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« on: April 07, 2021, 03:30 »
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« on: March 23, 2021, 11:41 »
In today's world stock/micro stock is really nothing more than a Ponzi scheme. Absolutely not  . Earlier contributors are not paid with funds from the more recent contributors.
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« on: February 04, 2021, 03:59 »
I'm actually quoting what Shutterstock support told me. They suggested using a VPN, so I've found one to try now and I can get in. In case anyone else is having the same issue. I'm on a PC, using TouchVPN.
What country are you located in ?
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« on: January 20, 2021, 05:38 »
That's weird, because the form told me that French is required, then I filled everything it offered by clicking yellow button and then it appeared to be signed and filled only in French. English fields are empty.
Does it count?
I think the language is only for your convenience, it should not matter whether you signed it in english or french. The most important is that you understand what you sign for 
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« on: January 20, 2021, 03:37 »
OK - so how do you actually sign this thing?
Doesn't accept text as far as I can see...
First choose a language at the top of the form. Fields are already pre-populated with your informations in the form corresponding to the language you chose. Then choose a signature by clicking on the yellow arrow.
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« on: January 20, 2021, 03:26 »
Yeah, iStock collects DACs 'for us' (taking their percentage) too, no option to opt out to do it ourselves And their commission is 50% of our collected royalties... See ADAGP - Payback Form Request on Getty's website.
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« on: January 20, 2021, 03:07 »
It sounds a bit like the DACS payment we get every year from Alamy ?
That's it. See Collective Licensing Royalties on Getty's website.
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« on: November 24, 2020, 04:29 »
I avoid this by setting up a virtual dollar card in Revolut. Then when I have built up a few hundred dollars in paypal I transfer it to my Revolut account in dollars. I can then exchange it to another currency when I'm ready with no fees and a good exchange rate.
I tried this with a Revolut account and Paypal flately refuse to let me take my money out in Dollars, even if I set my default currecy tp USD. They claim it is due to new legislation (utter BS). Which country are you in may I ask?
The UK. I don't know if it makes a difference but I haven't linked the Revolut bank account. I send the money straight to a virtual revolut visa card which I have added to paypal as a payment method. I just did a transfer to check it still works and it went through no problems.
I tried this with a standard (non professionnel) Paypal account and a standard Revolut account but I'm not able to transfer money from my Paypal account to my virtual Revolut card.
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« on: July 24, 2020, 04:47 »
Very useful blog post, very informative, thanks !
Too bad you got the header illustration on Freepik...
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« on: July 11, 2020, 15:08 »
The rule is : old sketches, paintings and other works become public domain 70 years after the creator's death.
This rule may be different considering the country of the author and/or the editor.
In fact the copyrights length can be very different from a country to another https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_lengths
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« on: July 11, 2020, 15:01 »
The rule is : old sketches, paintings and other works become public domain 70 years after the creator's death.
This rule may be different considering the country of the author and/or the editor.
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« on: July 08, 2020, 06:47 »
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« on: June 26, 2020, 02:53 »
Someone in the Stock Coalition Facebook group thought these super-low video royalties were from this new partnership with Projector
https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/projector-shutterstock-integration
I asked how one could know where the royalties originated - like the Facebook integration for images, it was always a guess when you saw a 38 royalty in the SOD column.
I think there is the same kind of partnership between iStock and online editors like Animaker, Wibbitz or Playbuzz. SS is following in the footsteps of Getty.
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« on: June 26, 2020, 02:29 »
So much for $1.50 sales huh? I'm done with these morons
I want to mass delete my portfolio from this giant steaming turd of a company...any ideas? The only way I found is one by one. (I don't want to just disable, I want 100% out of this dumpster fire)
There is a very helpful script (ssremover) to remove files from SS in a batch. Explanations are here : https://www.microstockgroup.com/35653/35653/msg552685/#msg552685There is nothing complicated, just install the extension and the script in your browser and you have the ability to delete several files at a time. It works fine for me with Chrome on Mac.
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« on: June 25, 2020, 08:15 »
I installed PVS, I think it's that? Photo Video Store. Seems like a good one. Uploaded images and tried to configure, I have nothing. I guess I need to more simple, step by step instructions, or I'm just getting slow in my old age.  I haven't added the part that takes payments, because I have a gallery that no one can see not even me.
I don't think so. Photo Video Store is a WP plugin but PhotoStore is a standalone software based on the classic trio PHP/MySQL/Apache. If you are not familiar with these technologies they offer free installation and can install PhotoStore for you. I don't work for them but each time I take a closer look at their product it seems more interesting. If I was to sell my pictures by myself I would consider this soft seriously.
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« on: June 25, 2020, 03:37 »
Jon is right about one thing. If I could self host and sell on my own, I would.
But I've been saying that for so long, that I'm getting tired of reading my own posts.
Why isn't there one, simple self hosted software platform, for individuals? One that works? If there are all these thousands of artists out there, wouldn't it make sense to have a basic, digital download software package, not WordPress. One that actually handles display, search and transactions? Is it that complicated or is the prospective market so small that no one wants to develop the package?
Maybe this is the right time? Thousands of people who want to go self hosted.
Do you know PhotoStore ? I don't know it but it seems to fit your needs. The pitch is promising : "PhotoStore is a professional photo gallery and shopping cart. Sell images, artwork, digital files, videos, prints and more direct to your customers with your own website! No commission fees. Great for event photographers or selling stock photos."You can manage multiple currencies, languages and even rights managed pricing. The pro lifetime licence is only 29$. Seems to good to be true 
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« on: June 24, 2020, 02:01 »
Someone at Stock Submitter Coalition captured the tweet below before it was deleted. It's a chilling reminder of what we are. We are the slaves, and we should keep working no matter what the pay is. I'm no Communist, but this is the very reason why Karl Marx published Das Kapital back in 1867. We are back in the same situation as industrial workers of the 19th Century together with Uber drivers and other participants of the growing gig economy. Please stop comparing contributors to slaves. We are free, slaves are not. And they do not get any pay at all.
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« on: June 20, 2020, 16:02 »
Boycott Facebook
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« on: June 20, 2020, 02:56 »
Too little percent of contributors are ready to strike.
I would not be surprised to learn that some of the people who are now protesting in the streets in support of black people, at the same time, continue to upload images to Shutterstock!
Are you serious ? How could you be serious ? How is it relevant ? Let me guess... you are not part of the protestors, aren't you ?
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« on: June 19, 2020, 14:53 »
Its now clear to me that when we opted out of DPC Shutterstock bought boycottshutterstock.com and immediately set about doing whatever they could to limit damage contributors could inflict to their numbers. Thats why they were so obsessed with building a huge library without a care for quality.
What's the story about this boycottshutterstock.com domain? It's funny that it redirects to the main Shutterstock homepage instead of showing some neutral placeholder not connected to SS itself.
Yes...Shutterstock bought the domain and pointed it to the Shutterstock site so contributors couldn't buy it.
Good grief. I had no idea until reading this post that they did that. What kind of paranoid lunatic buys that domain thinking the world is out to get them?
It is no paranoia but anticipation. It proves SS move was planned a long time ago
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« on: June 19, 2020, 14:25 »
@Communicat
You are using "Stock Alliance" along as "Stock Coalition" on the stockcoalition.org website (on the Join us page and the contact page). Even the contact email address uses the domain name stockalliance.org.
Must be a mistake, isn't it ?
The expression "Stock Alliance" has already been used in this article along with Stock Coalition.
Thanks for picking this up. Care to check that it's all fixed now? I have a feeling this was my bad.
Yes its OK
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« on: June 19, 2020, 11:02 »
We could be talking of damages if there was a relation of subordination between SS and a contributor. But SS, as all the MS agencies, is only a service provider, of which we are not even clients (as contributors). They wright the rules and we accept them or not.
The only power we have is the power to choose the service provider which corresponds to our expectations, individually or collectively like the Stock Coalition is trying to do.
Are you an attorney in the U.S.? Is anyone here? I'd be curious to hear from an attorney. Otherwise we're all just speculating.
No Ma'am. Just a bit of common sense, objectivity and reading  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_contract#Terminology
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« on: June 19, 2020, 10:39 »
If we would just use SS to sell our work we would be able to determine the prices of our work and yet the prices are determined by SS so they are clearly in charge here setting standards and defining rules.
Some agencies let you fix your selling price (I don't remember which ones) so you should choose one of these instead of suing SS.
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