{"id":1532,"date":"2022-07-07T13:27:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T12:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/blog\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2022-07-07T18:42:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:42:57","slug":"de-profundis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/blog\/de-profundis\/","title":{"rendered":"De profundis"},"content":{"rendered":"

It takes so little to kill the last glimmer of hope\u2026 I complained to Alamy about their mass-few-\u00a2-sale of this month, and in reply I got this :<\/p>\n

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\nHi Luisa,
\nThanks for your email. I can see that these sales are through our distribution scheme. Which you are opted in for.
\nOur Distribution scheme is optional and under the section of your account titled “Additional Revenue Option”. As the title suggests it’s an opportunity to earn additional revenue through territories that Alamy doesn’t quite reach with direct sales. Every year our Distribution scheme returns a sizable 15% of our total revenue and so we’d recommend being part of it.
\nYou can only opt out or remove countries in April of every year; this is so we can give our distributors a consistent collection.<\/p>\n

Kind regards,
\nChantelle<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

(note: I opted out from their ‘Novel use’ option last April 1st<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s brush off the tiny coat of perfunctory politeness and have a closer look at the gist:<\/p>\n