...And now for something completely different: woman with scale and apple on video.
http://www.canstockphoto.com/fit-young-asian-woman-holding-scale-4241403.html

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Quote from: Mantis on March 02, 2011, 20:56

The law states, "Re-creating a copyrighted photograph is a derivative use and therefore requires the permission of the copyright holder of the original image."  I doubt Yuri gave this person permission to replicate his image. 

But this isn't a recreation, I can see in  a second that these are two different photographs.

How come your portfolio isn't linked here?  Care to share some of your best sellers for us?

Yes, All class and No sales. Just give me a sleazy one that has sales!

Can I just say how nauseating it is to read all the "thank you Kelly" posts on the Istock thread about this?!  

Note to the fawning sycophants confused and misguided - Kelly/Istock/Getty, aren't responsible for getting you this "raise".  Nobody at HQ "fought" for you - least of all Kelly "money isn't going to be what makes you happy" Thompson.   

They are only doing this in response to the majority, who opted out of their insulting, cheapo PP royalties in the first place.  Believe me, if they could get away with keeping your royalties low and just sweetening the pot for the holdouts, they would do it.  

This is just another insult.  28 cents is still below what was being paid by StockXpert years ago, 30 cents.  It's still 10 cents lower than I get with Shutterstock and all they have done is stop the other sites from raising their subs commissions.  

And I presume the only way I could supply them is through istock and I don't upload there any more because 17% commission doesn't interest me.

Getty/istock have really gone a long way to ruin my desire to be a microstock contributor.  The fact that they can't even bring themselves to match the old StockXpert subs commissions doesn't restore my faith in them, it feels like another big let down.  I will stay opted out and recommend any subs buyers go to shutterstock, as they have a much better collection and give their higher selling contributors a much fairer commission.

Wow, both those posts sound like adverts.

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I S T O C K   B A Dddddddd  R E S T  O F  T H E  W O R L D  G O O Dddddddddd.... is that better?   I love this place you guys are so nutty!

So not a glimpse into your thoughts about the hefty drop in commission your loyalty to Istock just bought you then? You really have swallowed it hook, line & sinker haven't you?

Here's a glimpse, the big hefty drop has turned out to be a drop of about 2% because of Vetta/Agency sells. I'll be the first to say it's still much to early to predicted how the rest of the year's income will turn out but, I think with VeTTa/Agency images placed on Getty I should see an increase of 10% - 15% over last year. If that doesn't workout I'll drop them in a hot minute, I'm not marry or in love with them,iStock is just a company I do business with.

I get why non-exclusive are pissed, you guys got the shortest and crappy end of the stick. I feel your pain, but threads like this and some others don't really help. On the site is a thread titled "How to divert traffics away from istock and fotolia" I disagree with the thread but have not posted because I think the thread has good helpful info for non-exclusives. Not like threads like "Buyers bailing on istock", "F5 epic fail"..... on and on. these threads may have started out with good info and facts, but have now turned to into name calling nonsense.

I've said this before I don't care if your exclusive or non-exclusive you need to do what's profitable for your business. I fail to see how any of these emotional I hate iStock threads help to reach that goal.

I respect your opinion about how you fail to see how any of the threads help reach a goal. But maybe the threads aren't meant to reach any goal. Maybe they are meant for people to blow off steam about their frustration and disappointment with istock. And yes, they do help. They help US, the people who are talking about it.

I don't get why you, Stacey and some others come here and put us down because we have the freedom of speech here and are commiserating with others. If you don't get it, why bother coming here and commenting? That's what I don't get. I can't stand all the kiss-butt, woo-yaying at the IS forum, so you know what? I just don't go there!

As far as name calling...most of the time, for me, it's entertainment. I get a good laugh. If it's a conversation I'm involved in, I still get a good laugh. I get that people are upset and frustrated and sometimes that translates into acting like children and name-calling. Big deal. I still respect everyone here. If I don't, I use the little ignore button.

Good for you if your business increases at IS! There aren't a lot of people that can say that. Do you ever go to a bar with your buddies and sit around and BS about work, the state of the world, etc.? Well, think of this as not only a source of information, but sometimes the local neighborhood bar, where everyone can talk about whatever they want. And sometimes there are even barroom brawls! 

What I get is that some of you folks who ARE making out well at IS are worried that our telling the truth and talking about the negatives might be hurting YOUR income. All the negative threads here aren't helping YOU. And maybe that's why you are here? You have to understand, this forum is NOT controlled by IS. People get to actually say what they want. Even you!

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Quote from: Phil on February 17, 2011, 23:48

I have a pile of travel shots that I really wonder what to do with.  I am now thinking that I will enable all zoonar partners (except alamy as I already submit there) and upload them to zoonar as premium rf and rm. Zoonar can take their cut, I get 1 pretty easy upload and hit half a dozen macro agencies. 

Yeah but on Zoonar, you get 60% of your commission, if you send directly to the sites themselves, you get 100%.

Sorry, I missed this part. "Zoonar can take their cut,"

Me too, interesting concept, distribution and publication for a small fee, instead of being ignore and unknown for 100% of nothing.

2011 About.com Readers' Choice Awards  has 2011 Best Source of Commercial Images poll, corbis, shutterstock, getty, istock are the finalists. Vote for corbis and shutterstock, don't let getty or istock win

From my experience, the kind of travel shots that sell well on microstock have to me very straightforward. They have to look like a classic postcard, and usually people look for very recognizable angles and locations.

Well,judging by the arrows for the earnings ratings to the right, all the big 4 are down, all but one middle tier is down and many of the lower tier are up.  I would say we are beginning to see a slow shift of buyers to other sites.