It is true.  The reason no one dares ask questions is because the IRS doesn't respond with answers - they respond with sanctions, fines, and jail time.  And with all of the bravado among politicians about replacing the internal revenue code with a flat tax or fair tax or whatever they want to call it, it's never gonna happen because it is the single greatest source of power that our government has.  They give billions to countries that don't even like us, they give billions more to their buddies (calling it "bailouts"), and they spend money like drunken sailors - witness the recent Government Service Agency (GSA) wild spending spree, which is nothing new.  It's not about taxing us for essential government services.  Rather, it's about socialism and wealth redistribution on a global scale.  Ultimately, it's about power and enslavement.

The way it works is that an "employer" (which has been redefined in the internal revenue code to mean something other than the generally understood definition) submits sworn testimony via IRS forms that the company is involved in a federally taxable activity and that the company paid you as an "employee" (also redefined) a "wage or salary" (redefined), which means that you were also involved in a federally taxable activity.  It is generally understood that every economic activity in America is federally taxable, but you won't find that anywhere in the actual law, which is what prompted the production of the film you referred to.  It's very complicated, but the bottom line is this... Just like only a few hundred years ago, everyone knew for certain that the sun and planets revolved around the earth, everyone knows that all economic activity in America as federally taxable.  The definition of an astronomer was "One who studies the way the sun and planets revolve around the earth."  By its very definition, you could never arrive at the truth.  That's why common words have been redefined in the internal revenue code.  Our totally corrupt federal government is fleecing and enslaving its citizens, and we're just grateful that we get to keep some of what we earn.  They accomplished it over a period of years using a process referred to as "sedition by syntax."

If you protest to your employer, you are branded a troublemaker, and you will eventually lose your job.  If you protest with the stock site owners, you'll be targeted as well, and you run the risk of having your account terminated.  As Morpheus said to Neo in "The Matrix," "Welcome to the real world."

UPDATE:  Now I can't even log in!   

...if you don't consider it worth while to UL to DT, then it sure as hell isn't to UL to the "lesser" agencies

It would appear that DT is becoming one of those "lesser" agencies.  I've had a total of two sales there this month.   

I began uploading to the site in June of 2010, and I've had three sales.  I think it's safe to say that because the site is unmoderated, buyers don't take it seriously.

Thanks, Alex.  No, they did not go back into the pending que as far as I can tell.  That's why I'm asking.

I uploaded a batch yesterday that still hasn't processed.  It seems that processing and sales have both come to a halt.   

Quote from: jsnover on April 09, 2012, 13:48

If they don't fix the search, I don't care what levels they make the images, it won't make any difference to me

Tangie indicated things will be back to normal by the end of the week.  I haven't had an image downloaded on DT since March 28th and I'm $3.39 from payout.  It's killing me...

I have the same sort of situation.  Coincidence?  Conspiracy?  An alien plot???   

Quote from: csproductions on April 08, 2012, 01:09

Soon after I criticized IS in a forum post, they decided that they didn't want any more of my work, and they sent an email to me telling me just that.  I probably would have stopped uploading to them anyway.  They didn't delete the material that I had, though.  It continues to sell, and I'll make payout about every three months.

WOW! 
Any more details on that. They really stopped accepting uploads from you for a forum post?

They didn't say, "Hey, you posted something on the forum that we don't like, so we're revoking your uploading priviledges."  The message came soon after the forum post telling me that they didn't like what I had been uploading [even though it was being inspected and approved], and that they would no longer accept any of my material.  Maybe it was just coincidental.  Maybe the two events are completely unrelated.  And maybe two plus two really doesn't equal four.   

Soon after I criticized IS in a forum post, they decided that they didn't want any more of my work, and they sent an email to me telling me just that.  I probably would have stopped uploading to them anyway.  They didn't delete the material that I had, though.  It continues to sell, and I'll make payout about every three months.

I wonder if this is why sales have essentially come to a halt for me.

I, too, had a few sales in the beginning and nothing since.  I hope AYCS is a success because they've been very pleasant to deal with and I like their business model and the web site design.  (OK, I'll admit that the model release functionality could be brought into the 21st century.)

I could never figure it out, so on the rare occasion that I'm in the mood to duplicate my efforts and waste valuable time, I just delete it and upload it again.