This new feature is now available on both the IMDb and IMDbPro full and mobile optimized websites. For more information please see IMDb Title Images: Frequently Asked Questions
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Nic
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gromit82, Champion
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The FAQ says, "Anyone who has signed into IMDb and is in good standing within the IMDb community can now add images to their favorite movie or TV show."
But later on it says, "Do not add ... Images for which you do not own the copyright or have the necessary rights ...."
I've signed in to IMDb, I'm in good standing within the IMDb community ... but I don't own the copyright to any posters or stills from any movies or TV shows listed in the database. Nor, I would guess, do many of the people reading this.
In other words, are you really looking for fan-submitted images? Or is this just a way to allow filmmakers to submit images to IMDb for no charge? If the latter, that would still be a great benefit, but it's somewhat different from what I originally understood the situation to be.
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I also have concerns about the copyright issue, which I've expressed previously during the beta test.
I've sparingly used the feature, only uploading images that are clearly in the public domain or for which fair use can be claimed.
Some of my concerns regarding copyright are mitigated because IMDb's content editors have to approve the image before they go live. In addition, users can challenge whether an image is appropriate or violates copyright.
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Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion
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I have a question about this copyright issue.
If I upload an image which is taken from an official website and during the upload, if I mention the copyright holder's name (person/website) in the 'Copyright' section just under the 'Type of Image' section, will that be alright? or still I am doing any mistake by violating IMDb's terms and conditions?
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Dan Dassow, Champion
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I've been an editor for Wikipedia for over 9 years. The copyright issues that happen on Wikipedia Commons is what prompted my concern.
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Nic Bachhuber, Employee
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Thanks for reaching out. We are very excited to release this new feature. It has been in the works for many months and we are already seeing a significant improvement to many of our pages.
There are thousands and thousands of users worldwide who own or have the necessary rights as outlined in the Title Image Upload help. Additionally, there are numerous other sources and locations in which images are available for shared or public use. That said, IMDb respects the intellectual property of others. As part of this release, we have also provided a way for users to submit copyright claims via the "Report This" button displayed below each image (right next to the "Edit Tags" option). If someone believes their work has been copied in a way that constitutes a copyright infringement, they can submit a Copyright Infringement claim. Based on the claim, IMDb will act accordingly, typically removing the infringing material.
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Nic
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bluesmanSF, Champion
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Are these the titles you mean?


You're not seeing the "Add an image" message?
And yes, the announcement here is that it is now free of charge.
There is additional details in this recent post by Col Needham https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/poster-service-1dxpam3n047me
Are you logged in? If not, you should still see the message to upload photos, but when clicking it, you would be prompted to log in.
If you're logged in, is it to a regular user account or Pro account? Can you post a screen shot of what you see?
The additional information should help them figure out what type of problem you're having.
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https://pro-labs.imdb.com/title/tt2238194/details?ref_=tt_dt_all
bluesmanSF, Champion
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It should allow you to proceed.
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gromit82, Champion
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However, this title has been in the database for over 3 years, and yet it has
- no release date
- no external links
- no company credits
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gromit82, Champion
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You can also submit the review you referred to (http://www.virtualchannelnetwork.com/channels/reel_deal/ep28.cfm) as an External Review.
Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion
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Are you using Mozilla Firefox browser? If so, then I would like to recommend you to use Google Chrome web browser to submit images.
The same problem happened (and still happening) with me.
Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion
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Are you using Mozilla Firefox browser? If so, then I would like to recommend you to use Google Chrome web browser to submit images.
The same problem happened (and still happening) with me.
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Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion
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Because someone can abuse this feature (Reporting images)
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It is VERY frustrating that there is NO WAY to contact ANYONE at IMDB, they just shove you on an outside forum like this and wash their hands off anything. I would be grateful if someone at IMDB could provide a fix for this... Thanks
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bluesmanSF, Champion
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This forum is not really some outside forum they don't watch. They actually used it because it has a lot of better features than the IMDb forum system can offer. Staff, including the founder and CEO, Col Needham reply here all the time.
They probably didn't expect that people would report an issue about one film's page within a thread they created to announce a new feature. If you'd have posted a new "problem" thread, you'd have seen quicker (or one at all) response from staff.
You also have the option given on the main page here to contact staff directly.
That said, you have an option to change the photos if you use scorecard (see http://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?imdbscorecard).
Otherwise, seeing there is only an upload option, I've submitted the first, waited until it not only appeared but became the primary photo, then added others. This has worked each time I've tried.
But with scorecard, you have the option to choose which will be the primary image.
Good luck.
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Please provide us the preferred primary image for your title and we'll set it appropriately. That said, we are working on improved primary image selection logic and will be rolling it out shortly.
Essentially we will upgrade the primary based on the type of image submitted, with posters having a high priority over still frames. Also, if you submitted the poster which is currently the primary image, we will automatically update the primary when you submit a new poster for that title.
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Thanks again,
BB
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Also, if you submitted the poster which is currently the primary image, we will automatically update the primary when you submit a new poster for that title.I'm sorry but that doesn't necessarily sound like a good idea. It'll work perfectly for a case like the uploader of a teaser poster later posted a main poster, but what if they later uploaded a character poster? An international poster, an IMAX poster, or what have you? I just think it'd be better if there were attributes for each poster such as country/region, language, poster type (teaser, main, character, etc.) so that the most representative one, i.e. English and/or original main poster, for the title will always be chosen as the primary image.
I've also seen some titles where a landscape poster is awkwardly cropped into a vertical primary image, leaving the viewers virtually no helpful information or impression about the movie, even though the title already has a vertical poster in the gallery. I'm sure this can be easily avoided as well.
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Here's the contribution number for your reference: #160504-183625-946702
bluesmanSF, Champion
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Please reference the new conversation here: Submitted image two wrong title, can it be cancelled?
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Hi.
First of all I'd like to say that I definitely think this is a step in the right direction, since it'll mean more titles will receive a "poster".
However, your policy regarding poster/cover-images for films in the adult genre seems quite odd to me. Actually, so does your policy regarding images for non-pornographic films.
I mean, if a movie's official poster or DVD/VHS/BD-cover contains nudity (or any other form of content you deem inappropriate), shouldn't it be allowed for the sake of completion?
If you're worried you'd be offending certain people if you were to include such content (and I assume that is the case), I'd suggest a need to be logged-in, as well as changing one's personal settings, to view said images.
Anyway, to further elaborate my gripe regarding your policy concerning images for adult titles, I'd just like to say that I find your decision to not allow any images, whether they contain nudity or not, really perplexing (not to mention discriminatory). After all, one already has to be logged-in and actively allow adult titles/names to appear in the search filter to be able to access said movies' and/or names' pages.
Oh, and I also find the so-called descriptive words "prurient" and "tasteful" useless, since they're very subjective.
In closing I would like to add that I'm fully aware that it's your site, and that you're entitled to do whatever you want with it.
However, I'm also of the opinion that IMDb is, in some way, owned by it's users (just not in any legal sense).
Anyhoo...
Thanks for "listening" to what i had to say.
Regards,
Thim (a longtime fan of the site)
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