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 

Quote from: steho on September 01, 2022, 23:58

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.

If shitterstock were around during WW2 they'd have been selling to Joseph Goebbels

as did many US companies in the 1930s and WWII

Coca-Cola Company.
Coca-Cola played both American and German sides during World War II, but in 1941, the German side ran out of sugary syrup to make the soft drink. So Coca-Cola�s German division invented Fanta to continue to sell Coca-Cola brands in the Germany without breaking any restrictions or an embargo.

Kodak.
The German branch of Kodak used Jewish slave labor from concentration camps but continued to produce film stock for the Axis Powers during the War.

Chase Bank.
Chase Bank was one of many around the world that continued to work with Nazi during World War II. They also froze the assets of many European Jewish customers as a common practice to cooperate with the Third Reich.

Ford.
Believe it or not, Henry Ford was an anti-Semite and was awarded a Nazi medal, designed for �distinguished foreigners� in 1938. Ford continued to sell and make cars with Russian slave labor for American and Germans during World War II.

IBM.

General Electric.
GE partnered with German manufacturing firm Krupp to help build Hitler�s army and used Jewish slave labor to build gas chambers during World War II and the Holocaust. The U.S. Government fined GE for working with the *, but the American company continued to profit off of the War. It was estimated that GE made $1.5 million in 1936 alone from working with Krupp and the *.

Random House.
Bertelsmann A.G. is a Random House�s parent company and they continued to publish Nazi propaganda and Adolf Hitler�s writings during World War II.

Standard Oil.
The oil company was one of the very few that could produce tetraethyl lead gas to fuel the German military, so they were another American company that played both sides during the War.

https://www.phactual.com/8-american-companies-that-worked-with-the-*-during-world-war-ii/

Quote from: Mimi the Cat on September 03, 2022, 00:31

Quote from: steho on September 01, 2022, 23:58

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.

If shitterstock were around during WW2 they'd have been selling to Joseph Goebbels

as did many US companies in the 1930s and WWII

Coca-Cola Company.
Coca-Cola played both American and German sides during World War II, but in 1941, the German side ran out of sugary syrup to make the soft drink. So Coca-Cola�s German division invented Fanta to continue to sell Coca-Cola brands in the Germany without breaking any restrictions or an embargo.

Kodak.
The German branch of Kodak used Jewish slave labor from concentration camps but continued to produce film stock for the Axis Powers during the War.

Chase Bank.
Chase Bank was one of many around the world that continued to work with Nazi during World War II. They also froze the assets of many European Jewish customers as a common practice to cooperate with the Third Reich.

Ford.
Believe it or not, Henry Ford was an anti-Semite and was awarded a Nazi medal, designed for �distinguished foreigners� in 1938. Ford continued to sell and make cars with Russian slave labor for American and Germans during World War II.

IBM.

General Electric.
GE partnered with German manufacturing firm Krupp to help build Hitler�s army and used Jewish slave labor to build gas chambers during World War II and the Holocaust. The U.S. Government fined GE for working with the *, but the American company continued to profit off of the War. It was estimated that GE made $1.5 million in 1936 alone from working with Krupp and the *.

Random House.
Bertelsmann A.G. is a Random House�s parent company and they continued to publish Nazi propaganda and Adolf Hitler�s writings during World War II.

Standard Oil.
The oil company was one of the very few that could produce tetraethyl lead gas to fuel the German military, so they were another American company that played both sides during the War.

https://www.phactual.com/8-american-companies-that-worked-with-the-*-during-world-war-ii/

A stupid piece of whataboutism no one gives a crap what happened 80 years ago

Quote from: cascoly on September 03, 2022, 12:34

Quote from: Mimi the Cat on September 03, 2022, 00:31

Quote from: steho on September 01, 2022, 23:58

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.

If shitterstock were around during WW2 they'd have been selling to Joseph Goebbels

as did many US companies in the 1930s and WWII

Coca-Cola Company.
Coca-Cola played both American and German sides during World War II, but in 1941, the German side ran out of sugary syrup to make the soft drink. So Coca-Cola�s German division invented Fanta to continue to sell Coca-Cola brands in the Germany without breaking any restrictions or an embargo.

Kodak.
The German branch of Kodak used Jewish slave labor from concentration camps but continued to produce film stock for the Axis Powers during the War.

Chase Bank.
Chase Bank was one of many around the world that continued to work with Nazi during World War II. They also froze the assets of many European Jewish customers as a common practice to cooperate with the Third Reich.

Ford.
Believe it or not, Henry Ford was an anti-Semite and was awarded a Nazi medal, designed for �distinguished foreigners� in 1938. Ford continued to sell and make cars with Russian slave labor for American and Germans during World War II.

IBM.

General Electric.
GE partnered with German manufacturing firm Krupp to help build Hitler�s army and used Jewish slave labor to build gas chambers during World War II and the Holocaust. The U.S. Government fined GE for working with the *, but the American company continued to profit off of the War. It was estimated that GE made $1.5 million in 1936 alone from working with Krupp and the *.

Random House.
Bertelsmann A.G. is a Random House�s parent company and they continued to publish Nazi propaganda and Adolf Hitler�s writings during World War II.

Standard Oil.
The oil company was one of the very few that could produce tetraethyl lead gas to fuel the German military, so they were another American company that played both sides during the War.

https://www.phactual.com/8-american-companies-that-worked-with-the-*-during-world-war-ii/

A stupid piece of whataboutism no one gives a crap what happened 80 years ago

just putting shutterstock in perspective, based on your comment.  there are many much larger companies still doing business with russia

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-businesses-still-in-russia-ukraine-sbarro-hard-rock-cafe-mcdonalds-starbucks-koch/

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.

They are getting money out of Russia, not a bad thing for Ukraine.. As long as they don't sell Russian's imagery.

To be fair i thought most of the stock images used in Russia were stolen as opposed to bought.

Quote from: steho on September 01, 2022, 23:58

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.

They are getting money out of Russia, not a bad thing for Ukraine.. As long as they don't sell Russian's imagery.

Be careful - Putin's propaganda is everywhere. Even if you are in the UK and you have a crappy roads it is him, no doubts.

It's a privilege to be a part of the Russian economy! Be proud of it! 

I just had another sale in fascist Russia. That's a shame! 
That money went directly to an Ukrainian charity.

Slava Ukraini!

Quote from: Zero Talent on September 07, 2022, 08:52

Quote from: zhitkov on September 06, 2022, 09:43

It's a privilege to be a part of the Russian economy! Be proud of it! 

I just had another sale in fascist Russia. That's a shame! 
That money went directly to an Ukrainian charity.

Slava Ukraini!

So some company bought your photo of which you don't know their stance and you are mad?

Then you shout that all the money goes to Ukraine and you are glad.

Very confusing.

Either you stop with the agency that sells your photos to Russia (if you so please) or don't complain about it.

This way you are helping Russia getting their photos and the company that sells them and you get nothing

Win-win for the other parties except for you. Or are you able to check that really all proceeds go to Ukraine and not the company that sells the photo. All you know is that you are not getting paid for your photo, right?

I wish SS would stop doing business with a fascist regime.
Short of that, I don't want to benefit from their blood money and I'm donating it to the victims.

It's a moral issue.

What is so difficult for you to comprehend?

Why all this negative criticism of Russia?  Don't you people know your history?  And don't you know what has been going on in Ukraine these past couple of years?  Do your research and don't believe anything you read in the press, and particularly the American press.

The level of brainwashing in Russia is unbelievable. It seems Russians think that Ukraine exists in some vaccuum, that the country doesnt have any neighbours apart from Russia. Guess what, you forgot about Poland, you forgot about Slovakia, you forgot about Czech republic - although not a direct neighbour but close enough to take in 400 000 refugees from Ukraine. You think we need some American press? We have our own eyes and ears and we can see the monstrosities the Russians commit in Ukraine. Noone needs any foreign press, we have our own. You really are so blinded, you dont realize Ukraine has neighbours.

Quote from: hatman12 on September 13, 2022, 04:30

Why all this negative criticism of Russia?  Don't you people know your history?  And don't you know what has been going on in Ukraine these past couple of years?  Do your research and don't believe anything you read in the press, and particularly the American press.

Yeah, "do your research"! 

I see this feeling of superiority way too often, from people who think they know better, when in fact they don't realize how effective in shaping their beliefs is the troll farm from Sankt Petersburg!

at the same time tucker carlson on fox and MAGA followers in general are still supporting putin's atrocities

On Aug. 29 Tucker Carlson of Fox News attacked President Biden�s policy on Ukraine, asserting among other things: �By any actual reality-based measure, Vladimir Putin is not losing the war in Ukraine. He is winning the war in Ukraine.� Carlson went on, by the way, to assert that Biden is supporting Ukraine only because he wants to destroy the West.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/opinion/ukraine-deflates-maga-macho-myths.html