Getty is just trying to find ways to survive but do not know how.. Which is sad because I work exclusively with them >_>

It looks like macro stock is about to disappear but I cannot see the future in microstock either..

So Microstockers claim the current model is unsustainable and Macrostockers appear to believe that macro will disappear.

Most likely neither will happen but it is just the sheer oversupply of imagary in both market segments that dilute individual contributors' earnings.

I found less than 100 of my files there. Already trying to dig through the webhosts legal stuff.

Will post more if I get additional info.

BTW, my WHOIS research for their name server of parsihost.com leads me to the host: http://www.radcom.ir

Sorry for being late but this requires a lot more than just a bucket of popcorn...

Anywho, let the discussion begin

Apologies for the OT question but who is making serious money with Videohive's low prices/commission rates plus all the additional work that one has to do to get content online?

Is it the same hosting?

Looks like some other hosting and "site under constuction".

Yes they have changed their hosting company as the updated WHOIS information shows:

Domain Name: RESIMSTOCK.COM
Registrar: NAME.COM, INC.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 625
Whois Server: whois.name.com
Referral URL: http://www.name.com
Name Server: NS1.NATROHOST.COM
Name Server: NS2.NATROHOST.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 13-aug-2015
Creation Date: 30-jun-2015
Expiration Date: 30-jun-2016
resimstock.com registrar whois
Updated 1 second ago
Domain Name: RESIMSTOCK.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1943332277_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.name.com
Registrar URL: http://www.name.com
Updated Date: 2015-08-13T10:41:10-06:00Z
Creation Date: 2015-06-30T08:42:01-06:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-06-30T08:42:01-06:00Z
Registrar: Name.com, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 625
Reseller: 
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: 
Registrant Name: Whois Agent
Registrant Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Registrant Street: PO Box 639 
Registrant City: Kirkland
Registrant State/Province: WA
Registrant Postal Code: 98083
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.4252740657
Registrant Fax: +1.4259744730
Registrant Email: [email protected]
Registry Admin ID: 
Admin Name: Whois Agent
Admin Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Admin Street: PO Box 639 
Admin City: Kirkland
Admin State/Province: WA
Admin Postal Code: 98083
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.4252740657
Admin Fax: +1.4259744730
Admin Email: [email protected]
Registry Tech ID: 
Tech Name: Whois Agent
Tech Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Tech Street: PO Box 639 
Tech City: Kirkland
Tech State/Province: WA
Tech Postal Code: 98083
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.4252740657
Tech Fax: +1.4259744730
Tech Email: [email protected]
Name Server: ns1.natrohost.com
Name Server: ns2.natrohost.com
DNSSEC: Unsigned Delegation
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.17203101849
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2015-08-13T07:59:05-06:00 <<< Do we have someone here who speaks Turkish? I used Google translate to check for Natro.com's copyright terms but couldn't find any.

Probably they picked a web host who doesn't care about copyright. They most likely won't make this "mistake" twice.

Still, everyone who has been affected will have to keep watching that URL as that company will change (or have to change) their web hosts.

So their domain name will redirect you to the new web host and the game may start all over again.

Therefore, if KTOOLS shuts them down AND your images appear again under that domain name In a few days/weeks then send a DMCA claim to both the new webhost AND the registrar of that domain name (name.com).

If the domain registrar is also aware that their client is abusing the domain name, they might shut down the domain name as well for copyright infringement (which is explicitly forbidden by the TOS of name.com).

Their name servers say "KTOOLS.NET" - technically their site should be hosted there (Rockford, MI 49341).

If so, wouldn't it take only one DMCA request to KTOOLS to remove their entire site?

Usually, American web hosts don't take DMCA claims lightly due to the fear of getting sued.

Please correct me if I'm wrong. I couldn't find any of my content there so I would have also sent a claim.

Otherwise the registrar should be able to provide the information where the domain is pointing to. Even the registrar (name.com) is located in the US.
Perhaps one can even submit a claim to them as the unlicensed content is displayed under a URL registered through them.

Here the Whois info:

resimstock.com registry whois
   Updated 1 second ago - Refresh
Domain Name: RESIMSTOCK.COM
Registrar: NAME.COM, INC.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 625
Whois Server: whois.name.com
Referral URL: http://www.name.com
Name Server: NS1.KTOOLS.NET
Name Server: NS2.KTOOLS.NET
Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 08-jul-2015
Creation Date: 30-jun-2015
Expiration Date: 30-jun-2016
resimstock.com registrar whois
   Updated 1 second ago
Domain Name: RESIMSTOCK.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1943332277_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.name.com
Registrar URL: http://www.name.com
Updated Date: 2015-07-08T14:39:15-06:00Z
Creation Date: 2015-06-30T08:42:01-06:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-06-30T08:42:01-06:00Z
Registrar: Name.com, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 625
Reseller: 
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: 
Registrant Name: Whois Agent
Registrant Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Registrant Street: PO Box 639 
Registrant City: Kirkland
Registrant State/Province: WA
Registrant Postal Code: 98083
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.4252740657
Registrant Fax: +1.4259744730
Registrant Email: [email protected]
Registry Admin ID: 
Admin Name: Whois Agent
Admin Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Admin Street: PO Box 639 
Admin City: Kirkland
Admin State/Province: WA
Admin Postal Code: 98083
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.4252740657
Admin Fax: +1.4259744730
Admin Email: [email protected]
Registry Tech ID: 
Tech Name: Whois Agent
Tech Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Tech Street: PO Box 639 
Tech City: Kirkland
Tech State/Province: WA
Tech Postal Code: 98083
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.4252740657
Tech Fax: +1.4259744730
Tech Email: [email protected]
Name Server: ns1.ktools.net
Name Server: ns2.ktools.net
DNSSEC: Unsigned Delegation
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.17203101849
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2015-08-11T03:37:22-06:00 <<<

Nikon has the worst customer service in the industry. For that reason alone I would stick with Canon.

I'm shooting with Canon now but in the past I once burnt out a Nikon external flash unit and mailed it in to their Service Center a couple weeks AFTER the warranty expired.
I swiftly received the fixed unit without a bill. So, the experiences with their customer service may vary.

...
matter of fact, i was recently listening to hard to find old tunes and guess what, i found 99% of them on Youtube, often with very good quality and i also found bootlegs and video from the same artists that i've never heard of .. all stuff that is probably not even on sale
....

I was always wondering how that works. How can "other" people upload songs of famous artists to Youtube and get away with that?

I once filmed a university graduation and when I wanted to publish it, Youtube refused it because during the closing ceremony they played a famous song in the background.

So I have no clue how all these different versions of famous songs were even possible to be uploaded to Youtube in the first place?

Does anyone know how this is possible?

Finally, I finished my website: http://www.toonstyle.com/ - it was complete renovation: new custom Wordpress theme, Woocommerce plugin, re-uploading of all content. Critique and comments are truly appreciated!

Great work. I think many would appreciate if you could start a separate thread listing all the plugins (watermarking etc.) you used.

Good luck!

It's a mystery to me how many top photographs are uploaded to 500px without any watermark at all. I don't understand the intention behind that from the photographers.

So I started and I'm here again. I made my first ESP submission of a butch of videos. They were accepted and  now (one week passed ) looking for a search (new) the thumbnails and the enlarged view at the file page no working, no view. I mailed reporting but no answer yet. Some experience?

I submitted a test video in 720p mid January and it is still pending. I have no idea how long their review queue is but since their footage pricing is so terrible I'm not even upset that the video is not online with them yet...