Alamy

I am reading more and more about this parasitical company who claim rights over photos owned by the public domain. They need their wings clipping asap before all our historic photos are covered with their viral 'a's all over them. They are the worst type of commercial enterprise, one that has no other goal there than to make money, regardless of the consequences to others.

Terrible company - can just send emails claiming money - wont even talk to you on the phone - see you in court :)

A truly appalling company, arrogant beyond belief, still owe me money after almost five months of notifying me of a legacy payment after closing my contributor account months earlier. They don't dispute they owe the payment - they just will not pay it. I wrote a personal letter of complaint to their CEO Clive Marshall and have not even had the courtesy of an acknowledgement. If you are a contributor to Alamy, or considering becoming one, I would advise you to think long and hard as to whether you want to trust your images to such a shyster outfit. I closed the account because of their awful contributor contract - the best decision I have made in a long while. Definitely not recommended.

I love Alamy sales team, they are very friendly and they put the photographer's first in their agendas with 50/50 split returns. This is great to know that they don't do business just for profit. They support also great charities and promote students work. As a client we are also pampered and any requests is dealt promptly. Thank you Alamy!

Very misleading when it comes to usage rights....would not ever use again!!!! (if there was no star option I would click this.) Alamy rely on inexperienced user making slipping up so they can cash in with VERY aggressive legal tactics! If you have a camera just take you own images and don’t bother with Alamy!...if you need stock images go elsewhere and really make sure you fully understand what licence is being sold if it expires etc...one wrong move there won’t be a warning just VERY aggressive legal tactics!!!