to throw a spanner into the system and it blows up, and I think that's the case here.
I don't think anyone is happy with the new reporting process, but DMCA notices are probably the safest route for them. It protects them legally because the copyright holder that is filing the claim is legally liable if they make a false claim. Once you create a DMCA template, the process can be just as quick as before.
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