In the article “
Understanding Editorial At Shutterstock” I reported on a London photographer had to find uses of his images and report the uses to Shutterstock in order to be paid.
Shutterstock sent the following clarification:
“Shutterstock Editorial is powered in part by our team in the UK with decades of experience identifying usage in publications using a variety of methods, including client-prepared reporting, monitoring of download activity and a manual process similar to what has been described in the article.”
I have also been told by other stock agencies that this problem of publications failing to report when they use an image is not limited to the UK. Evidently, it happens in other countries as well. There are certain publications that must be regularly monitored in order to insure that the image creators are properly compensated for all uses.