artist cooperative platform
Stocksy United
Industry Entertainment
An artist-owned stock-media platform selling photography and video licenses, with member ownership, creator royalties, and AI-rights relevance. Stocksy United scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and governance has stronger accountability than peers, and no current penalty outweighs that structure.
Why this matters: Creator-owned platforms are a key contrast to extractive marketplace platforms.
Letter grade A Good High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
A - Good
The score turns mainly on Ownership; no penalty currently dominates the evaluation.
Strengths
- Ownership9/10
- Governance8/10
- Extraction8/10
Penalties
- No penalties applied in this version.
Evidence state
- ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessPartial (AI)
- Linked claims9
- Direct axis claims9
- Coverage9/9
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
?
Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
|
9 / 10 |
The linked record identifies Stocksy as an artist-owned cooperative. Linked evidence
|
Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
|
8 / 10 |
Stocksy's artist-owned cooperative model gives contributors a structural ownership and governance claim in the stock-media platform. |
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
|
8 / 10 | |
Labor Sovereignty
?
Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
|
6 / 7 | |
Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
|
5 / 7 |
The linked record identifies Stocksy as an artist-owned cooperative. |
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
?
Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
|
6 / 7 | |
Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
|
4 / 5 |
Stocksy publishes contributor royalty and licensing information for its stock-media marketplace. Linked evidence
|
Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
|
5 / 5 |
Stocksy publishes contributor royalty and licensing information for its stock-media marketplace. |
Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
|
5 / 5 |
Stocksy publishes contributor royalty and licensing information for its stock-media marketplace. |
Penalties
No penalties applied in this version.
Bonus Credits
No bonus credits applied in this version.
Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
High 82/100
9 verified linked claims 9 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 9/9 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 18/20
9 verified linked claims
Source quality 11/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 14/18
9 direct claims across 9 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 10/10
9/9 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1Stocksy describes itself as an artist-owned cooperative.
- Stocksy aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
2Stocksy's artist-owned cooperative model gives contributors a structural ownership and governance claim in the stock-media platform.
- Stocksy aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
3Stocksy says it is an artist-owned cooperative that pays 50 to 75 percent of licenses to contributor members.
- Stocksy United: What is Stocksy United?General web source · 58%
- Stocksy values and principlesGeneral web source · 58%
4Stocksy describes itself as artist-led and artist-owned, with members receiving royalties and possible patronage returns.
- Stocksy United: What is Stocksy United?General web source · 58%
- Stocksy values and principlesGeneral web source · 58%
5Stocksy frames its cooperative platform as supporting the creative class through fair pay and member ownership, though participation remains curated rather than universal.
- Stocksy United: What is Stocksy United?General web source · 58%
- Stocksy values and principlesGeneral web source · 58%
6Stocksy says year-end surplus can be allocated to cooperative members as patronage dividends or returns.
- Stocksy United: What is Stocksy United?General web source · 58%
7Stocksy publishes contributor royalty and licensing information for its stock-media marketplace.
- Stocksy contributorsGeneral web source · 58%
8Stocksy describes its product as curated human-made, authentic stock media supplied through an artist-owned cooperative.
- Stocksy values and principlesGeneral web source · 58%
- Stocksy United: What is Stocksy United?General web source · 58%
9Stocksy says it licenses stock media to a global clientele while retaining a multi-stakeholder cooperative structure.
- Stocksy United: What is Stocksy United?General web source · 58%
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