Then i search one and hit:

http://www.fotosearch.com/PSK004/1574r-015383/

Who is behind fotosearch?

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Fotosearch owns Canstockphoto.com, but I don't know if they are in turn owned by somebody else, or if they are a truely independent company.

http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/a-list-of-partner-programs/

http://www.microstockgroup.com/canstockphoto-com/canstock-portfolio-on-fotosearch/

Don't understand why Veer thinks they can or should low ball contributors.  They are already one of the most difficult sites to upload to and by most accounts produce lackluster results.  This is not going to help them get content.   

http://www.arcurs.com/if-you-like-traveling-photography-and-learning-from-the-best-read-this

If you like traveling, photography and learning from the best, read this!
Posted on: September 22, 2011

This year Yuri Arcurs Photography is putting together an elite international academy program in the hope of producing the most competent and gifted photography class of 2015. This private funded program runs for three years, during which participants will be given a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience travel to exotic locations, a first-class photography education from some of the industry�s leading experts, and working experience through interactions with real projects, clients and top models.

We are looking to recruit 10 � 15 candidates, who will have to prove they are motivated, ambitious and bright. You will be given the opportunity to prove you have what it takes at our two-week long photography boot camp in January 2012. Very little photography knowledge is needed, we will equip you with what you need to know.

During the 3 year education you will have exams in the following subjects:
� The technical skills required to use all Nikon, Canon and Hasselblad cameras.
� Video recording and editing with SLR camera�s, RED epic and others.
� Basic and advanced photoshopping.
� Advanced RAW processing.
� Advanced digital image theory.
� Shoot planning and execution planning.
� Creative research, Image Critique.
� Branding, Client managing, Invoicing, Legal aspects.

How to qualify:
In order to qualify for the program, you must pass a 2 week boot camp in Cape Town, South Africa. The boot camp offers all it�s participants an opportunity to receive first-class photography training, even those who do not get accepted into the program.
To be considered for the photography boot camp you must:
� Manage your own accommodations and travel into Cape Town for the boot camp duration.
� Bring your own digital SLR camera that can produce at least 16 mega pixel images.
� Bring at least one 50mm or 85mm lens that can shoot no less than 2.0 in aperture.
� Bring at least 16 Gb of memory for your camera (CF preferred).
� Be able to stay 2 weeks in Cape Town for training and assignments from January 3rd 2012.
� Be able to dedicate 3 years of your life for this education starting from January 23rd 2012 and have no problem spending up to half of the year in all parts of the world with the primary base in Cape Town, South Africa.
� Have no criminal record or any other criteria that would not allow you to travel to Europe or other places.
� Agree to potentially being part of a TV production about the boot camp for reality TV.

How to apply:
Contact us no later than DECEMBER 1st on [email protected] and make sure to mark the mail �Photography student� and include ALL of the following to be considered for the education:
� Motivation letter � tell us why you are interested in this education.
� Your CV.
� Any reference letter from previous employers.
� Something about yourself.
� A photograph of yourself.
� A statement showing a clean criminal record.

The final class candidates will be announced on JANUARY 17th 2012. The best candidates will be offered a job at Yuri Arcurs Photography after graduation.

Click here to see the flyer!

NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO CONTACT YURI HIMSELF DIRECTLY WILL DISQUALIFY YOU FROM BEING CONSIDERED!

As an Istock exclusive, they will go to such hosting sites and get such images taken down for you.  When I was an exclusive, I asked them to address images posted on Flickr and they were all promptly taken down. 

Quote from: OM on September 16, 2011, 11:47

So anyway I've made a bit of a 'research' project of this recently and I've come to the conclusion that there are a few pretty smart FT contributors out there. Whilst most including myself whine about newly accepted images never being seen and, of course, not selling, there are others whom I suspect have applied the system to their own, considerable, advantage. How otherwise can one explain a perfectly good food shot being viewed 250+ times and downloaded 12 times within a couple of days of its acceptance. Similar sort of thing happened with the same photographer's non-food shot one week later. IMO there are only a couple of ways of achieving this: either there are loads of customers out there hanging on your every upload and waiting to pounce or.................you do a bit of self-promotion (tax deductible) and buy a sub for a month (or get someone to do it for you). Remember, the object of the exercise is to get to page 1 in the search on the basis of relevance, popularity and downloads as fast as possible. With your sub contract for $200 you may download as many as 750 images in a month. Start downloading certain selected images of your own............and earn back your sub at 29 cents per sale (silver rank). Probably means working weekends (60 downloads) if you want to make a profit but that's not really the idea. Feel a bit queasy about embarking on this enterprise? Get someone else (or a company) to buy a sub with unlimited users......costs a little more but enables you or your proxy to mail everyone you know to go buy a designated file with attached subs code.

Don't get greedy, don't download all your 750 image entitlement thus leaving a fair bit of subs profit on the table for FT and I don't see anyone objecting! All purely hypothetical, mind you........I'm not doing it. Don't upload enough per month to make it worthwhile but there may be others for which this would work.

I don't see gaming the system as "smart".  I see it as dishonest.  Not to mention very, very risky.  People have had accounts closed for similar types of behaviors.

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Not to mention, it screws all the other contributors. 

If you have the data, I suggest you report it to FT rather than to emulate it.  (not to mention that you might have just flagged your FT portfolio for extra close attention  ) 

There was a huge scandle years ago on Istock where people were doing this and they were banned.  Would not be surprised if at the time istock shared the names/info about those scamming contributors with the other micros.  I know they share info about people who submit stolen images as their own. 

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but I don't think it should be free.

You don't think healthcare should be free? Why is that? I'd consider it a basic right, along with education. But of course we're all commies here in Europeland ;-)

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For those who don't follow the U.S. presidential debates
http://blog.chron.com/rickperry/2011/09/tea-partiers-cheer-to-let-uninsured-die-ron-paul-says-let-churches-help/

One more thing, look at their forum everything is allowed except critics
Serban  is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo vain.

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He probably thinks the song is about him too. 

In the process of trying to verify feebdesign.com and hemistock.com as being from 123RF, I found that the page layout, watermark (of feeb and hemi), and content is nearly identical to ooopic.com. 

Here is one example:
http://www.123rf.com/photo_7570160_english-bulldog-puppy-standing-wearing-bee-costume-with-reflection-on-white-background.html
http://rf.ooopic.com/tupian/9207544.html
http://hemistock.com/stockphoto/photo/7570160.html
http://stockphoto.feebdesign.com/main/image_detail.php?imageid=7570160

Interestingly ooopic has renumbered the images. 

Thanks for posting this. 

I can't figure it out where the content comes from, or even quite how the site works.  I have trouble navigating through the site, but I could not find any of my images. 

Can you post links to some images you recognize from elsewhere?  This should help figure out who they are getting their content from.

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My questions is what if there are viruses within us that do something useful?  Don't know what that would be, but we have helpful bacteria, so...

Honestly this sounds like the start of a post-apocalyptic movie where scientists only had the best intentions and a few hearty souls end-up barricaded in a shopping mall.   
 

Click,

Either you used the wrong form, or you were given incorrect information by the copyright office.

According to circular 40 - http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ40.pdf

"Group Registration of Published Photographs
A single registration can be made for a group of published
photographs if all the following conditions are met.
� The same photographer took all the photographs (if an
employer for hire is named as author, only one photographer�s
work can be included).
� All the photographs were first published in the same calendar
year.
� All the photographs have the same copyright claimant(s).

To register groups of published photographs, you can
use Form GR/PPh/CON, available on the Copyright Office
website under Forms. You can complete the form on your
personal computer and print it out or print out a blank copy
and complete it using black ink. Mail the completed form to
the Copyright Office with the appropriate fee and deposit."

Did you use Form GR/PPh/CON?  If not, then that may be your problem.  If so, you could reply to the email with the reference to circular 40 and ask for clarification. 

My understanding is that the 1 day restriction applies to a "collection" of images like those used to create a calendar not a "group" which is spelled out above.

Generally I stay anonymous to avoid retaliation from agencies.  I would never have posted the list of partner sites if the agencies knew who I was as there is no telling how they would have responded.  http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/a-list-of-partner-programs/

Also there is a trend for some here and in the IS forums to judge the value of a comment by the size and content of the commenter�s portfolio, rather than the comment itself.  Sure depending on the topic, portfolio might provide useful insight, but in the balance I think it provides very little of value and it frequently side-tracks an otherwise useful thread.

The downside is no referrals.  When I went independent, I used referral links found here from posters who shared useful info as a way to give back to them.