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EzyRider_II
EzyRider_II
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July 4, 2023
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Data Licensing

  • July 4, 2023
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Hi All, 
I hope I am doing this right. Have not started a thread before. And if Adobe feels my subject here is inappropriate, please feel free to remove it. so here it goes: I am wondering if Adobe is considering the so called Data Licensing. One other big competitor site has started doing it a week ago. Is it good? Is it beneficial to the contributor? I am not too sure or clear on the details. Sounds O.K. on the surface, but...! Any thought on this? Anyone? In general I don't like AI and I would be the last person to help it getting smarter by using my data : ). Tx for any comments and input.

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Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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July 5, 2023

Adobe has it's Firefly project and surely, they won't take their data out of hot air. An AI engine needs to get fed. But I think the Adobe approach is more integrated. They have their products, and I think they want to include AI in these products, not to make stock obsolete, but to complement stock. 

 

BTW: for stock contributors, the most interesting addition of Adobe in recent years was Adobe Express, giving a "free" subscription to Adobe stock with the premium subscription. You get your minimum payout, regardless of Express, Creative Cloud Pro for Enterprises or any other subscription. Those products and the integration into Adobe Cretive Cloud makes Adobe stock a must for stock contributors.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
EzyRider_II
EzyRider_IIAuthor
Inspiring
July 5, 2023

thank for your kind response!
here is a thought on the new, seemingly much more stringent reviews. perhaps it's something that has some merits. since we clearly see that most longtime contributors are perplexed and struggling with the new (more stringent) reviews, and if we presume for a second that it's at least partly being done because any subject (!) is way over-saturated with photos on line (!?),  why not "offer" contributors to "clean" their portfolios? by cleaning I mean asking them (us) to get rid of old, tired, never used photos. maybe 5% (10, 15?). giving them 2 months to comply. if they don't, then Adobe could graft their pertfolios. again, only by removing files that have never been sold or downloaded (looked at). I could surely remove even 20 or 25% of my files with no effect on my sales! and suddenly Adobe would free up a fair chunk of storage space and buying customers would also benefit by having to scroll through a lighter yet more relevant load when searching. just a quick thought. an as a result the freed up space could be filled with new, fresh data and perhaps with a tiny bit of less scrutinizing (hair splitting) reviews.

Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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July 5, 2023

I have a picture, I uploaded in 2018, that never sold until last year, which is my current bestseller (not absolute, but current). Why should I delete old files?

 

Assets can sleep in the database for years and then get detected. 

 

As for the more stringent reviews, I'm not sure about that. Pictures that I have seen until now all had some errors. Refusals that I got recently were, because my image editing introduced artefacts, that I did not see before submitting. May be because of customer complaints, moderators got asked to be more careful with their review. 

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
    RALPH_L
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    RALPH_LCommunity Expert
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    July 5, 2023

    Are you implying the cursor text commands to produce an AI image?

    Why would I want that?

    EzyRider_II
    EzyRider_IIAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 5, 2023

    No, no. It's like Shutterstock hooked up with some AI people/companies and sell them data about (real) photos (clips). Supposedly "to help" them enhance or teach machines about trends, etc. Obviously they won't do it for free! And you as a contributor have a choice to opt in (let AI use your data) or not. I am on the hedge about it. So i was wondering if Adobe is considering any similar partnerships. I am not too crazy about the concept. I may opt out. Tx. 

    RALPH_L
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    RALPH_LCommunity Expert
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    July 5, 2023

    Thanks. I found this info:

    Shutterstock Data Licensing and the Contributor Fund - Shutterstock Contributor Support and FAQs

    It seems as though Shutterstock is not commited to how much the contributor will receive.

    I hope they pay more than they do for my sold photos.

    As of now, I have not heard of any plans by Adobe. We will have to wait and see. 

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