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  • January 1, 2019

A Big Thank You

10 years ago I started a blog called Microstock Posts. I remember very clearly the day before writing the first post searching for a blogging platform, I had never heard of Wordpress..

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  • August 1, 2018

Pond5 Asks Contributors to Lower their Prices, See how Contributors React

Pond5 says that one of its founding principles is allowing Artists to set their own prices, ignoring the elephant in the room when this principle was founded which is..

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  • April 1, 2018June 10, 2019

Dreamstime Files Lawsuit Against Google Claiming the Search Giant Threatens its Survival

Dreamstime claims that Google has devastated its business, cost it millions of dollars in sales and threatens its survival. Now the gloves are off..

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  • February 15, 2018October 7, 2019

This is How Using Free Image Sites could Land you in Trouble

On Unsplash Zack Arias came across photographers fixated on getting publicity at any cost, potentially screwing both their subjects and those who download their images, oh and insanely potentially screwing themselves..

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  • February 6, 2018October 7, 2019

123rf Shock Contributors by Dropping Royalties on the Sly

Incredibly 123rf just got rid of 2 payment levels. Kaboom! They’re gone. So if you were in these payment levels you have now been moved to a lower level with lower royalties..

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  • January 20, 2018October 7, 2019

Would you Offer Your Work Free to Large Publications such as Time Magazine? (Poll)

If you are a professional content producer, what would you do if a large publication approached you with a request to use your work for free?

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