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JPSDK:
They are undermining themselves and the contributors.
I was in dialouge with them once about that, but they didnt care.
The staff is young yuppies, "urban professionals", and cannot imagine the impact the world can have on the naive ethos they live after.
Worst problem they have is their search engine.
I cannot find my own pictures.
They get burried in masses of generic stuff.
Like my latin named  swallowtail is burried under masses of purple monarchs.
That makes it meaningless to upload.

Starzipan:
Coming from a just out of college experience (in America),  students are told they are allowed to use any image they like in a school project so long as it is kept in the school setting and isn't published for sale anywhere.  My professors claimed it was alright to use images directly off of Google searches that since the use of the images fell under Educational use.   I always felt uneasy about it and tried to use my own images whenever possible.  I understand the need for images to learn how to use the design programs, but I felt it also encouraged using any image at all with or without permission even after the education was over.

They didn't exactly explain it very well until I asked in one of my classes about how we as professional designers should find images in the real world and suggested that they explain what microstock was to the rest of the students.  Many of them had never heard of it and probably would not have until they started working at a company somewhere.  After that I noticed that one of my professors started mentioning what stock and microstock is and how to use it once we (students) have graduated. 

I hope this is different at other, larger schools. 

I do understand where Colourbox is coming from in offering these types of downloads.  I'm not sure how I feel about trying to upload my illustrations to a company that advertises free educational/non-commercial use because I'm sure there are people who would dishonestly take advantage of those downloads. There are dishonest people everywhere and this is just another easy outlet for them to use.   At least when I was a student most images I used still had watermarks on them and I knew I couldn't use them for real world applications unless I bought them or got written permission for its use.

stockastic:
So images should be free for "educational" use, but last time I walked through a university book store I noticed they definitely aren't giving away the textbooks. 

Morphart:
I registered... then checked their site. They seem to offer a 9.5 EUR pay per download (for Photo ,Illustration or Video). However they state clearly that they will only pay you .20 or .35EUR per download... Sounds like a ripoff for Pay per Download.

I sent them the following message, let's see what they answer...:

Hi!

I have a question. I just joined as a contributor and I would have around 5k illustrations (EPS) to submit.

However after reading the terms, I saw that I cannot earn more than .35 EUR per download?

Is that correct? So if my file is downloaded as a subscription, I can udnerstnand, but if the users pay per download, at 9.50EUR I only receive 0.35 EUR ?? This is a 4% payment which is real low.

Same thing with videos, I have around 300 videos to submit but your terms does not seem really interesting for contributors?

Thanks for clearing things up for me.
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Ed:
I don't mean to open a can of worms...or start a debate.  I have an honest question....

If it's an issue that Colourbox only licenses images at .20 or .35 Euro, then why isn't it an issue that Shutterstock or iStock or Dreamstime does the same?

Is it the volume of images licensed?  I'm just trying to (politely) understand...and my question is not related to EL sales at Shutterstock.  It's just something I couldn't get my head around when I pulled out of the micros altogether.

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