Author Topic: Contributor fund dropped. (Read 1852 times)

Schadenfreude · « **on:** May 27, 2025, 13:51 »

Anyone else get a drop in the Contributor fund?

yuriy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 27, 2025, 13:56 »

not me, let's hope its a "not yet" rather than big "f u"

yuriy · « **Reply #2 on:** May 27, 2025, 14:09 »

this just in: mine did arrive

Jaggy · « **Reply #3 on:** May 27, 2025, 14:23 »

Just got $1.82 from the Contributor Fund. I'm zipping out to buy the champagne.

Pacesetter · « **Reply #4 on:** May 27, 2025, 15:41 »

$40.31... I thought agencies had given up bothering to pay contributors for this usage but I suppose it's only natural payments would decline as ai machines now only learn from new content uploaded.

BT1976 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 27, 2025, 15:49 »

$69.08 in participant funds was transferred to my account. I have both a photo and video portfolio. I don't know which one they deposited participant funds for.

silksatsunrise · « **Reply #6 on:** May 27, 2025, 16:37 »

$87.91 in my account today. Just photos no video in my portfolio

synthetick · « **Reply #7 on:** May 27, 2025, 18:33 »

$26.62 here. I have images and videos.

lowbouncerate · « **Reply #8 on:** May 28, 2025, 07:10 »

107$ vector and videos

sinandogan · « **Reply #9 on:** May 28, 2025, 07:52 »

167 Dollars Photos and Videos

hansenn · « **Reply #10 on:** May 28, 2025, 07:55 »

Where can I find the contributor fund?
I had about $33 in extra income yesterday which I could not address.

zastavkin · « **Reply #11 on:** May 28, 2025, 08:30 »

Only $197.90 this time.

Newsfocus1 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 28, 2025, 08:38 »

Quote from: hansenn on May 28, 2025, 07:55

Where can I find the contributor fund?
I had about $33 in extra income yesterday which I could not address.

On the earnings summary page. You have to use the slider at the bottom to get to the Contributor Fund column which is the last on the right.

hansenn · « **Reply #13 on:** May 28, 2025, 09:13 »

Ah of course, found it.

thnx

stocker2011 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 28, 2025, 09:59 »

I bet SS hated doing this

devy · « **Reply #15 on:** May 28, 2025, 11:52 »

I opted out. No weird rejections anymore for data licensing and everything comes directly into my 'normal' portfolio..
I think a very good decision.

kuriouskat · « **Reply #16 on:** May 28, 2025, 12:02 »

Quote from: devy on May 28, 2025, 11:52

I opted out. No weird rejections anymore for data licensing and everything comes directly into my 'normal' portfolio..
I think a very good decision.

Really? Shutterstock state that you can still get content selected for Data Licensing, regardless of whether you are opted in or out.

"For those opted out of data licensing, the Data Catalog will not be visible, however any content that is not acceptable for the creative Marketplace but is acceptable for data licensing will be marked as such in the Review tab. Shutterstock will retain these review results and this content can be published for data licensing in the event that the contributor elects to opt in to future data deals."

https://support.submit.shutterstock.com/s/article/Shutterstock-Data-Licensing-and-the-Contributor-Fund?language=en_US

pancaketom · « **Reply #17 on:** May 28, 2025, 13:46 »

Quote from: kuriouskat on May 28, 2025, 12:02

Quote from: devy on May 28, 2025, 11:52
I opted out. No weird rejections anymore for data licensing and everything comes directly into my 'normal' portfolio..
I think a very good decision.

Really? Shutterstock state that you can still get content selected for Data Licensing, regardless of whether you are opted in or out.

"For those opted out of data licensing, the Data Catalog will not be visible, however any content that is not acceptable for the creative Marketplace but is acceptable for data licensing will be marked as such in the Review tab. Shutterstock will retain these review results and this content can be published for data licensing in the event that the contributor elects to opt in to future data deals."

https://support.submit.shutterstock.com/s/article/Shutterstock-Data-Licensing-and-the-Contributor-Fund?language=en_US

which is why you shouldn't submit to SS if you don't want to help train our new robot overlords.

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #18 on:** May 28, 2025, 14:52 »

Quote from: kuriouskat on May 28, 2025, 12:02

Quote from: devy on May 28, 2025, 11:52
I opted out. No weird rejections anymore for data licensing and everything comes directly into my 'normal' portfolio..
I think a very good decision.

Really? Shutterstock state that you can still get content selected for Data Licensing, regardless of whether you are opted in or out.

"For those opted out of data licensing, the Data Catalog will not be visible, however any content that is not acceptable for the creative Marketplace but is acceptable for data licensing will be marked as such in the Review tab. Shutterstock will retain these review results and this content can be published for data licensing in the event that the contributor elects to opt in to future data deals."

https://support.submit.shutterstock.com/s/article/Shutterstock-Data-Licensing-and-the-Contributor-Fund?language=en_US

They don't use it, it's not accessible, the files are still stored, in case we change our mind. Because of that, I left Data licensing active and anything that gets reviewed and put into that, I delete immediately. Tricky how they did that, keeping a catalog, in case we change our mind, We can't delete or see the content unless we opt in.

Translation, they can't use the images for training, we can't see them, but they are archived.

Her Ugliness · « **Reply #19 on:** May 29, 2025, 01:34 »

Quote from: Uncle Pete on May 28, 2025, 14:52

They don't use it, it's not accessible, the files are still stored, in case we change our mind. Because of that, I left Data licensing active and anything that gets reviewed and put into that, I delete immediately. Tricky how they did that, keeping a catalog, in case we change our mind, We can't delete or see the content unless we opt in.

Yes, and the reason you cannot delete or see the content is because Shutterstock WANTS you to have to opt in to see and delete the content.
A fraction of a second is literally all an AI needs to grab your image and use it for training. Once you delete it, it is already too late and the damage is done. It might not be used for future customers, but it will 100% be used to train Shutterstocks own AI, even if it was just in the data licensing catalogue for a second.

If it wasn't so, Shutterstock would let us see and delete content from there even if we were not opted in. It was a deliberate choice to make it that way.
Everyone who does not want their content to be used for data licensing, but opted in just to delete the content, is playing right into Shutterstock's hands.

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #20 on:** May 29, 2025, 10:19 »

Quote from: Her Ugliness on May 29, 2025, 01:34

Quote from: Uncle Pete on May 28, 2025, 14:52

They don't use it, it's not accessible, the files are still stored, in case we change our mind. Because of that, I left Data licensing active and anything that gets reviewed and put into that, I delete immediately. Tricky how they did that, keeping a catalog, in case we change our mind, We can't delete or see the content unless we opt in.

Yes, and the reason you cannot delete or see the content is because Shutterstock WANTS you to have to opt in to see and delete the content.
A fraction of a second is literally all an AI needs to grab your image and use it for training. Once you delete it, it is already too late and the damage is done. It might not be used for future customers, but it will 100% be used to train Shutterstocks own AI, even if it was just in the data licensing catalogue for a second.

If it wasn't so, Shutterstock would let us see and delete content from there even if we were not opted in. It was a deliberate choice to make it that way.
Everyone who does not want their content to be used for data licensing, but opted in just to delete the content, is playing right into Shutterstock's hands.

Yup! Correct. I have to Opt in, and as soon as something goes into data licensing, I have to delete it. They make it difficult.

But it's still funny how they worded it, in case we change our mind in the future, like it's some benefit or feature. Any reasonable system, would allow us to delete, without being Opted In. My answer is no, never. If it's not for license, it's not for data use.

WendyT · « **Reply #21 on:** May 29, 2025, 17:00 »

I wonder if a legal person could have a bit of fun with that ... As copyright holders we own the assets. Having them held hostage is a violation of that right ... having to opt in to something that is not wanted is a violation of the copyright holders rights and as has been pointed out leaves the assets vulnerable to "illegal" use. The other thing is how do contributors know that the assets are not being used without their knowledge and without compensation ...

cascoly · « **Reply #22 on:** May 29, 2025, 18:39 »

+about $300

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