Do you honestly believe that? I doubt it very much. I think personally the only person you will harm will be yourself, by dropping your income. If you're really p*** off, why not leave completely, surely that would be more positive. They must get thousands of uploads a day, many many thousands, a couple of thousand being deactivated, what will that do? I don't want to sound negative, but this is doomed to failure.

You're certainly entitled to your opinion just like the rest of us. I think (and I may be wrong) that this is a case of people who were planning to deactivate anyhow, but would rather do it all at once.

If it doesn't make a difference, at least those artists are out of the line of fire for future "deals" an if it sends a message, so much the better.

Count me in for deactivation of files on February 2nd.

It's Command-f on the Mac

Makes sense!

Another thing that makes sense (at least to me) is that as soon as I reach payout, I'm done with iStock completely. None of my images are included in this debacle, but I can't in good conscience let them make any more money from my images.

Quote from: elvinstar on January 11, 2013, 10:26

Quote from: Imgorthand on January 11, 2013, 07:51

Perhaps a kickstarter project for such legal action? To collect the fund pre-action.
I'm pretty sure the crowdsourced funds would be more than enough.

Beat me to it. With a Kickstarter (or something similar) project, we could potentially be supported by people that have never heard of iStock or microstock in general. There are plenty of people in the world that would contribute at least a small amount just to have such a huge injustice stopped.

It's great thinking but you have to offer something to the backers of a Kickstarter project don't you?  I don't think you can just look for funding.

You're correct, but there are options out there for situations like this one. Here are a couple:

• http://gofundme.com/
• http://www.indiegogo.com/
• http://www.razoo.com/
• http://www.crowdrise.com/

As far as giving something to backers, it could be something as simple as a sticker that says, "I supported creatives' rights!"

^^ So far, I seem to be another of the lucky (sucky?) ones with no images there.

I sure do like getting a minimum of about $2 on any sale.

And here I was tickled pink to get a 9 cent sale!

There are many training sites out there. One that uses crowdsourcing (and does fairly well with it!) is uDemy.com. They have some good stuff on there and pay 70% commission.

My camera is 21MP, but my brain feels like 800x600! 

Well I also happen to be an Automotive technician and have been for the better part of my life and you know what?

If everything I bought was the cheapest India or Japanese tools made I would still have them as well but would it get the job done as easily and quickly as the more expensive Snap On tools that have a Lifetime warranty and will always increase in resale value? No!

And I do have the cheap stuff but that is to make a tool that I may need that I cant get my hands on at the moment and can't wait a week or more to get from Snap On.

What happens in the middle of a paid shoot if the cheap lights fail? What does the customer think?

I buy my tools so I can complete the job in the most proficient way possible so the cutomer can move on without having to sit around and wait.

To be able to do a 20 hour job in 6 hours because you know what you are doing and how to do it and to have the proper tools to do the job is both great for you and the customer (your client) who doesn't have to waste their time sitting around waiting for you.

Wouldn't it be hell to have a paid shoot go bad and then the customer badmouths you? And we know how word of mouth and first hand knowledge is right?

Do you do business somewhere where you hear they are bad at what they do? Think not!

I don't think that having less expensive gear makes someone "bad at what they do" any more than having great gear make someone good at what they do. I also wasn't saying that there isn't a difference in quality between inexpensive and pricey tools of any kind.

I was only saying that I would rather have a less expensive piece of gear right now than have nothing at all. I've always bought what I could afford at the time and then re-sold it to upgrade when I had more money later. That way, I always had SOMETHING to work with.

If that doesn't work for you, that's fine. Just remember that your way won't work for everyone, either.

Quote from: elvinstar on December 27, 2012, 17:39

I think (and I may be incorrect) that what he's saying is that the word was only in the IPTC data (which iStock doesn't read) and not in his submitted keywords.

But iStock does read the IPTC data.

Sorry! I haven't used anything but DeepMeta in so long that I didn't know.

I think (and I may be incorrect) that what he's saying is that the word was only in the IPTC data (which iStock doesn't read) and not in his submitted keywords.

Definitely a loss to everyone that he'd touched over the years. My sincere condolences.

Plus, if you ever DO have problems with a lens, believe me, you want to be dealing with Canon customer service over Tamron's.

I guess that I must be lucky because I had to send a lens in to Tamron and everything went very smoothly and quickly.