David baker.. Can the Disney style be described ? and would that description hold water in court?

Am I understanding correctly?  Are you guys saying that pizza workers make $18.23/hour in Denmark and $17/hour in Australia?? 

Here they make minimum wage, which is $7.25/hour.  Something is wrong with the US if we are paying this much behind the rest of the developed world. 

Maybe I misunderstood?

No you didnt.
A loaf of bread costs 5 dollars here.
A small house out in the contry costs 200.000 dollars.
And why is that?
Because general expenses are high, taxes are high, and government spends are high. Free education (universities), free healthcare, it all costs.
But pays back.
When all is said and done it boils down to security and trust.
And here we have that.

Models are more illusive than fairies, and certainly not pro.
Except for the pro ones of which there are few in microstock.

I think it is important, that the photographer who knows  or should know the business keeps the model from jumping into too deep a snake pit.

Its all about "collateral damage". We should try to use the models in a way so that they earn money for us, but also so they are not demeaned or ridiculed.
The net never forgets, and once upon a time the model might find his picture at a place he does not like.
Its far better if the model finds himself in situations he likes.
Like if the guy in the original photo held a lance and pointed it towards a dragon.
Models like that, and they come back for a reshoot if there are dragons enough where they are displayed.
Same with female models, just opposite.

Just for info and afterthought:

Denmark:
Pr. 1 marts 2009 (Yearly regulation) 103,15 kr. pr. hour = 18,23$

"Raw is for people who cannot expose."

Quote, Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca.

as for the basic 101.
Yes, that you have to know.

A person is innocent until proven guilty.

Ja, I never really understood why a share of more than 50% was not sustainable.

In my understanding, it is, if you grow the market.

But maybe thats what it is all about, the market could not be expanded after the financial crisis hit.

Did they kick him out?
That was kind of stupid...'

When I think about it Shutterstock is the only agency that plays by the rules.
Which is why I have never said anything bad about them.

Which is why they emerge in North America, or Northern Europe.

... with southernly prices.
and global crowsourced content.

oh so smart...

I took a drop of 50% to 30%
Which means they are going to take a 70% drop.
Then they can have fun with 70% of nothing.

add to that sleazyness and BS.
and balance the scales with a few 100 dollars, it will be a pleasure....

I once was a school teacher who dealt with unruly children.
It seems to be my lot in life.

You are BOTH competent people. You are being deterred.

Come on guys. Read my above post.

And then let us not forget, that we are only people, sitting alone there out in the dark, and we are all trying to press some meagre dollars out of the stones.
There are others at the other side of the ridge, who stand there with their baskets and simply collect all the ore that automatically falls into it.

When you are alone out there in the dark, it is natural to be an oppertunist, and try to collect, even when the share is lousy.
We have this forum to bring forward all the lousiness and abuse, not to demean eachother.