I think sites like the Content Creators Guild, free3dcontent and totalCG are totally noble endevours. Though question for me is time, as a creator it's hard enough to find time to do the same commonsense path that aeilkema takes. As a customer I'm too often time poor, and sometimes too frigging lazy to go to more than 2 or 3 sites. If other folks are the same, the issue is going to be getting good levels of visitors. BTW - thats not a critique but I think something that has be considered. Also if the big boys are claiming that indies are (partly) responsible for the loss in corporate profits. Then it's it's not in the biggies best interest to let the customers know these places even exist. Indeed I recall chikako's invites being deleted at another site. So fair play to rendo for allowing it. What the solution is I don't know. But I think the way things are going 2013 is gonna be a unlucky number for a lot of little players. Which in turn isn't good for the artists.

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.