'The latest downloads' map gives me an idea which images are popular, but I would appreciate your suggestion as to where I can find the detailed stats. Thank you.

SS does not provide stats for other people's images, only for your own.

Quote from: Maui on October 26, 2010, 08:20

Don't forget:

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Sweepstakes is open to persons who: (i) are a legal resident of the United States or Canada (excluding Quebec) (the �Territories�);...

True, but you can still download free stuff, right?!

Yes, of course. But it would be more fun if we could participate in the sweepstake as well. 

We already need a lot of trust, that all these agencies deal properly with the accounting and management of our images, and don't occasionally 'forget' to pay our commissions.

No need to deal with a company that can't even get a simple website set up properly and according to legal requirements. Why should I assume that they will do the much more complicated issues of accounting properly?

...that grants the possibility of demonstration and promotion of creative works as photos, paintings, illustrations etc., made by billions of creative minds

Billions of creative minds...? So you expect the whole of mankind to become contributors? Well, at least you are thinking big! 

Quote from: pdx on October 17, 2010, 15:57

how does stuff like this make it through the queue?
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-14262833-businessman-sleeping-on-sofa.php

Whoops, that's just a little keyword/description glitch that occurred when the image was added to the database.

Should be titled, "Agency Collection contributor waiting for earnings to pile up"

LOL

Some images from this particular contributor have already been bought:

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&userID=6549584&perPage=200&showContributor=true&showDownload=true&order=7&within=1

Your eps file shows only the bitmap image, so I can't see the original radial gradient. Could you upload the .ai file?

I found that you can specify some parameters with radial gradients which do not work with eps files well. I had one case where the gradient was NOT converted to a bitmap, but when I reloaded the eps file the gradient had changed its shape.

Ok, so you got rejected, and somebody else got approved with a similar image. And what are we supposed to do about it?

No sale for me since beginning of july - with illustrations. Duh...

I just got the exact same e-mail from Erin adressed to Brad Calkins also, probably a mistake....

Yes, me too... I guess they are now flooded with mails from all non-Brad Calkins'es 

However, there is the Bridgeman Art Library vs. Corel Corporation case:

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/01library/08legal/FairUse.html

In other words, an exact reproduction of an image in the public domain does not possess creativity itself.  Therefore, the reproduction is not protected under copyright law.

Edit:
Here is a Wikipedia article about the case:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeman_Art_Library_v._Corel_Corp.

I have some good success with raster illustrations on Alamy.

Quote from: fullvalue on September 11, 2010, 11:37

Simple create a "RM" site that allows previous licensing as RF.  Exclusives would be able to move content there to send IS a message without burning their bridge.

Brilliant idea.  

I just re-read the exclusive agreement. This could work extremely well. We could develop a new simple Micro RM license that allowed a single image use - the buyer is automatically tracked against the image in question for each "use" so as to make the arrangement within the excusion in the IS exclusive agreement.

It seems to me that this would be a very good idea - not only for IS exclusives, but generally.