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algol
Joined: 03 Oct 2007
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:24 pm
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| dzain wrote: | | algol wrote: | | My generic sports car illustrations are gone too. This is really crazy! Same legal team as the non-US tax mess I assume? |
I'm afraid you're right... |
SS did backtrack quite considerably on their original ideas on the tax issue, so maybe things will improve on this issue as well? Can only hope! |
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dzain
Joined: 21 Jan 2007
Posts: 2797
Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:21 pm
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| algol wrote: | | dzain wrote: | | algol wrote: | | My generic sports car illustrations are gone too. This is really crazy! Same legal team as the non-US tax mess I assume? |
I'm afraid you're right... |
SS did backtrack quite considerably on their original ideas on the tax issue, so maybe things will improve on this issue as well? Can only hope! |
but it would be a lot better when they think first before they act, specially because deleting stuff takes away money (also money from SS) and time if we have to upload again instead of SS switch everything they have legal doubst about into editorial themselves |
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nemo1024
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
Posts: 105
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:27 pm
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*Sniff* One of my best sellers - an old Maltese bus (yes, a 1952 Ford, but without any single visible logo) got removed. |
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lowellaguno
Joined: 11 Oct 2006
Posts: 1051
Location: SoCal
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:01 pm
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| algol wrote: | | dzain wrote: | | algol wrote: | | My generic sports car illustrations are gone too. This is really crazy! Same legal team as the non-US tax mess I assume? |
I'm afraid you're right... |
SS did backtrack quite considerably on their original ideas on the tax issue, so maybe things will improve on this issue as well? Can only hope! |
As with professions like medicine, lawyers specialize in various areas. By the looks of Shutterstock's knee-jerk reaction to copyright/trademark issues, I get the impression their legal counsel is not familiar with "intellectual property" issues.
Stock photographers and authors such as Dan Heller and Rohn Engh have been in business since the 1980s. They're doing quite well and not sweating the copyright/trademark issues. I suspect it is because they are informed photographers as well as business people. Might they know something the micros don't?
Here are some articles that may be of interest to those in stock photography for business reasons. These are written by American photographers/authors so it may very well be different in your country.
• Photos of Trademarked and Copyrighted Works
• Model Release Primer
• When Do You Need a Model Release?
• Model Releases and Your First Amendment Rights |
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lowellaguno
Joined: 11 Oct 2006
Posts: 1051
Location: SoCal
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:11 pm
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| dzain wrote: | | but it would be a lot better when they think first before they act, specially because deleting stuff takes away money (also money from SS) and time if we have to upload again instead of SS switch everything they have legal doubst about into editorial themselves |
It's not quite as simple as switching things over to "editorial". Unfortunately, photo buyers of images available on RF micros aren't informed about image usage and the repercussions of improper use. Being uninformed, many may still take an editorial image and use it in a non-editorial manner.
Until these photo buyers are educated about their responsibilities in their use of images, many micros will cover their behinds by restricting what they will accept. |
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fyle
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Posts: 114
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:08 pm
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Great post, thanks! It really made my photo life easier. And I assume, it should be similar all around the world. So... The authors should not be hunted, the buyers should be more educated. Perhaps that is why the agencies come up with the "protection". And now they eliminate the stuff which might cause problems to the buyers. | lowellaguno wrote: | | algol wrote: | | dzain wrote: | | algol wrote: | | My generic sports car illustrations are gone too. This is really crazy! Same legal team as the non-US tax mess I assume? |
I'm afraid you're right... |
SS did backtrack quite considerably on their original ideas on the tax issue, so maybe things will improve on this issue as well? Can only hope! |
As with professions like medicine, lawyers specialize in various areas. By the looks of Shutterstock's knee-jerk reaction to copyright/trademark issues, I get the impression their legal counsel is not familiar with "intellectual property" issues.
Stock photographers and authors such as Dan Heller and Rohn Engh have been in business since the 1980s. They're doing quite well and not sweating the copyright/trademark issues. I suspect it is because they are informed photographers as well as business people. Might they know something the micros don't?
Here are some articles that may be of interest to those in stock photography for business reasons. These are written by American photographers/authors so it may very well be different in your country.
• Photos of Trademarked and Copyrighted Works
• Model Release Primer
• When Do You Need a Model Release?
• Model Releases and Your First Amendment Rights |
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ruxpriencdiam
Joined: 07 May 2009
Posts: 18249
Location: Third Stone from the Sun
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angelawaye
Joined: 05 Oct 2008
Posts: 372
Location: New York
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:11 pm
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I just had 2 of my cell phone images removed. Gets me thinking - maybe I should focus more on nature and people than objects. |
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leming
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:12 am
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The same trouble. 2 of my cellphone vectors removed... |
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