Maybe we have rattled some cages. It seems that dekorowalnia.pl has moved. I can't translate, but the link now brings up:

 

Some sites let you delete images and some don't. Some make you contact them about any removal. They probably don't want to keep reviewing the same approved images over and over.

   I see my whole portfolio is on http://dekorowalnia.pl and http://www.blog.artivia.pl. (same ID numbers) As a test, I deactivated one of my files on DP and now when I click on the same file at dekorowalnia and artivia, I get an error message. I sent DP another email about these two sites but no response yet.

That's it for now.

This discussion was just to invite "beta testers". It turned into a big Q&A primarily because I haven't provided enough information yet. We'll do the big Q&A when the program is formally launched.

To put your mind at ease - think of this as "art licensing" instead of "microstock". We're launching a marketplace to license high-end images from the world's greatest living artists and photographers, and we're allowing the world's greatest living artists and photographers to set their own prices and control exactly how their images are licensed.

Sean
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No Watermarks! Always a problem.

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  Thanks for all the research Jo Ann. This is one of my most stolen images. Back story is I joined PBase back in 2002 and posted all of my commissioned artwork as a means to showcase my portfolio to art directors. None of it was watermarked and the resolution was pretty high. I just didn't know. I had never heard of Microstock and didn't foresee that I could actually sell photos on the internet. As a result, this image was one of the casualties. So there are a few years that some of my photos floated around with no watermark, for anyone to just grab. But it is still theft.

I'm not a real Microstocker because I want to remain anonymous? 

Maybe a better word would be a vetted Microstocker.

Isn't anyone who posts here, without a link to their portfolio, in effect anonymous?

  The problem with self-hosted sites is the same problem with any start-up site. How do you draw buyers to your site in great numbers? That's where the top four agencies have the advantage.

(left-to-right): Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Bradley Cooper, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong'O, Peter N'yongO and Angelina Jolie.

I'm guessing Samsung had an agreement that would give them copyright to the photo.

Good point! This is Hollywood. Everything is fake. Might not have been as spontaneous as it appeared. Could have been a complete setup suggested by Samsung.