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Originally Posted by Chris Corn
Ditto on these statements. Most of the sets get declined anyway for not being whatever it is that they want. Sometimes no reason is given or they aren't pink enough or whatever it is that they want. I know this first hand as I know a shooter who has submitted several times, mostly accepted and sometimes declined. $500 to the model and what does the photographer get? Answer: a by-line. They'd be lucky to get two sets up/year as they are so backlogged, they cant approve the sets fast enough anyway. Most of the models are retarded too, I've tried to work with a few and they are mostly headcases. Probably some good apples in the bunch, but if I find out they are SG girls, I give the work to someone else.
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Loads of models are headcases, not just SGs. And official photographers get paid for the sets they shoot, even if the sets are rejected. They also often get travel expenses comped. A friend of mine shoots for SG for a living, which is more than a byline. If you're not an official photographer, you should be charging your models anyways.
As for the contracts and compensation; the majority of SGs are not doing it for the money. If you look through the group of hopeful SGs, you'll see that the most of them attribute something special to being an SG, as if it was a prestigious title or something (which I think is retarded, personally). Loads of them would forgo payment if it meant they'd become SGs.
Those who sought a modeling career outside the site and were subsequently sued definitely got a shitty deal. While I don't know the full details and I've heard loads of bullshit from both sides, the general consensus all around is that the whole situation was blown absurdly out of proportion by the people behind SG. Lawsuits are not a good way to win people over.
I'm not saying that the SG crew are angels or that the site has a spotless track record. I'm just saying that there are two sides to every coin.