Extended Licenses for 30c! Please end the race to the bottom

What a start to the weekend for Jupiter and way to recruit new members.

First, we have been reading about the troubling news brewing at Jupiter's Stockxpert and Photos.com with regards to their planned move of photos on Stockxpert to Photos.com site and potential new site terms that they will announce on Monday but are mum about the details beforehand. There was a serious uproar over the first take on the site terms Jupiter was forcing Stockxpert users to accept. I guess Jupiter was very adamant about keeping the 30 cent Extended Licenses which in our opinion is highway robbery and something that is a slippery slope down and will complete the race to the bottom for photographers who want to sell their images for next to nothing. I hope they will not accept this and make their voices heard as it is a scary trend to start. Cutcaster has been trying to head off this "race to the bottom" by allowing users to set their own price or use an algorithm to find the correct market price or buyers can buy content or bid on it directly with a seller. Here is the coverage over at Microstockgroup and some more done by Lee Torrens of Microstockdiaries.


UPDATE:
We read this over at Stockphototalk and thought we would share.

"SXP sent out some e-mail today to contributors about their new deal with images being sold via Photos.com. Buried in the 3rd paragraph was this:
"As we move forward with more of these programs, we need to deliver the highest quality and most consistent product to customers and business partners. This means that as of July 30 we will no longer offer opt-in/out, and as of August 4 all SXP images will be included in our PPD, partner and licensing, extended licensing, and subscription efforts."
I had opted out of subscriptions at SXP a while back. Now I have to exit altogether or put up with subscriptions. Nothing in the text says they´re planning to limit the sizes sold via subscription [...].
The terms for contributors seem to be trending unfavorably - perhaps sites are feeling the economic pinch and trying to squeeze out all the revenue they can."
Jo Ann Snover/Yahoo MP group.

It's impressive to see the strength of community and photographers at SXP how they are banding together to get change and making their voices heard. Let's see how this plays out but bravo for not stepping down to 30c downloads for your hard work.