Fair Trade Chickens and Eggs

I used the word ‘Fair’ in a reply to a blog post on the Microstock Diaries Blog , I was commenting that Stock Sites could return a higher percentage if artists paid a penalty for rejected assets.

A reply to my comment had the following text, “Also, this is just my view, but I think you weaken your argument any time you use the word “fair”. It’s a capitalist market so the forces of supply and demand are what determine reward.”

Digital Artists new Logistics Model

Digital Artists

Digital artists upload their assets to many sites, spending lots of hours preparing and uploading, often different sites requiring different formats, attributes and keyword data, then digital artists receive different amounts of revenue per download per agency, artist with sales are paying for all the free space given away by agents to other digital artists, I think it is time for a new logistics model, one where the artist keeps controls their assets, the goal is to look at a better model for artists.