Stocksy United

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

Final Score 56* A - Good

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material56
Bonus+0
Cap66No structure cap
After Cap56
Penalties0
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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
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.
9 / 10

The linked record identifies Stocksy as an artist-owned cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 201 scored entries below, 5 tied, 20 above on Ownership.

Linked evidence
  • Stocksy describes itself as an artist-owned cooperative. [1]
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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 192 scored entries below, 14 tied, 20 above on Governance.

Linked evidence
  • context Stocksy describes itself as an artist-owned cooperative. [1]
  • Stocksy's artist-owned cooperative model gives contributors a structural ownership and governance claim in the stock-media platform. [2]
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.
8 / 10

The linked record identifies Stocksy as an artist-owned cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 173 scored entries below, 34 tied, 19 above on Extraction.

Linked evidence
  • context Stocksy describes itself as an artist-owned cooperative. [1]
  • Stocksy says it is an artist-owned cooperative that pays 50 to 75 percent of licenses to contributor members. [3]
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

The linked record identifies Stocksy as an artist-owned cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 193 scored entries below, 11 tied, 22 above on Labor Sovereignty.

Linked evidence
  • context Stocksy describes itself as an artist-owned cooperative. [1]
  • Stocksy describes itself as artist-led and artist-owned, with members receiving royalties and possible patronage returns. [4]
Solidarity with the Unemployed
?
Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.
5 / 7

The linked record identifies Stocksy as an artist-owned cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 158 scored entries below, 38 tied, 30 above on Solidarity with the Unemployed.

Linked evidence
  • context Stocksy describes itself as an artist-owned cooperative. [1]
  • Stocksy frames its cooperative platform as supporting the creative class through fair pay and member ownership, though participation remains curated rather than universal. [5]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
?
Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.
6 / 7

The linked record identifies Stocksy as an artist-owned cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 163 scored entries below, 54 tied, 9 above on Loss-Bearing Fidelity.

Linked evidence
  • context Stocksy describes itself as an artist-owned cooperative. [1]
  • Stocksy says year-end surplus can be allocated to cooperative members as patronage dividends or returns. [6]
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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 106 scored entries below, 73 tied, 47 above on Market Conduct.

Linked evidence
  • Stocksy publishes contributor royalty and licensing information for its stock-media marketplace. [7]
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
5 / 5

Stocksy publishes contributor royalty and licensing information for its stock-media marketplace.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 134 scored entries below, 92 tied, 0 above on Product Integrity.

Linked evidence
  • context Stocksy publishes contributor royalty and licensing information for its stock-media marketplace. [7]
  • Stocksy describes its product as curated human-made, authentic stock media supplied through an artist-owned cooperative. [8]
Scale Integrity
?
Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
5 / 5

Stocksy publishes contributor royalty and licensing information for its stock-media marketplace.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 191 scored entries below, 35 tied, 0 above on Scale Integrity.

Linked evidence
  • context Stocksy publishes contributor royalty and licensing information for its stock-media marketplace. [7]
  • Stocksy says it licenses stock media to a global clientele while retaining a multi-stakeholder cooperative structure. [9]

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

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending
VerificationUnverified
ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessPartial (AI)
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Claims and Sources

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* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
1Stocksy describes itself as an artist-owned cooperative.

Ownership Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

2Stocksy's artist-owned cooperative model gives contributors a structural ownership and governance claim in the stock-media platform.

Governance Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

3Stocksy says it is an artist-owned cooperative that pays 50 to 75 percent of licenses to contributor members.

Extraction Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

4Stocksy describes itself as artist-led and artist-owned, with members receiving royalties and possible patronage returns.

Labor Sovereignty Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

5Stocksy frames its cooperative platform as supporting the creative class through fair pay and member ownership, though participation remains curated rather than universal.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

6Stocksy says year-end surplus can be allocated to cooperative members as patronage dividends or returns.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

7Stocksy publishes contributor royalty and licensing information for its stock-media marketplace.

Market Conduct Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

8Stocksy describes its product as curated human-made, authentic stock media supplied through an artist-owned cooperative.

Product Integrity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

9Stocksy says it licenses stock media to a global clientele while retaining a multi-stakeholder cooperative structure.

Scale Integrity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

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