Russell Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 There is a rumour posted on another stock site that access to Alamy has been blocked in Russia on the grounds of "information protection". Does anyone know if it's true? Does it matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Elliott Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I hope not as I'll be in Moscow for 1 month at the end of the year. i'd like to use my downtime to sort out the keywording on my images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amirko Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 this Russian-language blog has the details. In a word, it is probably a mistake. Some Alamy's pages come up as blocked (search for www.alamy.com on this page); the whole site should not be blocked, but it is...as the blog explains it could be rectified by filing complaint(s) and hopefully will be, soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I certainly hope this is fake news. We would all really miss those lucrative Russian distributor sales. 🤧 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 I can confirm (being in Irkutsk at the moment) that you cannot access Alamy, Alamy Live News, or the Alamy forum in Russia, as they are all blocked. However, there is a workaround if you use a VPN, hence how I am able to make this post. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amirko Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 (edited) yes it is blocked everywhere in Russia. I was in Moscow, now in Kazan, no access. VPN connection through a system outside of RUnet works. Edited September 30, 2019 by Amirko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elena Zajchikova Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Hi, I have been on holidays in Russia and I could confirm Alamy website is officially blocked by Russian authorities because of some 'Unacceptable' self-harm or suicidal images. Full list of the restricted images could be found here: https://reestr.rublacklist.net/search/?q=alamy To me it looks like they banned those images automatically based on the keywords. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nacke Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 On 11/09/2019 at 12:57, John Mitchell said: I certainly hope this is fake news. We would all really miss those lucrative Russian distributor sales. 🤧 LOL... But doesn't TASS distribute via Alamy? I don't miss Moscow or KOI fonts. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 5 hours ago, Chuck Nacke said: LOL... But doesn't TASS distribute via Alamy? Outside of Russia, only. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 (edited) My first sale back in 2009 was to Russia. I was really excited to know my work was being used in such a faraway part of the world. Now I've had work on nearly every continent, but it was so exciting to me a a newbie, even if the price ($38) wasn't going to make me rich. Had a few more since then. Hope they straighten it out. Tough especially if you shoot a lot or live in that part of the world, though Russians seem to know a lot about how to get past restraints and generally seem to be quite computer savvy as we in the USA have learned... Edited October 28, 2019 by Marianne 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1t2 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Anyone who runs a server knows that internet traffic from Russia and China is nearly universally malign. And there's a lot of it. Even if your server is well protected against hacking, these constant automated attempts take up resources. It's often simpler to outright ban ip addresses from these countries. It would still be possible to 'whitelist' ip addresses of any publishers or distributors in Russia that you have a relationship with. Though anyone in Russia who has a legitimate interest in doing business in the Western hemisphere will use a VPN anyway. That's my guess as to why Alamy cannot be reached in Russia. It's hard enough to reach Alamy from Abingdon if you use a secure browser with protection against tracking you are likely to get endless captcha puzzles that never resolve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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