Spain is poor. Yes. And from Spain we know that there is the possibility that in summer, infections will drop. We will soon face the second wave of the Covid in the coming winter. Forget about the economy and start taking action as politicians try to calm down with jokes on social media.


Objective not to spread. We will invoice when this ends. Many countries with record families of indebtedness and no social support will resemble Spain, but Spain in 1939. The policy must give way to the cabinet of health experts.


We are land with a history. And we are the country committed to saving lives. Then when this is over, there will be politics.

Experts have already announced that the virus does not understand borders or the economy. Of course the policy on social networks does not prevent contagion.


I am not going to discuss the level of SECURITY in its broad concept that we have, nor am I going to argue that until recently we were among the happiest countries on the planet.


While the politicians are beginning to live up to their citizens, take good care of yourselves.

I've just read the news that Donald Trump, the US president, tried to secure the exclusive for the coronavirus vaccine to the United States, making it unavailable to the rest of the world! 

The vaccine is being developed (soon to be tested in humans) by a German company, and after the refusal of the company to give the US the exclusive, Trump tried to buy the company.

The German ministry of Health already commented on the issue declaring that when a vaccine is developed it will be for the whole world and that the company is safe.

This action by Trump, trying to prevent the world to access a cure securing it just for the US is beyond anything I thought possible and places Trump among the likes of Adolph Hitler.

I consider this an act of war and attempted genocide and I would completely support isolation and heavy sanctions against the US, while this monster, or another one like him elected by the Americans, is in office.

Quote from: marthamarks on March 06, 2020, 14:52

Quote from: Uncle Pete on March 06, 2020, 11:18

Great, now improve Pond 5, I think we're all behind them.

I found this interesting because, just 2 days ago, I had my first P5 video sale since things died there last summer.

Could it be they really and truly, actually, honestly have gotten back to improving P5???

A friend asked me, so maybe I need to explain. Hyperstock is not "dead" forever, it's just being revised. Typical corporate speak, when a project is a failure and shut down, the press will read, "we are improving other areas at this time." not "We stuffed it, the idea crashed and burned, we're backing up to see what went wrong." 

Concentrating on improving Pond 5 means, they don't want to talk about the elephant in the room, so as a diversion they throw us a bone about how they are working on good things for us. Yeah, and meanwhile, Hyperstock will be back, maybe this time with open terms and what is going on, not a surprise announcement that something new is here.

Best answer I've seen is, allow people to Opt In, not force them to Opt Out. That would go a long way to build confidence and trust. The artist makes the decision to participate or not.

Quote from: ShadySue on February 28, 2020, 14:30

Are you remembering that your existing images will be sold at 3 credits? Which is good as you'll get more per sale, though you will miss sales from more budget-conscious buyers (which you're mssing ATM anyway). Then any more images you might choose to upload will be sold at one credit and you'll get your percentage of that.
At least, that's how it stands at the moment. 

Yes i am aware of that. But if I take the step I will not upload anymore new images to Istock as for the 15% I prefer that Adobe and Shutterstock come ahead with their 30% instead of those paying 15%. Since I started to upload footage I have distributed more than 3000 clips to Adobe P5 Shutter and Envato. Not a single clip has been uploaded to Istock/Getty. Yes i loosed some sales but I do not care. I just contribute that those best paying sites get stronger and stronger by the day. 30% is the minimum I accept ......everything below that is not acceptable to me. So Once I recover from the hit if I leave it is very probable that I might delete all my portfolio at Istock in the future.

The one problem I see is not if our clips are in or out, it is 95% a photo site they said,
but this generic "copyright" video spider image over content.