I just sent Veer e-mail asking if anything's changed with respect to opting out of partner sales - and if not, to take my payout at the end of the month and close my account. They're handling the closure - there's no opt out - and say it'll take 90 days to get my images removed from all sites.

I have had it with the wretched setup with partners and AgeFotostock/easyFotostock was just the final straw.

easyFotostock is a subsidiary of ageFotostock - both have my Veer images - but the license terms at easyFotostock basically include extended licenses. Look at the ad on ageFotostock's page "Go & buy cheap! Extended License Included. No extra fees whatsoever

http://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/Default.aspx

One of my images at easyFotostock says the source ageency is "Kallum"! At least my copyright is there although you can't search on someone's portfolio

http://easy.agefotostock.com/easy/ingles/easyenim01.asp?foto=22361818&light=&foto_clave=ESY-002659167

At least on ageFotostock you can search to see a portfolio (albeit one of a photographer stigmatized as "low budget"

http://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/Search.aspx?author=Jo+Ann+Snover

Given that age owns easy, I don't know why the photo is in both places, but here's the page about licensing from easyFotostock:

http://easy.agefotostock.com/easy/ingles/abag01b.asp

"easyFotostock does not sell credits to download photographs; easyFotostock licenses free of risk. We don�t offer "Extended Licenses" that sound good, but in reality are very difficult, if not impossible, to be regulated. easyFotostock images meet the demand of clients who need quality imagery for their projects, but require an affordable price and buying convenience, without having to read between the lines of a complex license agreement."

I guess I'll put a note in my calendar to go check these sites at the end of June to make sure my images are gone

http://www.veer.com/more/contributor/faq/royalties-payments/who-are-all-the-api-partners/

It's a shame that some agencies just have no concern whatsoever with the rights of contributors - Chelsea (when she was with Veer) had said they were considering an opt out, but obviously that didn't happen:

http://www.microstockgroup.com/veer-marketplace/veer-reseller-api/msg193763/#msg193763

Some prior threads on ageFotostock and their view of microstock photographers:

http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/drop-in-status-we-are-not-rf-photographers-we-are-lbrf-)/msg235942/#msg235942

http://www.microstockgroup.com/ranting-general-stock/agefotostock-easyfotostock/msg325212/#msg325212

In closing, I'm reminded of a quote from the late Ann Landers (I think it was her) - People can only take advantage of you if you let them.