Shutterstock - Purging Images?

ca2hill · #1 (**permalink**) 11-28-2007, 10:34 PM

I don't know if I missed something or not, but I just noticed that the number of photos in my portfolio at shutterstock has just dipped by 4. (I know it's small, but I just can't come up with an explanation) I've recieved no e-mails about it, nor do I remember reading that a purge was to taking place. I'm wondering if anyone has noticed something similar or if they have any explanation?

Thanks.

Gracey · #2 (**permalink**) 11-28-2007, 11:42 PM

There's one missing from my gallery - one of my early ones.

See this thread Shutterstock Photographer Forum :: View topic - Images in gallery number dropped

It has to do with the canadian coins and the queens face being copyrighted, but I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't brought it up.

ca2hill · #3 (**permalink**) 11-29-2007, 04:25 AM

Thanks Gracey... I definitely had some photos of Canadian money... I'm sure those are the ones that just bit the dust. Would have been nice to get an e-mail from ss about it though...

helix7 · #4 (**permalink**) 11-29-2007, 05:15 AM

Seems like an odd way of purging images. Seth says they just purged anything with "Canadian" and "coin" in the keywords. Doesn't it stand to reason that there could be a lot of things out there that would contain those keywords and not necessarily depict the Queen?

Gracey · #5 (**permalink**) 11-29-2007, 06:05 AM

Yes, there could easily be images of canadian coins without the queen's picture - if you've got the coins facing in the right direction you can still do coins that don't contain the picture. I looked at the one I had but it did have her head on some of them. I've contacted the other places I have that image and asked to have it removed.

pichunter · #6 (**permalink**) 11-29-2007, 01:11 PM

Do you know if it applies to Canadian paper money showing the Queen's face

Gracey · #7 (**permalink**) 11-29-2007, 03:38 PM

Since it is the Queen's Image that is copyrighted I would expect that it would also apply to paper money. There are $20 bills issued in 2004 with her image on the front - each year they reissue paper money it changes, so you'd have check all the various years of issue.