I didn't know what a Google Wave was. Googled it ( ) and it kind of looks like a Facebook type of thing. Is that correct?

I was simply responding to how complex the thread had become.  You are right; it was originally about a concert.  I'm not sure that that too isn't too complex for a simple yes or no answer.

I agree about the complexity. The answer to the OPs question might be a simple yes, he can post to Alamy and sell as editorial. I was merely trying to make the point about complexity also. The answer to the OPs question may have been a no...depending on a lot of other issues that factor in affecting editorial photos, whether those issues are legal or not.

Did the photographer standing on the street taking a picture of a bridge legally deserve to get hassled by the police for taking that picture? No, but he got hassled anyway. If he stood his ground and was willing to go to jail to get the shot, then good on him. Some people may not want the hassle just for the opportunity to earn $1.00 off their microstock editorial photo. We're not talking National Geographic stuff here, people. It's called picking your battles.

In most places as long as you're in a public place you can photograph and publish whatever you like. As soon as that changes you'll find you're no longer living in a democracy that values freedom of speech.

That is absolutely correct. You can photograph whatever you like. But the photographer likely has no control over what gets published, legally right or wrong.

The US stopped publication of those photos in the US. The US does not own the whole world or even the internet. So those photos can still be used if you owned the copyright.

Here again, it all goes back to the public vs. private matter. If someone photographed those detainees on military property, and the military says they can't be published, I'm pretty sure that legally they can be stopped from being published anywhere. I'm pretty sure that just because military property is government property, and the people of the US are the government, doesn't mean that military property is public property.

But hey, most of those claiming these things actually have no clue as to what the law is. Quite frequently even governments get it wrong. (As stated earlier in the thread, by Holgs). I'm one of those people with no clue and apparently our government has no clue.

In regards to the Thunderbirds, wouldn't that be an actual violation to the 1st ammendment, freedom and spech and the press?

To qualify my statement...I should add without permission from the Thunderbirds. No, I don't think it's a 1st amendment violation, any more so than not being able to photograph and sell commercially half of the buildings in New York, etc. etc. Personally, I think it's all kind of bogus, but whatever. One can take all the photos they want (I sure did when I went to the last airshow), but I cannot sell them commercially without a release. I was also told that they cannot be used for editorial, without a release.

I only wonder if these products really sell. Any experiences so far?

I only have a small store so far on zazzle and I've made two sales, one of which was something I bought so I could check quality. I think others with larger stores are reporting sales.

I am happy to report I bought my own calendar on zazzle and it got here quickly, was packed well, and the quality of the printing is excellent.

http://www.zazzle.com/2010_horses_calendar-158269829213988891

I really lucked out this time. I put in for a payment this morning, and got my paypal payment this afternoon. I wasn't expecting that, but it sure was nice!

I'm fairly certain that a buyer can re-download that image if a file got corrupted. I think they give you an hour or so to re-download ANY images that have purchased. At least they used to, maybe that has changed. So unless the original file is corrupt, not sure why they would refund the money.

Here's what it says when I go to photos.com/en (the /en comes up automatically):

This site is only available to access previously downloaded subscription images and purchases and will be permanently disabled on December 31, 2009.

Please sign-in with your original Photos.com username and password to access your download and purchase history.

Please visit the new photos.com and take advantage of its easier-to-use design, improved search functionality and thousands of new images. Thank you for your business.

When you click the "new photos.com" words above, you come back to the same page. So it looks like a holding site until the new site is available on Dec. 31? Confusing to say the least.

Who's the one who save at lower than 8

Not me, I save at 12. Jpg is already lossy compressed. I wouldn't want to give anything less, even if there isn't any difference between 11 and 12.

The bad half. 

So how would Tobias know I downloaded DeepMeta and send me an email about Image Manager after all this time? Things like this that happen are why I was paranoid about downloading any third party software tied to any one company. Have any thoughts on this "coinky-dink"?

edit: I'm going to start a new thread, as my comments are really separate from DeepMeta not uploading

I really don't like how things are looking there right now and I am going to take some action if certain issues are not addressed in a reasonable amount of time. It is illegal selling the EL's of my files for the price I didn't agree. On FT my EL's are 100 credits but somehow on pixmac they are $50! Weird! No?

It's possible that the deal with Fotolia is different that the upcoming deal with Dreamstime, but here is the response I got in email when I asked the same questions regarding DT (I don't have photos on Fotolia):

Dear Pixmac user,

your images will get to Pixmac automatically but you won't be a contributor for Pixmac really. Everything will stay same for you. We won't have originals of those images, only their previews so everytime anyone will want to buy your image we will send a request to your DT account. You will get your commissions as any other downloads from Dreamstime. Also if you delete your images from Dreamstime, your images will be deleted from Pixmac immediately.

Best regards,
Lucie

Lucie Navratilova
[email protected]
ICQ: 341506988
www.pixmac.com

There were some more posts from the owner, but I can't find the thread now. He essentially said the same thing. So I'm not understanding why you would see different commissions, unless again, the deal with Fotolia is different.