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ELI Forums => Getty Images Letter Forum => Topic started by: scraggy on May 21, 2014, 08:45:20 AM
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graphicstock.com is advertizing on Facebook - "7 Days of FREE Downloads - Start Today!"
Click the ad, and you reach this page:
https://www.graphicstock.com/freeimages/?utm_source=FBGSLinkFeedEUASIAInterestsWeb3ConvFT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=FBGSLinkFeedEUASIAInterestsWeb3ConvFT
7 DAYS OF FREE DOWNLOADS
Create an Account and Start Downloading
- and what happens after 7 days ????
Seems extremely suspicious to me!
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Agreed, I guess it would all depend on what kind of receipt you got with the download. I view this the same way as I do Getty's offer to embed images for free and would not 10 it with a 10ft pole. Who owns GraphicStock? I also wonder what the contributors think about their stuff given away for free.
I buy all of my images from Pond5, they are a good company with very reasonable prices.
Thanks Getty Images and McCormack IP Law for making everyone so suspicious of stock photo companies that we can't even trust a probably legitimate offer from a company trying to earn some new business.
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The site looks a lot like VideoBlocks, which I have used. They offer the same 7 day free trial gimmick. I can't say much for how they operate from a copyright standpoint, but the 7 day free trial requires you to enter your credit card information. If you forget to cancel after the trial period, the billing begins.
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most importantly, besides the credit card bit is this:
http://www.graphicstock.com/agreement.html
haven't read the whole thing, but they take no responsibility for "content" uploaded by users..no surprise there..NOTHING is EVER....FREE
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I am shocked!
One day later - and the deal is gone!
Today , they have a new deal.
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