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Messages - thomasw
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« on: September 19, 2009, 23:54 »
Thanks Phil! 
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« on: September 19, 2009, 08:55 »
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« on: September 16, 2009, 23:55 »
ROFLMAO!!! Opps  Gotta RUN!
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« on: September 15, 2009, 23:29 »
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« on: August 31, 2009, 00:23 »
So your offering to buy the rights to our photos "seconds" for 70.00 (Us dollars, Pounds, Lira???) so that you can resell these as yours? ?
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« on: August 25, 2009, 01:36 »
i had a copyright violation. seemed like a grave offense for them.
Shouldn't it???
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« on: August 24, 2009, 23:27 »
Day/night job is food service distribution, mmmmm food!
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« on: August 13, 2009, 23:37 »
Good luck getting a model release for the little fellow!
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« on: August 04, 2009, 02:22 »
....Interesting argument.....
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« on: July 21, 2009, 23:09 »
5000 saleable images with one being acepted to Crestock
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« on: July 12, 2009, 23:20 »
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« on: June 16, 2009, 23:03 »
Congrats to Lisa and Whitchild but the third really I would have expected the Hippy
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« on: June 04, 2009, 09:15 »
Well seeing as we have all heard the farewells before! How long do you think this cat will stay away this time? gee I miss him already 
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« on: June 04, 2009, 01:55 »
Actually Lucy your post maybe the most relevant and insightful one yet!
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« on: June 03, 2009, 11:19 »
Cool! Can't wait to see what interesting topics are in the next one! mmmm......"Popular Microstockgroup threads in June....The May 2009 Newsletter" 
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« on: June 02, 2009, 02:29 »
Unfortunately until one the sites finds a way to differentiate its product from those around it we as contributors will likely never see the end of subs. The reason is that in realty all the sites are playing with the same deck of images and when every store is selling the exact same widget to the exact same customers then the only advantage any site can hope to gain is in the price to the buyer. Until there is a site with a new business model we the contributors are going to get the crappy end of the stick, cause even if we can manage to pull a third of the images from the subs sites there would still be millions of images available for pennies! 
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« on: May 28, 2009, 23:34 »
Happy Birthday Zeus and congrats on the new toy
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« on: May 28, 2009, 04:43 »
t takes e around 14km round trip to my day job which is really a night job, although its only 15 feet to my home office.
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« on: May 28, 2009, 03:58 »
on the other side, no offence, but i'm as well surprised by your sheer ignorance
towards macrostock but hey to each his own.
If what you say is true then please let the oh so mystical well of knowledge runith over!
i know crap about micros you know crap about macros but at least i'm trying to research about micros. [/quote] And when asked about macros you offer nothing but criticism of micros, seems to be a strange way of doing research.
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« on: May 28, 2009, 02:53 »
on the other side, no offence, but i'm as well surprised by your sheer ignorance
towards macrostock but hey to each his own.
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If what you say is true then please let the oh so mystical well of knowledge runith over!
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« on: May 27, 2009, 22:59 »
Need to think of what will sell. Take hamburgers  Would you rather buy an image that looks like perfection (glossy ads) or the mashed, crushed, mushed burger that you'd unwrap from a burger joint?
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« on: May 27, 2009, 05:19 »
i wouldnt trust anonymous people find on the net to manage my pictures.
This from an anonymous newbie
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« on: May 15, 2009, 01:36 »
I recently got an epson v500 for scanning my 35mm, have not tried to submit them anyware but so far great for personal use. The digital ice works great although it can be a little slow.
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« on: May 13, 2009, 09:22 »
Well this should be interesting!
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« on: May 06, 2009, 00:38 »
Well I've been pondering this now for the last night / day and a bit and this is what I am thinking, some of this may be a bit of a rehash of others ideas and or patch of job so credit for others is due where it is due.
A co-op is most definitely the way to go but how to do it? The tech requirements, logistics, legal and what not are just to large an barrier for a fresh out of the darkroom co-op to work around. The idea behind the porn structure is good but I can us getting into trouble with conflicting contracts and payment structures (processing and pricing).
As far as creating our own self sustaining site site we get into issues managing the site, lawyers, accountants, marketers, image reviewers (yes we need reviewers), someone to hire all these people. If we do these jobs ourselves there will be conflicts and not nice ones either amongest the members not to mention the conflicts of interest with running a site will submitting to other agencies.
I'm thinking that our best bet to make this co-op work will be to partner with an existing site. I know people have their reservations about the new sites and low earners but quite frankly what would we expect from our own start up. If one of the new / low earners were to approach us with a new business plan were we as contributors are offered a "new" contract were by we take a smaller percentage of the sale price of each image for x number of dollars in exchange for a vote in the operation of the site (similar to a vote on the board of directors), one vote per contributor. This way the site becomes legally responsible to seek the majority vote of its contributors before making changes to the site or agreements, no majority no change. Also once the x number of dollars has been reached by the contributor their percentage of each sale would rise to rate y, therefore providing the site with a financial boost to assist with the re-branding (renaming) and marketing the site as a "Fair Trade" stock site.
In order for such a change in a contributors agreement would most certainly require the submission of proof of identification as the contributors would end up becoming shareholders of the site (one share per contributor).
The one contributor one vote would help avoid any one contributor from corning the voting process on changes although the site would have to disclose the number of votes outstanding and abide by a 50 percent plus one rule for votes cast on changes.
By using an existing site we would have the infrastructure in place and a means to review our images (in a clear well stated manner, rules and guide lines) to ensure that we do not harm our own quality.
No mandatory exclusivity as it would limit the number of images that we can get on-line in a relatively reasonable time frame.
These are just few thoughts that I've had on the subjectand how it maybe able to work, and yes these thoughts still need work themselves. Now is there a site admin out there that may interested in such an idea?
Enjoy and rip away!
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