Author Topic: Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) - May,1 (Read 343748 times)

MxR · « **Reply #425 on:** May 01, 2014, 05:05 »

we must continue deleting photos after 1 may...

grumble · « **Reply #426 on:** May 01, 2014, 05:08 »

- 1600 photos/3d total here.

dedoma · « **Reply #427 on:** May 01, 2014, 05:10 »

I removed 25 picture.

Beppe Grillo · « **Reply #428 on:** May 01, 2014, 05:25 »

I removed 1, by solidarity

swedstock · « **Reply #429 on:** May 01, 2014, 05:28 »

Started the removal some weeks ago. Have now removed over 8 000 images from the Fotolia portfolio. Have about 3 000 left now. Have opted out and will probably remove even more of the remaining images in my port. At least the good sellers. A message must be sent that the agencies must start to treat their contributors with respect and fair royalties, and that we are actually willing to give up portions of our income to make a stand. I cannot support the race to the bottom anymore. It seems like it is mostly the russian, asian and european community that protest most loudly this time. Come on american contributors, and image factories, you should get onboard too!

Ron · « **Reply #430 on:** May 01, 2014, 05:46 »

Quote from: Ron on May 01, 2014, 04:49

Quote from: pixsol on May 01, 2014, 02:07
28,079,022 Royalty Free Stock Photos

28,040,749

Almost below 28m.

28,001,125

Dirima · « **Reply #431 on:** May 01, 2014, 06:02 »

I have just deleted 152 more. Total deleted from me till now: 355.
Ill keep deleting throughout the day.

Monty-m-gue · « **Reply #432 on:** May 01, 2014, 06:03 »

I just deleted a few more. Will probably do some more later too. Good to see that total going down on FT. Hope the American contributors can make a difference as the hours pass...

Dirima · « **Reply #433 on:** May 01, 2014, 06:14 »

Quote from: Monty-m-gue on May 01, 2014, 06:03

I just deleted a few more. Will probably do some more later too. Good to see that total going down on FT. Hope the American contributors can make a difference as the hours pass...

Hope this too, here in Spain i guess there are no many contributors with big or medium portfolios, and i think, most of them has no idea about all this. There is a lack of microstock community forums and information channels in spanish. My port had more than 1500 photos: Now there are around 1140. I will keep deleting to reducing it to 1000 probably. I know possibly i will feel it in my income but i rather prefer to protect my income from other agencies. And DCP, i think, is threatening those incomes.

MxR · « **Reply #434 on:** May 01, 2014, 06:34 »

Quote from: Dirima on May 01, 2014, 06:14

Quote from: Monty-m-gue on May 01, 2014, 06:03
I just deleted a few more. Will probably do some more later too. Good to see that total going down on FT. Hope the American contributors can make a difference as the hours pass...
Hope this too, here in Spain i guess there are no many contributors with big or medium portfolios, and i think, most of them has no idea about all this. There is a lack of microstock community forums and information channels in spanish. My port had more than 1500 photos: Now there are around 1140. I will keep deleting to reducing it to 1000 probably. I know possibly i will feel it in my income but i rather prefer to protect my income from other agencies. And DCP, i think, is threatening those incomes.

Im from spain, im deleiting.

I speak in a forum about these.

I op out.

y earn in Fotolia 25% of my income

Next time fotolia actualize on line files will be 27 million

(vamos que un foro que había de micro se desactivó por un virus y allí no he podido... lo he mencionado en el hilo de venta de fotos de canonistas... pero en España no somos muchos y los muchos son exclusivos de IStock)

DF_Studios · « **Reply #435 on:** May 01, 2014, 06:38 »

I deleted a bunch of my better images last week. Does anyone know how trustworthy they about actually deleting the files? I suppose it must take 24 hours or so.

ShadySue · « **Reply #436 on:** May 01, 2014, 06:42 »

I think I suddenly saw the "New customer offer: 20% off your next subscription purchase" appear on their home page about half an hour ago.
Was it there yesterday and I just didn't notice?

Ron · « **Reply #437 on:** May 01, 2014, 07:05 »

Quote from: ShadySue on May 01, 2014, 06:42

I think I suddenly saw the "New customer offer: 20% off your next subscription purchase" appear on their home page about half an hour ago.
Was it there yesterday and I just didn't notice?

its been there for a while

Painter · « **Reply #438 on:** May 01, 2014, 07:14 »

Quote from: DF_Studios on May 01, 2014, 06:38

I deleted a bunch of my better images last week. Does anyone know how trustworthy they about actually deleting the files? I suppose it must take 24 hours or so.

I deleted my best-sellers some days ago, and they seemed to disappear almost immediately after I had deleted them.

ShadySue · « **Reply #439 on:** May 01, 2014, 07:19 »

Quote from: Ron on May 01, 2014, 07:05

Quote from: ShadySue on May 01, 2014, 06:42
I think I suddenly saw the "New customer offer: 20% off your next subscription purchase" appear on their home page about half an hour ago.
Was it there yesterday and I just didn't notice?
its been there for a while

Tx, I'm so unobservant.

Dirima · « **Reply #440 on:** May 01, 2014, 07:39 »

Just saw it: 27 970 498 images in fotolia. Under 28M now..

dpimborough · « **Reply #441 on:** May 01, 2014, 08:37 »

Quote from: Dirima on May 01, 2014, 07:39

Just saw it: 27 970 498 images in fotolia. Under 28M now..

Shame it couldn't go all the way to a big fat zero!

"Then we'd make the bugger's eyes water"

Then perhaps they would remember they need contributors not as milch cows but as "partners"

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #442 on:** May 01, 2014, 09:29 »

http://www.photoarchivenews.com/boycott-fotolia-campaign-over-500k-images-to-be-pulled-today-we-have-the-agency-reaction/

ShadySue · « **Reply #443 on:** May 01, 2014, 09:55 »

27,957,877

Goofy · « **Reply #444 on:** May 01, 2014, 09:57 »

and their site is crashed as well! I wonder if the pulling of images caused this to happen?

Mantis · « **Reply #445 on:** May 01, 2014, 10:07 »

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on May 01, 2014, 09:29

http://www.photoarchivenews.com/boycott-fotolia-campaign-over-500k-images-to-be-pulled-today-we-have-the-agency-reaction/

Well, FT is certainly trying their best to spin a losing proposition.

grumble · « **Reply #446 on:** May 01, 2014, 10:08 »

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on May 01, 2014, 09:29

http://www.photoarchivenews.com/boycott-fotolia-campaign-over-500k-images-to-be-pulled-today-we-have-the-agency-reaction/

"• At any moment photograpgers can opt in or out by adjusting their contributors preferences in their Fotolia member area"
They say it like opt out has always been there..
And who are "photograpgers" by the way.

gbalex · « **Reply #447 on:** May 01, 2014, 10:29 »

Done, StockSubmitter made the process painless. Showed up on the fotolia site immediately.

Pixart · « **Reply #448 on:** May 01, 2014, 10:31 »

Glad to see my files gone from DPC today!

pictureman75 · « **Reply #449 on:** May 01, 2014, 11:03 »

Hello Guys,
I think until now d-day is really big success for all of us - but what will happen afterwards?
One idea from me - somebody of the russian initiatores should write a press release about this initiative ... then we should translate it into the most important languages and send it to all media we can, especially online-media and spezialized press. This could give our initiative a lot of more power ...
Thanks to all for participating in d-day!

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Author Topic: Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) - May,1 (Read 343748 times)

MxR

grumble

dedoma

Beppe Grillo

swedstock

Ron

Dirima

Monty-m-gue

Dirima

MxR

DF_Studios

ShadySue

Ron

Painter

ShadySue

Dirima

dpimborough

Sean Locke Photography

ShadySue

Goofy

Mantis

grumble

gbalex

Pixart

pictureman75

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