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Ina-Alice Kopp GettyImages

​​On the media gallery for Ina-Alice Kopp (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaindex?page=1) there are quite some photos with a very clear GettyImages watermark on it. I know I can submit a deletion request for them and I do this in cases where it concerns less than 10 faulty pictures, but I feel in this case it is more useful if a staffer would contact the person who added these photos to point them toward the guide for this kind of stuff. (​​​​https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/images-videos/image-guidelines/G27LPBQZA7EAZGJW?ref_=help...​​​​#, where it says "We do not allow the following: Images displaying third-party ownership or branding, such as watermarks. Watermarks of the title's creators, such as the production company or TV channel, are acceptable")​​

​​Also, given the sheer number of photos that shouldn't have been accepted in the first place as well as the fact that this problem has occurred to several titles and name pages as well (see Isabella Gomez (actress) , Anastasia Baranova (actress)Taja V. Simpson (actress) , Jim Klock (actor) , Ben Whitehair (actor) , Jessica Serfaty (actress) , Brooke Lewis Bellas (actress) , The Untouchables (series) , ​​Laci Mercede (actress)​​ , ​​​​Jama Williamson (actress)​​​​ , ​​​​Libe Barer (actress)​​​​  , ​​​​Caroline in the city​​​​ , ​​​​Mikey Madison (actress)​​​​  , ​​​​Anna Wilding (actress)​​​​  , ​​​​Tonight​​​​  ,  ​​​​The new Steve Allen show​​​​,  ​​​​Kaili Vernoff (actress)​​​​,  ​​​​Gemita Samarra (actress)​​​​  , ​​​​The fugitive (series)​​​​ ,  ​​​​Natasia Demetriou (actress)​​​​ ,  ​​​​Texaco star theatre starring Milton Berle​​​​ ,  ​​​​Kathryn Newton (actress)​​​​  ,   ​​​​Carla Renata (actress)​​​​ , ​​​​ Peter Pan (1955)​​​​  ,  ​​​​Leave it to beaver​​​​,   ​​​​The Jack Benny program​​​​ , ​​​​Mark Allen​​​​,​​​​  ​​​​Toast of the town​​​​, ​​​​ Help!​​​​, ​​​​Laverne & Shirley​​​​ , ​​​​Happy Days​​​​, and ​​​​Mork & Mindy​​​​), I feel it's IMDb's duty to clean up this mess.​​

These are the photos:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm512940032/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm2515146496/ (AP watermark)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm2229933824/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm3119126272/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm3035240192/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm2733250304/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm1575622400/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm1307186944/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm1340741376/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm2062161664/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm2095716096/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm2614478848/ (AP watermark)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm1022218240/ (AP watermark)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm1670567936/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm965924864/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm697489408/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3030956/mediaviewer/rm335180032/

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Hi @Marco,

Thank you for your report.

As you have identified these images have breached our guidelines, we encourage you to report the above images via a deletion request for our processing team to review and determine the appropriate actions to take regarding contacting the original submitter.

Thanks!

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@Ozzy​ If you would've read my post in its entirety, you would know I won't be doing that. I also say why I won't do that and I personally feel I have good reason for it. 

Apart from that, all the other 30+ posts regarding issues like this, have been acted upon by staffers via this forum.

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Hi @Marco,

I have read your post entirely, however we would still encourage you to use IMDb as a contribution-based site and submit your image deletion requests via the image gallery report function.

We have previously done this for you but a change in policy has been implemented where we will encourage IMDb users to make any submissions where possible themselves. The outcome of this particular situation will remain the same as mentioned above, whereby our processing team will take the necessary appropriate action regarding the original submitter, however we would prefer our customers to make delete requests upon identification moving forward.

If you ever find that any of your image reports were incorrectly declined, it's in these instances that we would encourage you to reach out within the community with your submission reference numbers so our staff can investigate.

I hope this helps!

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@Ozzy​ Thanks for your response. I didn't know about the recent policy change. I have seen some faster response time from staff lately after it has been decided that some other things won't be acted upon (the keyword merges being probably the major one), so maybe I'll submit these corrections via the gallery report function.