I can't believe that there is any sort of risk here.

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=361002&page=1#post7013312

FIFA is apparently like shark infested water when it comes to copyright.

Maybe for their marks, but I have a hard time believing a number and a ball are protectable.  That could be used for anything to do with soccer in 2014.

That's like saying 2014 and a baseball is owned by MLB.

on the mother ship (Getty) a search for world cup nets 588 images. All creative, lots RF, some RM. Does that mean all of those will be deactivated too? Editorial has over 50K images already and the event hasn't happened yet!

I looked because it dawned on me that Getty had some FIFA contract and....

http://www.gettyimages.com/editorial/frontdoor/fifa-world-cup

This is stupid... Istock respect trademarks... but not contributors

Istock must have gotten nailed hard legally for some loosey goosey trademark, and now piss in their pants at the hint of another one.

MichaelJay took the step of using logic and examples to point out that there isn't an issue, if anyone wants to see a better interpretation in that thread.

Indeed, that was perfectly clear and logical.

And the mod dismissed it with a "that's the way it is" type of response, and then locked the thread saying the critique forum is not the place for such discussions (he himself being the one who moved the thread to the critique forum in the first place    ).  Brilliant.

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I only post there when I need video advice and jjneff always is the one who answers and we have him here now, so nearly done posting there at all. Unfortunately kelvin has taken on a lot of traits of pieman.

Pieman as in Lobo? Yeah, I thought that last comment sounded a lot like him. Is Lobo still around?

He's still around. He has avoided answering the question as to whether we'll get paid anything under the free month of subs offer and said subs from April will get paid as soon as they can.