Gordon Scammell Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 I was informed by someone on the Alamy team that one of my images has been removed as 'it was flagged as being glamour.' It was of a woman's breasts. No sexy stuff. Just a straightforward image of a part of a woman's anatomy. I was also told they would not brook any discussion on the matter. Ok. I am not arguing about that image. If that is Alamy's idea of glamour then that is their problem. But I there are some real double standards going on here. Just enter 'glamour in to the search box and see what comes up. It's the same double standards when it comes to the London Underground logo. Mine were removed. Others are still there and some have actually sold. No doubt this message will be taken down. Dealing with Alamy is so frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 How do you know they have sold? There should be no problems with pics of the logo if the image is marked RM and no property releases. Were your images RM or RF? Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Could it have been your keywords? woman breast: 31,634 Results That doesn't look as if Alamy is policing this subject. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Could it have been your keywords? woman breast: 31,634 Results That doesn't look as if Alamy is policing this subject. wim Does it really need policing? Breasts aren't illegal as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfsavage Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 How do you know they have sold? There should be no problems with pics of the logo if the image is marked RM and no property releases. Were your images RM or RF? Jill Apparently London Transport are very protective of their logo and in a similar vein to the National Trust clearout a few years ago, I had several London Underground images deleted and uploads rejected because of the logo. I have repeatedly emailed Alamy about images they have not removed (which they did) but gave up when I spotted one image of the logo being used online. I reported it in the "Images found" section but it wasn't removed from sale (and it has been re-used atleast once since). Maurice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Penis 5850 results. Seems like all is fair game. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digi2ap Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 With regards to the London Underground 'roundel' (as I understand it) the sign needs to be photographed within a relevant context such as platform, train, station, street scene etc as well as marked RM and no property release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Scammell Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Jill, with the greatest of respect you have missed the point. I am not complaining about the image being classed as 'glamour'. The judgement is Alamy's and I respect their ground rules - although the image has been in the collection for at least 4 years. Nice to know they keep a sharp eye on things. I am making a point that there are hundreds of real glamour images still on sale. My point is that Alamy are working to double standards. FYI I know they have sold because one was reported. It doesn't matter if that image was RM or RF. It has nothing to do with it at all. They cannot (or shouldn't be sold) on Alamy. Again. Alamy's decision. All my images that contain the London Underground logo are lodged with other libraries and sell quite well. There was nothing in my keywords that suggested glamour. digi2ap - again, with the greatest respect you are incorrect - at least as far as Alamy are concerned. If the roundel is (in their opinion) the focus of the image then it should be removed. Unfortunately it can take them a very long time to take the images down. Maybe they should just enter the relevant keywords in the search box - that way the images will appear. It's not exactly rocket science. The image of mine that Alamy has removed has already been sold three times with another library and twice with another - in each case it was to illustrate articles concerned with cancer awareness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 The image of mine that Alamy has removed has already been sold three times with another library and twice with another - in each case it was to illustrate articles concerned with cancer awareness. Gordon, it looks like you've just spotted the resident gorilla. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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