stipe Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 This morning DACS payment for 2019 popped up into my sales account as a welcome relief in this dramatic year. I remember last year, separately and just a few hours later in the same day, I received the DACS additional German payment for 2019 also. Not this year. At least, so far. Is the German payment already included under the voice DACS payment I had in my account this morning or it will arrive later? Anyone who received it already (the German DACS I mean). Stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I've received a single payment which is a slight increase on the previous year. Only the one so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 My Alamy DACs payment arrived this morning, highest by far than I have ever previously received - very happy bunny 🙂 Can there by some mistake, have I been confused for another contributor, how many Bryans are there on Alamy ? Last year it appeared as two separate lots. Don't want to appear greedy, but another dollop would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) Mine around 40% higher than last year. Don't know whether this is due to the included German payment. Logic says it might be. Edited October 26, 2020 by Niels Quist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 43% increase on last year. No separate German DACS so far, so perhaps they are aggregated. American DACS equivalent (ASCRL) received in August. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Perhaps it should be pointed out that this thread is for Alamy DACS claims- the rest of us got our full payments three weeks ago. From an email in June from DACS "We are now asking you to provide us with information regarding your work published in books in Germany, in German language in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 if you didn’t claim last year. If you did, just list your books published in 2019." So as I understand it, unless you had new books published in Germany in 2019 there's no payment. It was a one-off, not on a continuing basis as DACS is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 My DACS appeared this morning and TBH, it's not worth the paper it's written on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Just saw my DACS payment. It's less than last year and even slightly less than two years ago. 😯 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kilpatrick Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) I was frustrated to see my direct DACS had fallen from nearly £2k to only £354 - inexplicable when Richard K's figure had moved from around £200 to over £700, and my late wife Shirley's legacy DACS (it does continue for ever) had fallen from over £300 to £270. But today Alamy dropped $543 Other payment with no deduction into my sales - which I believe will be DACS. That's up from $179 last year. It's not a compensation for a loss of rather vital residual income in retirement, but indicates something significant has changed in the way the Copyright Licensing Agency handles direct claims and Alamy. My Alamy account includes Shirley's work. Edited October 26, 2020 by David Kilpatrick clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Alamy does my DACS and what dropped in today was more than last year, but no German DACS this time. A nice low to mid $$$...Thank you Alamy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 65% up on last year so happy with that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphperspective Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) Does a DACS payment show up in my sales report as just "other income". No name or other information. If it is from my small port that's a very nice sizeable payment thank you very much. Edited October 26, 2020 by aphperspective edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphperspective Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Ignore all that I have just checked my Account balance. It is DACS very pleasant surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ognyan Yosifov Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Niels Quist said: Mine around 40% higher than last year. Don't know whether this is due to the included German payment. Logic says it might be. Last year the German payment appeared around 10 days after the DACS payment /on 4th of November/... Edited October 26, 2020 by Ognyan Yosifov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 3 hours ago, David Kilpatrick said: I was frustrated to see my direct DACS had fallen from nearly £2k to only £354 - inexplicable when Richard K's figure had moved from around £200 to over £700, and my late wife Shirley's legacy DACS (it does continue for ever) had fallen from over £300 to £270. But today Alamy dropped $543 Other payment with no deduction into my sales - which I believe will be DACS. That's up from $179 last year. It's not a compensation for a loss of rather vital residual income in retirement, but indicates something significant has changed in the way the Copyright Licensing Agency handles direct claims and Alamy. My Alamy account includes Shirley's work. David, That does not mean that Alamy have not made a deduction. They just haven't told you what that deduction is. As I understand it they take an undisclosed administration fee and then 50% of the rest. I do not understand why they don't report this in the same way as other commission. It is misleading. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Lower $$$. Up close to 30%. I didn’t expect a payout for this month. I assume I’ll get one, now. Saved by the bell. Umm...DACS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Betty LaRue said: Lower $$$. Up close to 30%. I didn’t expect a payout for this month. I assume I’ll get one, now. Saved by the bell. Umm...DACS. I don't remember saving you Betty but you are welcome anyway.🙃 Allan (Bell) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Allan Bell said: I don't remember saving you Betty but you are welcome anyway.🙃 Allan (Bell) You’ve saved me with your humor (humour) many times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 7 hours ago, geogphotos said: I do not understand why they don't report this in the same way as other commission. That would reveal how much more than 50% they are deducting, which might not be well received? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbimages Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Mine was almost $60 up on last year and a decent $$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 10 hours ago, M.Chapman said: That would reveal how much more than 50% they are deducting, which might not be well received? Mark However, in the one year when I inadvertently claimed both myself and through Alamy, the Alamy payment was substantially more. Fear not, I refunded DACs my claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 10 hours ago, M.Chapman said: That would reveal how much more than 50% they are deducting, which might not be well received? Mark DACS is there to reward image creators. Alamy now claims on behalf on the majority of its contributors as a result of a revised contract. I don't think that it is too much to expect that we are told what DACS have actually paid to each creator and the true amount that Alamy has taken as their share. Why would they want to keep this secret? Transparency is best. If there is nothing to hide then why hide it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Bryan said: However, in the one year when I inadvertently claimed both myself and through Alamy, the Alamy payment was substantially more. Fear not, I refunded DACs my claim. Yes because they have the ISBN information and don't share it with us. I still don't see why we can't be told the true situation about how much DACS has paid to each of us for secondary rights and how much Alamy is keeping for themselves. If this amount does not appear in our statements of accounts where does it go - thin air? It gives the impression that the deduction is zero when that is not true. Edited October 27, 2020 by geogphotos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kilpatrick Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I think there's a legal issue with locking contributors into using Alamy to claim for DACS and then refusing to end this when it results like this. It's important for me to claim DACS directly for non-Alamy sales. I do not see how they can possibly have a right, or a claim, to any of that. I have a clear 25 years of ISSN/ISBN non-Alamy history before joining Alamy, and this still counts for DACS. I have a good 15 years of regular non-Alamy uses after joining Alamy and again, these have nothing to do with Alamy. I'm very happy for them to claim for all the book and magazine sales they've ever made for me, as I can not track these or list them (I can find a few with research, and I intend to remove those from my own claim in future). I just don't want Alamy's claim somehow reducing my company/personal one. Rex Features also collect DACS for the few images I have left with them over the last 30 years. It's a small sum and it has no effect on my own claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, David Kilpatrick said: It's important for me to claim DACS directly for non-Alamy sales. I do not see how they can possibly have a right, or a claim, to any of that. I have a clear 25 years of ISSN/ISBN non-Alamy history..... There's nothing stopping you from doing that. Alamy will only claim for your sales licenced through the agency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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