jackietraveller Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 6 sales dropped in today for editorial use in magazines with the country stated as Russian Federation. Anyone have views on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin L Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 Not sure what you're asking. I'm opted out of Russian distribution for obvious reasons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackietraveller Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 I thought there were sanctions so surprised Alamy dealt with Russia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 I opted out of Russian Federation. Not sure about sanctions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin L Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 Have you opted out? I would have thought that would be the first thing if you are concerned about selling to Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooth Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 similar topic was posted here As for me, I emailed alamy regarding why I had a distributor sale to a territory "russian federation" I did not opt into, i.e., there are 7 countries I've opted into for distribution sales, and russian isn't one of them. Contributor relations emailed back after asking the distributor team. It was a complete dodge, they didn't answer why I had a sale to this territory when I never opted in. "Our distribution team has let us know we have a backlog from this distributor as billing stopped due to the war. We’re now working with the distributor again and we have now billed the usage. Apologies for any inconvenience caused." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP Essex Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 I just noticed that I had one a week or so ago. I'd already opted out in distribution, so I assume this must be a direct sale? How does one tell the difference between direct & distribution sales? Although it appears that sanctions don't cover photo sales - as far as I can tell, at a quick glace - one would expect a company with any ethical viewpoint would decide not to sell to a terrorist state that has committed numerous war crimes. I've just emailed Alamy to ask for themt o stop selling my images to RUssia & Belarus. we'll see what happens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 I am also opted out - for the very obvious reasons, same with Iran,North Korea and China 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooth Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 6 hours ago, GP Essex said: I just noticed that I had one a week or so ago. I'd already opted out in distribution, so I assume this must be a direct sale? How does one tell the difference between direct & distribution sales? Click on the "account balance" button located in the middle of the dashboard page 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Robertson Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 21 minutes ago, sooth said: Click on the "account balance" button located in the middle of the dashboard page That's interesting. I have just looked at "account balance" for my last sale which was also to the Russian Federation. I have never been opted into distribution. But unlike my other sales, this one itemises a distributor commission component while all my other sales are shown as direct sales. It would be good if Alamy could explain how our images can be licensed for distribution when we have never opted into it. I'm not understanding what is happening here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 There was seemingly a similar issue a few months back - when a few of us on here had sales to China even though we had specifically excluded them from distribution. Maybe this is a similar issue reoccurring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Robertson Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, Foreign Export said: There was seemingly a similar issue a few months back - when a few of us on here had sales to China even though we had specifically excluded them from distribution. Maybe this is a similar issue reoccurring. What is particularly strange in my case is I have never been opted into the Distributor Scheme at all, so I shouldn’t be getting distributor sales to any country. I have emailed contributor relations to ask why this is happening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imageplotter Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 On 24/07/2024 at 20:40, Martin L said: Have you opted out? I would have thought that would be the first thing if you are concerned about selling to Russia. You can opt out of distributor sales to Russia, but cannot opt out of direct sales ie. to a Russian magazine that purchases direct from Alamy, as appears to have been the case with my sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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