I usually don't post in rant but I have something I need to vent about!!!
Being a photographer and a designer gives me a different outlook on stock photography than other designers have.
Do you know that there are many MANY designers out there who do not bother to read the TOU on the microstock sites?
They think that if they pay $.25 for an image, they can use it in a mass marketing campaign reproducing it millions of times for the covers of books, etc...
I have tried and tried to tell them that they CANNOT do that!!! They are STEALING. They purchase a license for PERSONAL or ARTISTIC use when they pay $.25 or $1.00 for an image. The price for an image goes up considerably when using it for mass publishing. They are going to get their clients SUED!
So, anyway, for all you microstock photographers, if you THINK you see your image on something you see in a bookstore or on a shelf... check it! Because these people just DO NOT listen and it may very well be yours.
I am ready to choke somebody! Anyone have any soothing words or suggestions on how to get the point across to these folks??? I have tried. I even went as far as copying some of a microstock website's TOS and pasting it for them to read. Still, they tell me I am CRAZY.
I am not crazy... am I???? o.O |
