500px commercial licensing?

[lennon33x]

Wouldn't you be the licenser? That sounds to me like someone may purchase the image to use and make changes to it (add/remove something, change the coloring etc) and once those changes are made they still can't take credit (or at least full credit) for the work.

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[robbins.photo]

I tried to sell with etsy to become fabulously rich, and so far I've made nothing... so.. Best of luck!

I will wave to you from my helicopter.

Um... Runnah.. i'm pretty sure if you only use 1 finger it's not considered a "wave". Lol

 

[robbins.photo]

I tried to sell with etsy to become fabulously rich, and so far I've made nothing... so.. Best of luck!

I will wave to you from my helicopter.

I'd love a helicopter ride if someone of your soon-to-be high social standing can tolerate a bourgeois such as myself.

Just stop by McDonald's first on your way to the heliport DBJ. Funny how bourgeois bearing free burger is so much more tolerable to the elite.. lol

 

[Derrel]

...stop by McDonald's first on your way to the heliport DBJ. Funny how bourgeois bearing free burger is so much more tolerable to the elite.. lol

Are you SURE about that???

 

[robbins.photo]

...stop by McDonald's first on your way to the heliport DBJ. Funny how bourgeois bearing free burger is so much more tolerable to the elite.. lol

Are you SURE about that???

Lol.. see, exactly my point. They want to eat at McDonalds, but they think they are too good to be caught dead in one. So, you show up with a big mac and bam! Free helicopter ride. Win win, synergy dance.. lol

 

[spacefuzz]

30% isnt *too* bad for the stock industry........ I guess it depends what they are selling them for and how hard they are marketing your images. At those rates you'd need what......5,000-6,000* images for $50k per year in take away cash? *based off numbers I've seen on other sites.

I know if they lend out their collection to Getty you will then get more sales....but Getty will take 70% and then 500px will take another 70% of the 30%....you can see where that leads.

I hope some people make money off it though.

 

[sm4him]

The only thing I got out of this entire conversation is: "Why didn't *I* get an invite?"

I'm going to pretend that I did and I just accidentally deleted it, thinking it was one of the hundreds of likes and comments emails I get every day. Maybe that will keep me from feeling butt-hurt about the whole thing. :lmao:

 

[jamesbjenkins]

Your 30% cut of YOUR images should be just enough to buy a "F*** You, 500PX" and the postage to mail it.

Thanks but no thanks. Those greedy 'tards are almost as bad as Flickr and Getty.

 

[runnah]

Your 30% cut of YOUR images should be just enough to buy a "F*** You, 500PX" and the postage to mail it. Thanks but no thanks. Those greedy 'tards are almost as bad as Flickr and Getty.

But 30% of a million dollars is still enough for me to rent a helicopter for a few days.

 

[lennon33x]

So I actually called them to talk to them about it. For me, it's a great opportunity. Because I'm primarily a hobby photographer, they'll just sit there anyway and I don't have to do it. For someone who makes a living off of it, then I can see the downside.