I don't get it. You had an EL and it turned out to be credit card fraud? Or what did you mean with the topic subject?

I just hope they accept a W8 form and not take out any taxes for me in the USA. I, like many of you, have a lot that goes into my tax calculations at the end of the day and taking a fixed % as the only way to deal with taxes is silly. I can't see that they wouldn't offer a W8 option. Other agencies do......I have no taxes taken out from other agencies, then I get slammed only once a year at whatever my net income is. 

They must offer a W8-BEN option, otherwise it's a no-brainer for me. No way I'm going to pay double taxes.

Why not payout on the 7th instead of the 25th? Or even the 15th, no they want to hang on to our money as long as possible.

I didn't get the email either. Way to go.

Weird story. I assume there's more to the story. Who was this assistant? An employee, a business partner? Why would she think that opening an account with SS would be smart if those images were exclusively on IS? What steps did the OP take against his assistant and why does he assume he could reopen an account on IS after such a breach of the TOS?

It wouldn't surprise me if there was no assistant at all, and he's just making it sound like he wasn't to blame.

I assume you're not offering vectors?

Oh my, this has been a fantastic discussion to follow. The absolute lack of professionalism from Jack, who left the most important questions unanswered, even mocked contributors for bringing up valid errors on their site, made lame jokes about conquering the world, accused earnest contributors of not being the copyright holder to their images and then left (!) because his boss/co-founder told him so. Worst spokesperson for a stock site EVER.

Their legal department hasn't got a single clue about licensing or VAT, as ShadySue so smartly pointed out, and their whole site reeks of amateurism. Fooling around with odd categories, having to rewrite your titles/descriptions for the sake of SEO, uploading limits, the list goes on and on...

Then there's a group of nitwit fans who are willing to upload anything to StockTal, simply because they're offering 78%. They deliberately neglect everything that's wrong with StockTal, and if you have any doubt about their trustworthiness or (lack of) business plan, they'll flame you for not supporting newcomers. Ridiculous. 

Well, I couldn't care less, because I make hardly any money over there. I understand his decision, after all, he has to compete with stronger agencies like Shutterstock.

Unfortunately, it does show what the market has turned into; offering more content for less money.
What struck me as a bit indecisive and weird is that he's willing to go back to the original setup if is negatively impacts credit sales. A nice sounding gesture, but of course an implausible scenario.

hahaha considering the company name is about "leftovers" we shouldn't be surprised they aren't exactly getting rich with that ....

It was a horrible brand name, but they changed their name to a more professional souding GL Stock (why they decided to keep the GL abbreviation is beyond me, though).

Our apologies for any confusion.

Which confusion? It's perfectly clear to me. You should be apologizing for having this "experiment" in the first place!

I've found this here (http://www.dreamstime.com/credits), where it seems buyer can buy an "All-at-once subscription" for 31� and get 5 images per week.

I'm wondering what's the amount that we get per image - 0.35$ or something higher?

Because if it's the former, then what's exactly the difference between this and DP(C)?

- The entry level is higher
- The royalty percentage and royalty amounts are higher
- With DT it's still a subscription, not a disguised credit sale.
- Unused downloads still expire, unlike DPC. 

Quote from: ShadySue on November 10, 2014, 15:30

Quote from: Lizard on November 10, 2014, 06:15

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Article 2.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 23.

(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.

iStock's EASA
11 a "... Stockphoto may ... terminate this Agreement ... for any reason by giving you thirty (30) days notice by e-mail at the last address contained in your membership information. ..."
(as contributors can)

Sorry but you are quoting the highest legal agreement of them all, the one all others agreements including LAWS have to follow, and no reason is good enough legally to confront declaration of human rights especially not terms of a company.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights


 

How is the Universal Declaration relevant? OP still has the right to work, just not with iStock, unfortunately for him.
Besides, this has to do with a partnership, not employment.

@Ramin: What did the October 7 email say?

    New: For distribution partner subscription downloads  you will now also receive 0,23 EUR.

What was the old commission? Is it an improvement?