NYCat Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I have thought this was impossible in the new image manager but my keywords have been copied in at least four elephant images by an agency I won't mention. I will do more of a search later and then report this to Alamy. I put my name in the keywords to make it easier to search from the homepage when I'm looking for one of my images. I had been doing a Google search on My Name/Alamy and didn't eliminate Alamy. I saw an image that I didn't recognize and, sure enough, it is not mine and the "similar images" showed three others. How did they do this? They didn't even check them enough to see my name. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Niels Quist Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Basically this is easy peasy - if I understand you correctly. View the image - tick show all keywords - copy all the boxes and paste. If you do this in an editor they will come up each on a new line - but this is a minor problem that can easily be dealt with. Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 Thank you. I think I may have tried that before but then didn't see a quick and easy way to put the keywords into the Image Manager. It actually looks like it could be a good way to deal with older images that have too many keywords due to repeated words. On the preview page only 50 show and no repetitions. Anyway, a useful bit of info so thank you. I seem to only have four elephant pics copied by the agency so I will let Alamy know. When I've encountered this in the past they can't tell someone not to copy my keywords but can ask them to remove my name. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 That stinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 16 hours ago, NYCat said: Thank you. I think I may have tried that before but then didn't see a quick and easy way to put the keywords into the Image Manager. It actually looks like it could be a good way to deal with older images that have too many keywords due to repeated words. On the preview page only 50 show and no repetitions. Anyway, a useful bit of info so thank you. I seem to only have four elephant pics copied by the agency so I will let Alamy know. When I've encountered this in the past they can't tell someone not to copy my keywords but can ask them to remove my name. Paulette My understanding is that we are not allowed, under Alamy rules, to put our names or other forms of identification in the keywords/tags with our images. It seems to have helped you though by being able to catch offenders (thieves). Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 I think it is OK as long as I don't give my website or email. I use my name as my pseudonym so it is there for all to see when they zoom the image. I think Alamy just doesn't want us selling directly to their clients. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Allan Bell said: My understanding is that we are not allowed, under Alamy rules, to put our names or other forms of identification in the keywords/tags with our images. It seems to have helped you though by being able to catch offenders (thieves). Allan 3 hours ago, NYCat said: I think it is OK as long as I don't give my website or email. I use my name as my pseudonym so it is there for all to see when they zoom the image. I think Alamy just doesn't want us selling directly to their clients. Paulette I don't care to re-edit my news images, so these will bear my name in the caption as well. Caption or keywords is pretty much the same. I would make the same assumption as you, Paulette. Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbimages Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Paulette, I have the same issue. 2 images belonging to someone else have my name in them and tags copied. I wrote to CR and they have asked the contributor to remove irrelevant tags. So far, they have not removed them. I'll write again later in the week if my name remains. I'm really P.....d about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 21 hours ago, Niels Quist said: I don't care to re-edit my news images, so these will bear my name in the caption as well. Caption or keywords is pretty much the same. I would make the same assumption as you, Paulette. Niels More work to do now to include my name in the tags on all my images. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Allan Bell said: More work to do now to include my name in the tags on all my images. Allan I’ve done mine forever. Different for each pseudo. That way, I can group plants or wildlife in a search. Wildlife...B LaRue, plants...A LaRue. General, Betty LaRue. Two more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 I emailed Alamy about the 4 images and then realized there is a 5th one-- by somebody else. It has a reference starting with M and so has been there for a while and might have been the one the other people copied from. I think I have found them all now. Interestingly, all these images show up in the first four rows when I search my name. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 2 hours ago, NYCat said: I emailed Alamy about the 4 images and then realized there is a 5th one-- by somebody else. It has a reference starting with M and so has been there for a while and might have been the one the other people copied from. I think I have found them all now. Interestingly, all these images show up in the first four rows when I search my name. Paulette You made me curious. Found the M one - put up under another pseudonym on Alamy and on the other site. Fraudulent and stupid. Hope Alamy is clearing this up for you. Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbimages Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 4 hours ago, NYCat said: I emailed Alamy about the 4 images and then realized there is a 5th one-- by somebody else. It has a reference starting with M and so has been there for a while and might have been the one the other people copied from. I think I have found them all now. Interestingly, all these images show up in the first four rows when I search my name. Paulette Same with me Paulette, the other contributors images are first row, top page. In spite of CR writing the the contributor last week, nothing has been done. 1 hour ago, Niels Quist said: You made me curious. Found the M one - put up under another pseudonym on Alamy and on the other site. Fraudulent and stupid. Hope Alamy is clearing this up for you. Niels Niels, CR will only write and ask the other contributor to remove irrelevant tags. I had this happen about a year ago, and it took half a dozen emails to CR as my name remained in someone else's images for weeks. Finally CR did remove my name. But it was a frustrating exercise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Wouldn't it be nice if your name appeared in the files, because they'd copied your keywords, you had to get paid any royalties. Seems fair to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 I sent two emails about this on Monday and didn't even get the automated response. Is there a problem? I usually get a very quick response. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbimages Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 11 hours ago, NYCat said: I sent two emails about this on Monday and didn't even get the automated response. Is there a problem? I usually get a very quick response. Paulette Paulette, I got a reply from CR Shelley on 10 August about this and my name still remains in the other contributors tags. I have written again this morning (aussie time) to ask this to be fixed asap. I did get the automated reply almost immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 Thanks. I guess I need to write again. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 I have emailed again and, fortunately, decided to check the address. My computer had somehow picked up an address for Alamy that was not the right one. So now I have corrected it and I got the automated response. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 I heard back from Shelley........She says.... "We've now removed your name from the images and asked the contributors to refrain from using tags irrelevant to the subject". Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbimages Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 5 hours ago, NYCat said: I heard back from Shelley........She says.... "We've now removed your name from the images and asked the contributors to refrain from using tags irrelevant to the subject". Paulette Paulette, I also heard from Shelley and my name also removed from the contributors tags. On the plus side, the contributor who copied my tags has so many other irrelevant tags that their CTR must be way down in the basement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 I wasn't impressed with the quality of the images that had my keywords and name. There are, as you say, some odd keywords also. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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