Many of my colleagues have had photos removed, and today I was notified that one of my own files is getting it's pink slip. This file includes content that may be subject to copyright or trademark protection.Certain uses of this file may be problematic. We regret that it must be deactivated. Comments from Administration: John Deer The colours of the equipment enjoy trademark / dress protection Kind regards StockXpert Content Review Team

Dude, there's 3 e's in Deere.  Get your trademarks straight. 

But, they may be right.  John Deere's green and yellow colour scheme is trademarked.   I wonder if I applied "Massey Ferguson Red" over the yellow stripe and applied some "New Holland Blue" to the wheel wells if it could remain in the collection? 

For 30 cents a download, who cares?  This shot was downloaded 49 times, once I was paid $25, but most of the remaining sales were 30 cent subs.  So I'm estimating I made $50 bucks with this shot.  Imagine if it had sold 49 times on a site like Zymmetrical, it would have netted between $500 and $1900.  If they were only small size sales, that would be 1000% more!

It may be just a mediocre photo of a tractor, but it reminds me of this whole 30 cent subs crisis and it makes me consider cutting loose from SXP.  They didn't sell subs when I joined them, yet now it appears SXP is nothing but a source of content for Photos.com and JI. 

Maybe I should just be thankful for any source of income.  Just 29,996 sales and I can get a D3X!