As far as watching what I deactivate, if you are expecting me to start with my flames and work backward you are going to be disappointed.  Like a number of others here,  I am going to delete in stages, and starting with the older stuff. 

That's all I wanted to hear. **, I'm good.

Just so we're clear, you yourself are not going to do absolutely anything to send a message or hurt GI or protect your IP. The only message it'll be and GI will get is: I took out the trash for you, doing your work for you. And what others here will see: She started a thread, so many of us have deleted our ports or at least our bestseller, we did everything we could to make it work, to send a strong message. While she kept on selling her bestsellers and increased her earnings because she had less good images to compete with. I have to admit, you indeed are a smart woman. Great plan!

And of course it's not just you, there are other BDs (or lower canisters, but you folks are the people who can make the difference and others look up to), as pointed out, Yuri etc. I'm just saying, you're no better than them.

P.S. It's not a personal attack, it's just pointing out to people not at all attempting to do what they say they're trying to do.

Hi Lisa,

 I think you were probably misunderstood. That happens a lot on forums sometimes it is a language barrier sometimes it is because they didn't read the entire post and sometimes it is because they have their own position and when they read your words they are misinterpreted because of what they already believe. I can see from reading a lot of the posts here that this is a very emotionally charged conversation for some. My only advice when making business decisions is to remove yourself emotionally as much as you can from your decision making. I know that is easier said than done but I would be out looking for as much solid information as possible rather than speculating.
 Here are replies to three posts that I feel are speculation and not based on fact. Getty did not make a huge sale here if you knew the sale price it would blow your mind, very small. Getty did not make a deal to continue to feed Google anymore content and last Hughstoneian Getty makes $1 million dollars a year off of just my sales, they actually make more and if I deleted my account they would not bat an eye.
So my concern on this deal is that if you want to really make a stand and have people take notice you have to pull your entire collection especially the best sellers or don't bother. To remove your bottom feeder images is only helping Istock and Getty out by clearing out the trash to add new stronger content, this has to hurt Istock in order to work.
 Once again this is only my opinion but it is based on some facts like the price they made for this sale. It was peanuts to Getty so I do not think Getty wants Google to take over their business these are very savvy business people that want to and hopefully will make Getty stronger I guarantee that is what Getty wants in the long run. Keep up the info sharing I think that is always a good idea but be carful not to believe all you read without first doing some investigating.

Best,
Jonathan

I'm not going to say, finally, a voice of reason, but I will say I agree with it completely.

 Thinking otherwise is illogical and naive. And then there's the "deactivation to protect my IP" argument. What are you going to protect, your worst, or your best images? Please use your brain people, make logical decisions

Quote from: CJ6 on January 24, 2013, 12:51

I don't want to fight, I really don't, I strongly support this initiative and us (contributors) staying divided rather than united only make it less likely for this initiative to succeed. Kudos to you for starting this, but please, let free opinions flow, don't object or try to convince people that are thinking differently otherwise or what's better for them.

Okay, I am going to say this again because you still aren't getting it.  I HAVEN'T TOLD ANYONE ELSE WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO or "what's better for them"!!!!!  Nowhere can you point to anyplace that I have.  It didn't happen.  It is a fiction you have created. 

How about you don't keep posting lies about what my words and motivations are and I won't have to keep correcting them?  Sound fair? 

On one thing we agree.  This bickering isn't helping anything.

I guess you can't read bold. You're like politicians, both in implying and not admitting anything even if the proof is right in front of them. Of course, they're lies.

Indeed, I'm out of this, just so you know, I'm on to you

Quote from: CJ6 on January 24, 2013, 12:29

Which Yuri isn't. I couldn't understand his logic in continuing to UL images to other agencies, after starting his own, but continuing to do so even now, makes me wonder if he's gone completely mental.

He has a sizeable staff to keep paying.

But OTOH so much more to loose

Quote from: ShadySue on January 24, 2013, 08:59

Quote from: luissantos84 on January 24, 2013, 08:47

everybody is working on deactivating and or deleting pictures while some are still uploading, one of them is Yuri, he is meeting with GI next Monday right, what will he say? Hi guys, I am still uploading so go ahead with more google stuff, how about yahoo?

I've noticed that several of the BDs are still uploading.

Hardly surprising. They're mostly wearing solid-gold handcuffs that prevent them doing anything without suffering a catastrophic fall in their income.

Which Yuri isn't. I couldn't understand his logic in continuing to UL images to other agencies, after starting his own, but continuing to do so even now, makes me wonder if he's gone completely mental.

This is so fu*king ironic! Exclusives always blaming SS for starting the sub model, making it popular and at the same time laughing at non-exclusives for selling images for 25c, other people complaining about small agencies leading the race to the bottom. But at the end, Getty, with prices 100x higher than those in micro, is giving away images for free, not only bringing prices to an absurdly low level, but destroying the micro industry altogether.

Is it a plan to destroy micro, so there will only be macro? But who'd buy images at macro prices, if they even aren't prepared to pay micro prices...Are the people in charge under such an enormous pressure from stock owners that they're really doing everything they can for short term gains?

Royalties went from 25% to 33. When they'll go up to 50%, I shall join. With your low prices, 50% really is the absolute minimum.

Quote from: CJ6 on January 22, 2013, 11:56

I think there's more people that would love for IS to experience a thousand deaths, than them being saved...

Who? and Why?

Who? WHO?!?! Didn't you read a single forum post related to IS here at MSG?

Yeah, lobo is probably drunk during his business hours and the orchestra has stopped playing and is just watching the ship sink. Drunk as well

Quote from: CJ6 on January 21, 2013, 11:05

It looks like Jon Oringer made a huge impact with his blog posts on Getty as well 

Link?

His latest blog post on why exclusivity doesn't work. I don't have it, but there's a thread in the forums

And IS is just as bad now. It is for days, but not like today, loading the site for a minute or more. I wonder what are my earnings going to be today. So far they're normal, but I guess they'll fall of a cliff. Because those 2 sites account for almost 80% of my earnings...

Quote from: CJ6 on January 14, 2013, 17:17

What's the point of deactivating just a few? Deactivate all, for maximum impact, it's still gonna be just a fraction of the library anyway. You're deactivating, not deleting files! Meaning they're right back online if you want them to be. So there's no point in holding back, contemplating strategies (Lisa explained well comparing it to a hostage situation). But as we now know, it makes no sense, it's not logical since, the number of deactivated files is still going to be negligible, but hopefully enough for those greedy bas.tards to notice

Bear in mind that deactivated files over 18 months old must be re-inspected, so not 'right back online if you want them to be' unless all your files are under 18 months old.

OK, then at the very least, deactivate ALL of the files that are under 18 months old.