Understanding Editorial At Shutterstock

Posted on 2/24/2017 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (2)

An editorial photographer in London pointed out to me today that he has to notify Shutterstock when his pictures are used in order to get paid. Evidently Shutterstock doesn’t know that it is standard practice of many publications in the UK not to notify the agency when they use an image. Instead, they wait for the agency or the photographer to call them or send them an invoice.

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Sheron Resnick Posted Feb 27, 2017
This practice used to happen in the United States as well, and was quite common. Years ago we often acted as a "clipping service" for our 20/20 Software clients. We've had no indication for quite a number of years that it still happens here.

Jim Pickerell Posted Mar 2, 2017
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.

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