getting images rejected...months after they are accepted

thesupe87 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-21-2006, 05:30 PM

Has this ever happened to any of you? Some reviewer recently went through my portfolio at fotolia, and removed all of my auto & car shots, telling me that it was in violation of copyright laws - I airbrushed off all names and logos, is it because I have brand names in my keywords!? I work hard to keyword and submit all of these nice shots, I can't stand it when I know I'm doing all this work in vain. I have submitted car shots like this to all of the other sites, with absolutely no problems. :evil:

I'm not basing fotolia, I love their site - and it has been very profitable for me...but it's just frustrating and disappointing when things like this happen. :roll:

thesupe87 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-21-2006, 05:32 PM

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Fotolia ? Declined intellectual property

After further review of Image import speed we have decided to remove the image from the Fotolia image bank due to intellectual / industrial property laws. It seems that your image contains elements that violate these laws and the image needs to be removed.

We regularly review and analyze the image bank in order to detect images which may contain elements that infringe international laws. Sometimes this is not noticed by the editing team.

Elements such as logos, brands, people, license plates, models, designs, architecture or anything subject to intellectual property may cause problems for you and Fotolia.

Your image will be removed from the Fotolia Image Bank in order to protect both of us against infringements and legal pursuits. We apologize for the inconvenience.

For more information about copyright issues, please look at the wikilia in the intellectual property area.

Thanks for your trust and feel free to contact us with any questions.

Best regards,

Fotolia.com team

Wow. A lot of the ones they rejected are MY OWN car...what do I have to go and resubmit with a property release form filled out!? This crap ticks me off.

jaystock · #3 (**permalink**) 06-21-2006, 05:48 PM

Yeah, it's weird....I mean I just had a picture of an Ipod rejected from Shutterstock for copyright violation (wasn't removed from my portfolio like yours though, that's wild), but the thing that I don't get is there are dozens of ipod pictures already on Shutterstock, I even cloned out the play, stop, and selection buttons. I guess plain white mp3 players are copyrighted

Oh well, like just about every other rejection, it was picked up at a couple of other sites, so no big deal.

Karimala · #4 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006, 04:19 AM

Same thing happened to me with one of my vintage neon sign shots. I do agree with their decision on this one, because it belongs to an active business and is probably copyrighted.

Sounds like they are doing an internal audit, because Chad also contacted me personally after noticing I had recently deleted a whole bunch of images.

photovan · #5 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006, 05:16 AM

Probably got some trouble over some image and are being very prudent.

FocalFrenzy · #6 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by photovan

Probably got some trouble over some image and are being very prudent.

That would be my guess - a Cease and Desist letter can be very effective...and scary to those who receive it.

Sorry to hear you've had this happen, though. It's got to be frustrating as all get out.

Best-
~FF

thesupe87 · #7 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006, 05:56 AM

I understand they've got to clean up shop every so often, but come on...look on any other stock photo site, and all of these same car images are approved and selling. Shutterstock has recently started making my auto images "editorial" use. Ah well, I guess you can't win them all.

GWB · #8 (**permalink**) 06-23-2006, 02:02 PM

Yes, they are getting picky about copyrights. Recently, I had two images of Confederate dollar bills rejected over copyright issues, at iStock. Never mind that this is money from a country that's been out of business for over 140 years.

And, there were 17 pictures of Confederate money already on there. I guess it was a change in policy.

I've had no problems with these images on the other microstock sites.

GWB

eendicott · #9 (**permalink**) 06-23-2006, 07:15 PM

Supe, most sports cars are copyright protected. It can be frustrating though, I agree. I've noticed that some agencies are more strict than others. I think it may have something to do with the country of origin (U.S. copyright laws vs. copyright laws of other countries).

Istock is VERY careful - I've had them find stuff that I had never seen. DT is very liberal though they are cracking down as well. Shutterstock has recently gotten so strict that it's frustrating a lot of people.

I say just roll with the punches.

gvictoria · #10 (**permalink**) 06-25-2006, 07:03 AM

you have to remember what one site accepts may not necessarily what another one does, also alot of the sites are based in different countries where laws may be a bit different with copyright too...