Public domain catastrophe
synthetick
20 Jan 2015 20:11
So, if I download some of the public domain content and use it as an element in an animation background, will that be accepted into the Pond5 collection?
synthetick
20 Jan 2015 20:13
Never mind, I found the answer in a thread in the Artists Forum: "you need to make sufficient edits/changes to the content such that you've added value and created a new piece"
wideweb
20 Jan 2015 20:14
I think this action is meant, in part, to counteract the free EMBED option by Getty Images.
Maybe P5 should ask "buyers" to acknowledge Pond5.
Then:
Same place, now:
Maybe P5 should ask "buyers" to acknowledge Pond5.
Then:
Same place, now:
bakdc
20 Jan 2015 21:48
I can't comment yet on the implications for most sellers, though I think it won't hurt. But I've been having my first encounter with the Public Domain audio on P5 for the last half hour while I've been searching for music (to buy for a show).
Scattered among the search results are fascinating PD audio clips of recordings of "folk" singers from the late 1930's -- part of WPA or other projects, I imagine. It makes you stop and listen; a welcome diversion from listening to corporate music clips. What a nice treat. (Producers and editors can put on their headsets and pretend they're listening to +motivational +proud.)
I did a quick search for some stock footage for fun -- Ellis Island - among the results there are those old Edison films of immigrants arriving. So, now that I think about it, this does add a nice resource for an editor or producer looking for footage, e.g. Ellis Island. The search results have the old and the new on the same screen. So how easy is that?
Scattered among the search results are fascinating PD audio clips of recordings of "folk" singers from the late 1930's -- part of WPA or other projects, I imagine. It makes you stop and listen; a welcome diversion from listening to corporate music clips. What a nice treat. (Producers and editors can put on their headsets and pretend they're listening to +motivational +proud.)
I did a quick search for some stock footage for fun -- Ellis Island - among the results there are those old Edison films of immigrants arriving. So, now that I think about it, this does add a nice resource for an editor or producer looking for footage, e.g. Ellis Island. The search results have the old and the new on the same screen. So how easy is that?
Pyromania
31 Jan 2015 17:06
I'm still waiting to hear from Pond5 regarding the three clips that were uploaded and sold from my film "Trinity and Beyond" on Pond5 by another seller without permission. You've acknowledged it, you've removed the clips, now make it right by letting the folks who purchased these clips that they are not Royalty Free or PD.
The people who purchased those clips undoubtedly believe they are royalty free or PD, which means they will continue to use them illegally or, believing they are PD, may give them away to someone else. This is a big problem that Pond5 needs to address and make right.
The people who purchased those clips undoubtedly believe they are royalty free or PD, which means they will continue to use them illegally or, believing they are PD, may give them away to someone else. This is a big problem that Pond5 needs to address and make right.
literanema
9 Feb 2015 22:58
Hi friends! My clip from public domain! Hugs
https://vimeo.com/118958787
https://vimeo.com/118958787
leimmaginipond5
6 Mar 2015 11:05
Since Public Domain affair started, my sales are growing.
Anybody else is experiencing the same good trend?
Anybody else is experiencing the same good trend?