Eligible for Data Licensing may feel confusing. On the one hand, it means your images are not accepted in Shutterstock's regular collection. But on the other hand, it opens up new opportunities to generate revenue through data licensing. By understanding how it works and strategies to increase the chances of your photos falling into this category, you can maximize your financial potential on Shutterstock.
What does data licensing mean?
What does being eligible for data licensing mean on Shutterstock? Data Licensing is a Shutterstock program that allows images that do not meet the regular collection criteria to be used in training artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and other machine learning applications. This means that even if your images are not featured on Shutterstock's public gallery, there is still an opportunity to monetize them through the Contributor Fund.
Shutterstock currently offers its services to AI software companies. This policy gives software companies the opportunity to train their AI software. The software companies that Shutterstock works with are OpenAI, ChatGPT, and Dall-E. If your images are used by others, you will get revenue.
What does it mean when Shutterstock approved something?
Content that has been approved by Shutterstock means that the content has met Shutterstock's standard criteria. Approved content will generally appear after 72 hours from the time you upload your content.
How to remove data licensing from Shutterstock?
The process of removing licensing data The process of removing licensing data between buyers and contributors is very different. Here are tips for removing Shutterstock licensing data
Buyers
- Go to your account and select lisensing data history
- Search for the license you want to delete
- Click delete content by date, asset type, keyword
- Confirm deletion in the pop-up
Contributor
- Open your Shutterstock account and select portfolio
- Search the catalog data and select the content you want to delete
- Click on delete content next to the three dots
- confirm deletion
Eligible for Data Licensing does not mean your photos are not of high quality. Instead, it shows that your photos have the potential to be used in various data and machine learning applications. Don't forget to share this article with fellow Shutterstock contributors so that they can also take advantage of this opportunity.