Copyright infringement third party selling my photos

[gzaffuts]

Hello,

I have recently discovered the website "abposters.com" has my entire portfolio for sale for people to buy posters made from my photos.

#1. Is this legal?

#2. I will submit the "Reporting Infringement..." form on Adobe's site, but could someone let me know what "Please upload one file with supporting documentation (zip, pdf, docx, txt, jpeg, jpg, png, or gif; up to 5MB)" means? Do they want some form of ID, such as a drivers license?

#3. Any other suggestions for me regarding this issue would be appreciated.

Thanks, everyone.

Gerald Zaffuts

[daniellei4510 · Accepted solution]

Do the images they sell of yours have the usual Adobe file #s on the samples? If so, then they probably have a deal with Adobe to sell Adobe Stock photos and you would still receive payment.

But to answer your question, the support documentation would be, say, a screenshot of proof showing the image(s) in question is yours compared to a screenshot of the asset on the offending site.

[gzaffuts]

Thank you, Danielle. I appreciate your input and information. Very helpful.

[Jill_C · Accepted solution]

I easily found one of my assets on that website also, and I'm quite sure that this company is an API partner of Adobe Stock as indicated in clause 2 of the Contributor Agreement. If any or your assets are sold by this partner, you receive your usual royalty.

[gzaffuts]

Very good. Thank you for helping me out, Jill.

[jacquelingphoto2017]

Hi @gzaffuts ,

Although there are websites that partner with Adobe to licence stock file, Except you've found proof on the site, I'd suggest you confirm with Adobe that this is the case with your portfolio being on that website before making an assumption. Well, that's what I'd do if I were in your position.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

[gzaffuts]

That's a good idea, Jacquelin. I will do that. Thank you...

[Nancy OShea]

Read your TERMS of Service with Adobe Stock. 

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/submission-guidelines.html

They partner with many other services & agents to promote visibility and potential sales. That's part of what you agreed to when you joined the Stock Contributor program.

[gzaffuts]

I understand. But how is one to know who Adobe partners with? I suppose perhaps that is the real question.

Thanks for taking time to answer. Best...

[Jill_C]

I do wish Adobe Stock would publish somewhere in their help pages a list of companies with whom they have API partner relationships. Then Contributors wouldn't panic when they see their images for sale elsewhere! 

[gzaffuts]

Agreed.

[jacquelingphoto2017]

I found this directory. I don't know if it helps. I searched for abposters and did not find them. I don't know if they are there by another name or there is another directory.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

[Jill_C]

Thanks Jacquelin. I've never seen that page before. Unfortunately the link here seems to go nowhere - just bounces back to the same page:

Adobe Exchange Partner Program for Creative Cloud

Adobe Exchange Program Partners sell, support and extend Adobe products, providing solutions to expand your capabilities.

Find ›

[Nancy OShea]

You'd have to ask Stock Contributor support about it. AFAIK, that information isn't made public for privacy reasons.

[RALPH_L]

This is  an Adobe partner. The owners name is shown which links to your profile. Everything is ok.
By the way, I found my photos also listed.

[gzaffuts]

OK, Ralph, good to know. Thanks for taking the time to clear that up for me.

Best,

GZ

[MakeStories.com]

I also just found all of my photos on Abposters. do you know what's the royalty amount we receive as a result of an image being sold there? i'm just trying to figure out if there is any way to know what images sell there, since adobe does not really offer metrics breakdown. thank you

[Nancy OShea]

Your royalty rate is the same, regardless of who sells it— 33% for images, 35% for videos.

The rate the customer pays varies, depending on which plan they have and which license they purchase— standard, extended or enhanced.

[MakeStories.com]

got it thank you Nancy