Photos used as cover page in French novels

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I am glad that one of my long exposure photo has made it to a cover page of couple of french novels, however, not sure if it has been used legitimately or not as its on a Stock site...I am hoping it actually is being a novel sold on amazon..anyway to find out?

Here's the original -
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[/url] Lone Tree, Llanberis, North Wales by Anand_Iyer, on Flickr[/IMG]

and link to the novels -

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/double-tranchant-thierry-chretien/1114297080?ean=9781291287981

http://www.editions-persee.fr/catalogue?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_persee&product_id=1217&category_id=14

This one's PPed to add the silhouetted lady
 
Stunning image.
Hope everything turns out to be legit.
 
Nice image. Could be a few hundred quid coming your way for those I'd have thought.

Hope it's all legit.
 
Thanks guys..
 
ShutterWork said:
So is there anyway I can find out that out..not sure if Fotolia will reveal the client it sold the images to....??
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I don't know, but I bet someone will come along who does :D
 
ShutterWork said:
Thanks. Sorry I wasn't clear....

What I meant to say was hope it was legit as the novel is being sold on Amazon...

So is there anyway I can find out that out..not sure if Fotolia will reveal the client it sold the images to....??
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You could buy a copy or borrow from a library, it should have a credit for the photo
 
Bondy said:
You could buy a copy or borrow from a library, it should have a credit for the photo
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Thanks will check in local library, however, doubt if there would be any credit if the photos were bought from stock site as I thought they were royalty-free?

Was just thinking about sending an email to Fotolia to see if they would disclose the buyer.

Other suggestions welcome...
 
Well contacting Fotolia seems to be the logical route doesn't it? They are the ones that would know.

Failing that contact the publishers and see what you can get from them.
 
I work in this area, we use a range of designers, some in-house, others freelance. We have our stock photo account, and some designers have their own. Not sure how you can trace this back... or why you want to.. That's up to Fotolia now, no?
 
graphilly said:
Well contacting Fotolia seems to be the logical route doesn't it? They are the ones that would know.

Failing that contact the publishers and see what you can get from them.
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Thanks...will try both options.
 
JT74 said:
I work in this area, we use a range of designers, some in-house, others freelance. We have our stock photo account, and some designers have their own. Not sure how you can trace this back... or why you want to.. That's up to Fotolia now, no?
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Do understand it could be difficult to trace...probably impossible, but would really like to know whether those photos were bought from Fotolia or stolen from my flickr account as none of the publishers approached for permission.

Are you saying I can leave it for Fotolia to look in to it completely? Would they do that?

Thanks.
 
So, are you saying that you've not been paid for a sale by Fotolia?
 
Sonriendo said:
So, are you saying that you've not been paid for a sale by Fotolia?
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There has been multiple downloads on this photo via. Fotolia with some credits to my account. Of course I dont know who these would have been..

My total credit on Fotolia is about 2.34...not sure if this would be about right looking at the photos being used as cover pages for novels...I am totally new to using stock sites, so any advise would be gratefully received :-)
 
Ahhh, I wasn't sure if they itemised their sales or not. I know one of my friends had a photo of hers on a t-shirt in Zara - via Getty and she only found out about it in some very random way.
 
ShutterWork said:
There has been multiple downloads on this photo via. Fotolia with some credits to my account. Of course I dont know who these would have been..

My total credit on Fotolia is about 2.34...not sure if this would be about right looking at the photos being used as cover pages for novels...I am totally new to using stock sites, so any advise would be gratefully received :-)
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From memory, Fotolia pays very poorly so that's probably why you are looking at the sums you are. I don't think the make any consideration for where it is used.

Have you got a link to where it is listed in Fotolia? How many credits are required for the download?
 
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ShutterWork said:
Do understand it could be difficult to trace...probably impossible, but would really like to know whether those photos were bought from Fotolia or stolen from my flickr account as none of the publishers approached for permission.

Are you saying I can leave it for Fotolia to look in to it completely? Would they do that?

Thanks.
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They don't need your permission. Once you have submitted the image to Fotolia, anyone with an account can download it along with the licence to use it wherever they choose.
 
JT74 said:
They don't need your permission. Once you have submitted the image to Fotolia, anyone with an account can download it along with the licence to use it wherever they choose.
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And that's why you should be very, very careful about which agency you choose. Don't just go on the first one that accepts you or you may regret it.
 
JT74 said:
They don't need your permission. Once you have submitted the image to Fotolia, anyone with an account can download it along with the licence to use it wherever they choose.
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PSILVERMAN said:
And that's why you should be very, very careful about which agency you choose. Don't just go on the first one that accepts you or you may regret it.
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Thanks. Yes, I do understand they do not need my permission if downloading via. Fotolia. But question really is I am not sure if that's what's happened?
 
Unless you have any solid reason to suspect they haven't paid to use the image (do you?), I'd drop it.
 
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