DRR operations have expired and it’s difficult to say how long present archives will be available for download. According to reports from the Advertising Photographers of America and other outlets, the system crashed on mutliple occasions due to an increase in customers tyring to transfer their images outbound causing servers to repeatedly crash.

Photoshelter released a statement (trying to capitalize on the crisis?) saying Diablo Mangement, the liquidation company, will likely shut down the site on Friday, Happy Halloween!

It’s not a great situation for photographers, especially when they’ve forked over nearly $500 up front for a year’s worth of service. My advice…work your tail off to obtain a copy of your outstanding sales receipts to maintain a record of license, usage, rights information – right NOW. You might lose all of your future income stream over the weekend including those you’ve already sold but haven’t received payment for.

This has been a Portland Monk public service announcement. I hope you weren’t on vacation.

Hat Tip: Adam Wisneski