Well, as I already ordered and paid my mkIII, I initially did not like that news obviously.  But then I took my 5D mk2 and did the test they suggested at DPR.  It has the same "leak"!  I've been using that mk2 for a long time without any problem, so I suppose I can stop panicking now. 

Now this explains why my DST sales went down, but it doesn't explain why my Istock sales suddenly went up.  It's been up for more than a week now.  I almost thought that several DST customers had jumped over to Istock 

Excellent month, thanks to SS and 123rf.  The other sites had about the same result as March last year, even Istock!!.  The only real disappointment came from DST, with a loss of 10% compared to March11. 
I did not reach a BME in dollars, but thanks to a better euro/dollar rate than my last BME, it was a BME in euros.

3 times per day.  First thing in the morning, lunchtime and "just before bed".  I used to check every two hours, but thank God I got rid of that habit!

You think 3 days is long ... what about Rodeo.fi then :  I submitted a large batch in december, and it's not on-line yet!

The real issue though is that there is overwhelming evidence to suggest that an accusation is enough to condemn someone and that is just not right.  I wouldn't finger a pickpocket in Saudi even if he had robbed me because I know what would happen to him.

200% agree.
If the punishment (by SS) is worse than the crime, I would not finger the thief either.

They might think differently if it was their image that was copied.
FWIW - I don't think it was fair to take down the guys entire port, just the images that were copied would have been sufficient IMO.

I am happy you agree that closing an account is too harsh - even if there is proof (through the keywords) that it was a copy. 
And no, I would not think otherwise if it was my image that was copied.  My N�2 bestseller at SS has been copied not once, but at least 7 times after me, and I have not contacted SS about it (or PM'd, or posted anything). 
I am not accusing or attacking you (or at least it was not my intention to), but we all know that SS never takes down 1 image in such cases, they usually shut down the account (as far as I know).
If ever some one thinks I copied him or her, I hope to receive a PM.  I'll immediately take down the image to show my good-will and THEN talk about it.  I would do the same in cases of possible copyright infringement, or if by accident I left a logo or so in an image of mine. 

My number 2 bestseller at shutterstock has been copied (after me) at least 7 times, in exactly de same way, same background even.  One of those 7 is MUCH better than mine (much cuter animal), but the "best match" favors mine, so mine still is the best-selling one. 
I have never accused any one of copying my idea, simply because I have been reading about accounts being closed for such reasons instead of just suspending the image.  I don't think I ever want to cause the closure of some one's account, ever.
(which does not mean you can now all start copying my images, because I won't accuse you anyway  )

No way! 
Accept 50$ per accepted image and then miss all the keywording and submitting fun?  No way!

On topic, FT seems to have the fastest reviews - I have had approvals in the middle of submitting...

Me too!  Approval of the first image before I finished submitting the last one of a batch of 20!  Gave me the feeling of being chased!

Since a few days, uploading is enabled again at GLO, so I started an ftp upload batch two days ago.  40 files got through without a problem, the rest got stuck.  My daily upload limit appears to be 80, so that cannot be the problem.  I did a second try today, and my ftp program (filezilla) told me "disk full".   Sounds like a very severe problem for a stock library 

  Anyone else has problems uploading at GLO, or is it just me? 

I tried on-line backup a few months ago and I calculated that it would take me more than 6 months for the initial backup, so I stopped.  I already have 2 backups, 1 beside my pc, 1 in my safe (in the same house, so not fire-proof), so I added two more hard disks and store them alternatively in my bank safe (1 minute walking distance) - I switch them every two weeks now. 
As I work with Mirrorfolder, the only thing I have to do is switch the hard disks, Mirrorfolder does the rest.
It's not perfect, I know, because in case of fire or burglary I still loose 2 weeks work.