The thread was a bit old, methinks.

The web is where its at. It is what copyrighters NOT looking for stock images go to first when hunting down photos.

If you're a "real" photographer (whatever real means), then you aren't concerned about a 15 year old stealing your 72 dpi, 600x400 pixel photo and uploading it somewhere.

Photographers who make money off of images make it by selling 300+ dpi 3000 or 4000 pixel images which you won't find on any web sites.

The web is for low res thumbnails