Unlimited Music Subscription
https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/announcing-music-subscription-plan
I was ignoring that as they don't take our work, it's a closed system? But yes that does compete with anything individuals can produce, and once again Subs are taking over for individual sales.
The only positive I can see is this. Not everyone and in fact most buyers, don't need a subscription. This takes away from the meat and the major portion of our downloads, but a sub plan doesn't ruin the singles and other kinds of sales.
Yes it's bad because the deal cuts into the best part of our volume, no it's not going to be "The End" as single sales are still going to be at better prices.
Pond5 claims to take sound, but they don't really, at least not mine. Their rejections are based on what they already have from the house supplier, as far as I can tell?
"Thanks for submitting but unfortunately we are unable to accept these files. As the Pond5 continues to grow and respond to industry trends, we're paying particular attention our audio portfolio which is also why we've dramatically increased "strictness" with both our artist vetting process and our acceptance policy, especially for sound effects. Our goal has always been been to provide a library we feel is 100% vetted, easily searchable and properly indexed. As creators we understand the frustration associated with having a track rejected: you spend all this time creating your track and you want some kind of constructive criticism. We get so many submission each day, it's just not possible to give each person detailed feedback which is why we send out our stock response most of the time. Curators use a wide range of criteria -- both subjective and objective -- to make their final call. We value transparency and want our artists to understand the process."
Double talk for we're too busy to tell you why, but we rejected your work.
Transparency, there's a joke.
