The stock footage industry has gone through some major changes since 2006.

Most sites give away some free footage as samples. I certainly know of some that give away both HD stock footage and animation to all registered users.

I think a forum is a difficult place to capture and maintain this kind of information. What would be really useful would be a webpage containing a table of what each online stock footage company provides, how many free clips, how often they change them, the resolution (SD, HD, etc) and whether or not subscribing to a newsletter is needed. Even better would be an RSS feed for when new companies are added to the table.

C