Shutterstock Now Legally Guarantees All Images and Footage
Shutterstock now guarantees its entire library of more than 8.5 million images and 140,000 footage clips.
New York, NY (PRWEB) October 20, 2009 — Shutterstock, the world’s largest subscription-based stock photoagency, announced today that it will legally guarantee every file inits vast library by providing up to $10,000 to cover legal costs and direct damages for claims arising from the use of an image or footage clip licensed through Shutterstock.
Thanks to Shutterstock’s thorough and selective review process, the agency has become a global leader in providing affordable, high quality images that comply with the highest legal and ethical standards in the industry.
Shutterstock has now gone a step further by covering key areas of liability, including copyrights, trademarks and rights of privacy and publicity. Under the new plan, which begins today, every file in Shutterstock’s expansive library – which consists of more than 8.5million images and 140,000 footage clips – will be guaranteed.
“We’ve become an industry leader by earning the trust of stock imageand footage buyers worldwide,” said Jon Oringer, CEO and founder of Shutterstock. “Although claims involving our content are extremely rare, we wanted to give our customers an even higher level of comfort by providing up to $10,000 in indemnification.”
Shutterstock’s protection plan, along with its uncompromising commitment to the integrity and quality of its images, solidifies the company’s reputation as a trusted resource for image and footage buyers worldwide. Please see Shutterstock’s Terms of Service for complete details.
About Shutterstock®
Founded in 2003, Shutterstock is the largest subscription-based stockphoto agency in the world. Its outstanding collection of premium photos, illustrations, and vectors combined with a selection of innovative, user-friendly subscription plans has made Shutterstock a trusted resource for an expanding global customer base. An industrypioneer in selling royalty-free stock by subscription, Shutterstock was also the first online photo agency to offer editorial photos and launch a video library. Shutterstock Footage offers a comprehensive library ofroyalty-free video clips available on a per-clip basis or by subscription. For more information, visit Shutterstock.com.
Source: http://www.prweb.com/releases/image/indemnification/prweb3071764.htm
I find this very interesting. Which agency will do this next? Recently istock made a similar claim, just after Vivo zoom tried to claim the legal aspect their main difference from the rest of the micros. Will this mean tighter standards on grey area photos for photographers? It’s definitely a great idea, as long as it doesn’t push the limits so far that we need to submit releases for things shot in a generic manner. Is it worth even trying to shoot architecture or automobiles for stock anymore? I’ve given up in those departments. The way things are moving, contributors are probably all better off keeping stock as generic as can be, unless you can cover yourself with enough signed releases to choke a cow.
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Looking good so far, Todd – I gave up on Wordpress, though, as it was much more complicated than Blogger. But you’ll get better exposure from Wordpress – best of luck to you!
Yeah, you can get really complicated with WordPress – trust me, I know – it’s been an all day event! hahaha
I’m sure this will be much better for my SEO than linking my homepage over to a blog hosted somewhere else, like blogger or freewebs, like I had before. Freewebs was great. I have nothing bad to say about them. I really am enjoying the customization of Wordpress a lot more, though.
After they implemented legal guarantee, I got a few image removals from my portfolio. Definitely, not liking it.
Not liking the removal of images but honestly they just killed Vivozoom which is pretty … good for them.
Shutterstock just yanked another 10 or so images of mine today *ouch* I hope this doesn’t keep happening. I like when my portfolio size increases in number, not the other way around
The images removed were motorcycles, all logos and graphics removed, of course. Still, maybe they decided it’s better to be safe than to be sorry. The images where the bike is speeding (blurred) or just part of it is in the frame, they kept. Also the images where the bikes weren’t the main focus of the image, they kept.