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Hate credits. Love free stock.by *FlexDreams

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*liam-stock Nov 1, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
You comment a lot "Free stock must be free" - nothing is free. Everything has it's price. This doesn't mean that the price is money. In some case the only price is a credit - and that's not much! A stocker took time, effort and money to do stock? So artists can pay this little price - just a credit.
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~MistySensation Apr 20, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Why wouldn't you just credit the stock provider? I'm a photomanipulator too, and I always, always credit the stock images that I use, because it's manners. Stock photographers take nice photos and allow us to use them without paying -- that's the definition of free. Crediting takes about two seconds to do and is a nice gesture to the photographer, who probably doesn't want his or her work to be stolen.
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Mood: Neutral *aMentalSymphony Sep 20, 2011  Student Digital Artist
I just don't see the logic in being against crediting stock providers. It hurts no one and benefits everyone. First it lets other artists know where to find an image so they can use it in their own art. Secondly, most stock providers favorite everything in which their stock is used, meaning more exposure for the artist. I personally take pleasure in promoting my stock providers. As for other rules and restrictions, I do get a bit peeved by those at times. I can't help but resent the idea of spending several hours on a manipulation only to have someone who spent a few minutes taking a picture tell me what I can and cannot do with my finished work. Generally I try to avoid using stock that has restrictions I disagree with, such as no selling or showing off my work elsewhere.
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~QueenXofXBlackXIce Feb 21, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
And for the record,things like that made me close my stocks section.
Keeping just my artwork,at least I am an artist who respects all the rules :doh:
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~QueenXofXBlackXIce Feb 21, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
agreed! :x
I find almost everyday artworks with my stocks,that neither give me credit nor letting me know about it.
And some of them sell prints/make covers for books and cds and gain profit from that.
And the credit & link back to my work is too much to ask for,eh?
Again,well said! :thumbsup:
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~Stocks-Effulgent Feb 11, 2011
I'm all for people selling their stock and putting rules on it if that's what they want to do. I, however, choose not to because adding rules really stifles creativity. The reason I make stock is to provide resources to artists. I want people to use my stock however they see fit.

I'm not looking for credit. I'm not looking for recognition. If I'm offering a resource that's all it's going to be. It's not currency for notoriety. Why should I tell people how to use it?

I'd like to see more artists offering their stock without looking to restrict what the users do with it. Should it be a requirement? Of course not. I just think that creativity shouldn't be restrained.
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~Aenigmatista Feb 5, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
I don't demand credits at my stock (well, um... it's photos, but it can be used like stock), but I always give credits and I support credits, cause some people might want to know where to get good stock :nod: btw, you're the first one who I met with stock that is free and doesn't have to be credited.
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~elbrith Feb 3, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
I'm in love with this stamp.

Once you mention Canon or Nikon, why not searching and giving credit to the factory workers who made your image sensor, your flash, basically everything belongs to you?
It is possible to create and distribute anything for free, and when most of people tend to think art as a market, they are totally wrong. Free content doesn't mean just free of charge, it means you are free to distribute, copy, modify, use it anywhere and anyway you want.
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`Exillior Jun 28, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
Giving credits is so that other people can see where the stock came from and the original artist can receive more money (if it is paid stock) and therefore continue taking stock photos. It is impossible to create anything for free, after all. Surely if you like the stock, it's not that hard to help the artist produce more of it?
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~x-Odyne-x Mar 15, 2010
If you're not paying for it, it's free. Yeah, often times there are rules; however, most of them are along the lines of "give credit it please," "respect the model (i.e. nothing pornographic)," and "I would love to see what you do with my stock".

Is it really too hard for you to just say where you got the components of your "art"? Are you really that damn lazy and selfish? It's not yours whether or not the stock requires credit.

The excuse of "people take shit photos and then offer them as stock" is unacceptable. If you do not like the image, don't use it. Create your own stock by going out in the world and taking your own pictures- find out how much work actually goes into creating decent stock photos.

This stamp is incredibly disrespectful towards the entire stock community. They do not have to provide you with images to use, and yet they do. They are providing a free service and even if there are no rules stating credit is due, it's still polite and simple common courtesy.
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