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An old car sitting on the prairie forgotten and overgrown with bushes.
(795088) deleted because: Quality Control - Deleted per Legal, do not resubmit An old car sitting on the prairie forgotten and overgrown with bushes.
(795100) deleted because: Quality Control - Deleted per Legal, do not resubmit An old car sitting on the prairie forgotten and overgrown with bushes.
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I just got a message that Shutterstock has taken a few of my images out of their collection.
This is what the email says.QuoteWe have removed the following images that you uploaded.
An old car sitting on the prairie forgotten and overgrown with bushes.
(795088) deleted because: Quality Control - Deleted per Legal, do not resubmit An old car sitting on the prairie forgotten and overgrown with bushes.
(795100) deleted because: Quality Control - Deleted per Legal, do not resubmit An old car sitting on the prairie forgotten and overgrown with bushes.
(795220) deleted because: Quality Control - Deleted per Legal, do not resubmit Regards, ShutterStock Support
It is a little cryptic (perhaps due to the unfortunate formatting) - with no real way of know what the images were other than their description. When I look at the image numbers on Shutterstock, the image is blank.
It looks however like they were deleted due to legal concerns. Fair enough - perhaps it has something to do with their recent guaranteeing of images. ([url]http://www.microstockgroup.com/shutterstock-com/shutterstock-guarantee/[/url])
Are the deleted files "editorial"? I have a few images featuring cars from a few years back but they're all marked editorial. So far they haven't been deleted.
Isn't this a good thing? Even if a few great sellers go we should be better protected from a lawsuit.
Lawyers just whacked my muscle car.
few of mine have been yanked. I figure it is because of the insurance guarantee they are now giving subscribers.
Is it possible that the images that have been removed had keywords that were considered trademarks or copyrights?No, I never use brandnames as keywords and they removed some vintage brandless scooter and 3 vintage fire engine trucks without logo/brand which took me several hours to isolate.
For example, if you search on the keyword "BMW", there are 5 results. If you search on "Volvo", there are 77 results. Etc.
Not only cars it seems. I had a few of mine removed in october from a series of Manhattan cityscapes :
And yes, all potential trademarks, ad signs or whatever had been edited out from the picture. Maybe it's because I tell in the caption that it has been shot from the top of the Rockefeller Center ? Is the RFC considered a trademark or copyrighted ?
Not only cars it seems. I had a few of mine removed in october from a series of Manhattan cityscapes :
And yes, all potential trademarks, ad signs or whatever had been edited out from the picture. Maybe it's because I tell in the caption that it has been shot from the top of the Rockefeller Center ? Is the RFC considered a trademark or copyrighted ?
It might be because of the location from where you took the shot i.e. from private property.
So far I havent had any of my images pulled. I have a couple of car and some semi truck photos and I believe one or two with fire engines. Maybe the writing's on the wall for those too.
I haven't had any images de-activated yet, but I fully expect it will happen soon enough.I agree!
What I don't understand is why they don't simply allow a title change and swap it to editorial use? Why delete already approved and selling images from the collection? Many of them, surely, would be useful for editorial purposes.
Is it possible that the images that have been removed had keywords that were considered trademarks or copyrights?
For example, if you search on the keyword "BMW", there are 5 results. If you search on "Volvo", there are 77 results. Etc.
I haven't had any images de-activated yet, but I fully expect it will happen soon enough.I agree!
What I don't understand is why they don't simply allow a title change and swap it to editorial use? Why delete already approved and selling images from the collection? Many of them, surely, would be useful for editorial purposes.
I haven't had any images de-activated yet, but I fully expect it will happen soon enough.I agree!
What I don't understand is why they don't simply allow a title change and swap it to editorial use? Why delete already approved and selling images from the collection? Many of them, surely, would be useful for editorial purposes.
My thoughts exactly... Why not change to editorial?
Pretty soon we won't be able to submit anything. Just about everything was manufactured or made by someone. That would leave nature the only subject legally open.
Looks like they are pulling pretty much anything with a car in it! :-\
Just had these illustrations removed:
[url]http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-6490792-cars-hatchback-saloon-convertible.php[/url] ([url]http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-6490792-cars-hatchback-saloon-convertible.php[/url])
[url]http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-6490812-cars-people-carrier-and-suv.php[/url] ([url]http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-6490812-cars-people-carrier-and-suv.php[/url])
Am I the only one who thinks that some of these deletions (such as these, and the junk cars by leaf) have gone beyond ridiculous and entered laughable territory?
Am I the only one who thinks that some of these deletions (such as these, and the junk cars by leaf) have gone beyond ridiculous and entered laughable territory?
Pretty soon we won't be able to submit anything. Just about everything was manufactured or made by someone. That would leave nature the only subject legally open. Otherwise we will need a MR or PR for everything submitted. Wonder if we will hsve to get all releases notarized?Good news for 3D artists. No wonder mevans is doing so well with his port of 3D cars.
It may be time to find another way.
Roadrunner
Pretty soon we won't be able to submit anything. Just about everything was manufactured or made by someone. That would leave nature the only subject legally open. Otherwise we will need a MR or PR for everything submitted. Wonder if we will hsve to get all releases notarized?Good news for 3D artists. No wonder mevans is doing so well with his port of 3D cars.
It may be time to find another way.
Roadrunner
Looks like they are pulling pretty much anything with a car in it! :-\
Just had these illustrations removed:
[url]http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-6490792-cars-hatchback-saloon-convertible.php[/url] ([url]http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-6490792-cars-hatchback-saloon-convertible.php[/url])
[url]http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-6490812-cars-people-carrier-and-suv.php[/url] ([url]http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-6490812-cars-people-carrier-and-suv.php[/url])
Am I the only one who thinks that some of these deletions (such as these, and the junk cars by leaf) have gone beyond ridiculous and entered laughable territory?
does Ford still exercise their copyright on that?
I was wondering about that too. I thought there was a time limit on that, like after 50 years patents and copyrights ran out or something like that.
Pretty soon we won't be able to submit anything. Just about everything was manufactured or made by someone. That would leave nature the only subject legally open. Otherwise we will need a MR or PR for everything submitted. Wonder if we will hsve to get all releases notarized?Good news for 3D artists. No wonder mevans is doing so well with his port of 3D cars.
It may be time to find another way.
Roadrunner
Pretty soon we won't be able to submit anything. Just about everything was manufactured or made by someone. That would leave nature the only subject legally open. Otherwise we will need a MR or PR for everything submitted. Wonder if we will hsve to get all releases notarized?Good news for 3D artists. No wonder mevans is doing so well with his port of 3D cars.
It may be time to find another way.
Roadrunner
They're axing the 3D also. All my 3D motorcycles (which I designed myself) and cars have been removed.
Pretty soon we won't be able to submit anything. Just about everything was manufactured or made by someone. That would leave nature the only subject legally open. Otherwise we will need a MR or PR for everything submitted. Wonder if we will hsve to get all releases notarized?Good news for 3D artists. No wonder mevans is doing so well with his port of 3D cars.
It may be time to find another way.
Roadrunner
They're axing the 3D also. All my 3D motorcycles (which I designed myself) and cars have been removed.
That must be a mistake! Have you contacted them about that?
does Ford still exercise their copyright on that?
I was wondering about that too. I thought there was a time limit on that, like after 50 years patents and copyrights ran out or something like that.
Trademark maybe? It's different.
While trademark law seeks to protect indications of the commercial source of products or services, patent law generally seeks to protect new and useful inventions, and registered designs law generally seeks to protect the look or appearance of a manufactured article. Trademarks, patents and designs collectively form a subset of intellectual property known as industrial property because they are often created and used in an industrial or commercial context.
By comparison, copyright law generally seeks to protect original literary, artistic and other creative works. Continued active use and re-registration can make a trademark perpetual, whereas copyright usually lasts for the duration of the author's lifespan plus 70 years for works by individuals, and some limited time after creation for works by bodies corporate. This can lead to confusion in cases where a work passes into the public domain but the character in question remains a registered trademark.
They finally got my generic open wheel race car profile shot. I don't mind, but it was gray, black, no logos... (all the usual things that we remove) on a roadway against some weeds with a bland field in the foreground. Probably sold once, so no loss.
Answer is? Courtesy of dbvirago
Lawyers are the only field where they can both create and solve the problem and get paid for both.