I've always thought they were positioning themselves for future growth - it changed when the site layout changed.

i accidentally pushed an image that had already been uploaded.  It was rejected for being previously approved and already live in my gallery.  But Not Approved - Reason: Approved  was funny to me.

Haha oh boy I would have loved to tell him myself.

That is where you are wrong - it's not simply a matter of taste, it's a matter of understanding the commercial photography marketplace, and what differentiates a commercial image from a snapshot. Had we been there together and made this same shot, I can say with confidence that my (more commercial) version would outsell yours by a wide margin.

Agree completely - actually went BACK on the thread to find where someone (ends up being you) said this.  The shot on the right, other than slightly oversat. is a WAY more commercial shot.  Great stuff sharply

What's worrying about it? Make sure you understand it.

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The premise behind an �orphan works� addition to copyright law is that it would provide a means for anyone to make use of copyrighted material that no longer has an owner.

It works by limiting damages that can be claimed if the work truly falls under orphan works protection. If a person wants to use a work they must ask permission from the copyright holder just as they do now. Under the current law, if they can�t find the owner they are out of luck. With the orphan works bill in effect, they could use the work after conducting a diligent search and failing to find the copyright owner. Later, if the original owner shows up, he must be paid fair royalties for the use of the work. It does not limit or change Fair Use.

Quote from: mantonino on March 01, 2010, 11:46

It's been months since I had one flagged then I get one today?  Which among us is using the forum links to make .02 off each other?

I got 5 today, all from the same person. It does name the person who reported the error.

Ok so who's Marck.  I ain't fraid of no ghost.

Thanks for the NEW TOOL Leaf - I have used it to ADD MY OWN IMAGES to the Lightboxes!  

You need to add them here!
http://www.microstockgroup.com/istocklightbox/

I'm not a huge fan of keyword spammers but I think I preferred when you could make at least a small inference and didn't have to keyword with nouns so much.  

Right now its so bad - I keyworded a summer BBQ image as "4th of July" and had it rejected. Ok, fair enough.  Maybe I don't understand buyers but will they never type in 4th of July?  If they will, what image could possibly make the cut?  A red, white and blue flag is simply a flag.  If my bbq image is 'simply a bbq' than fireworks are "simply fireworks" and can't have 4th of July as a keyword either.  Same with flags.  So what would a buyer find under 4th of July?  Nothing iconic, nothing representative.  It's like saying you can't keyword a heart with "love, Valentine's Day, holiday" - if you can't key a heart illustration with those you make buyers change their habits from "Valentine's heart" to "heart, pink"  It's noun keywording and I dislike that part of the job.

That's the point and the lesson to learn from that elephant photo.
Artists are able to produce unique images, no matter the competition or the agency or the budget
involved.

I thought what I was saying is that I immediately thought this was Lund's photo - he did the elephants thing but this isn't his = it's not unique. He has a ton of great elephant shots they could have had (and he could have scored with!)

Underfund.

My lowest was a single sale for .03

The big question is how much of a discrepancy are we talking?  $3? $30? $300? I mean...that's all that will matter I think.  And will we all go up?  Or will some LOSE money?

I can't FTP to 123RF right now - been trying for about an hour or so.  Tried through FTP, tried through Cushy.  

Getting a timeout or something - it won't connect.  May be related to the issue with pay?  I'm not sure - but it's not working.

Just grabbed the FTP error:

The control connection was closed due to the server being temporarily busy, full, or in the process of shutting down. Retry again later or contact the system administrator for assistance. Click Details>> to see the exact server response.

Password rejected too.  But it's right.