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08/17/2008 09:28:31 PM · #1 |
Okay, so I just went to my kids school website to check updates. On the home page is a photo obviously stolen from istock photo!! Website
'doh!! |
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08/17/2008 09:34:35 PM · #2 |
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08/17/2008 09:44:35 PM · #3 |
We are “Committed to Excellence”, and we work hard to make the site a primary source for timely information for all users, and a main gateway for improved communication between parents, teachers, students and other members of our community.
Thats the quote right next to the photo. I wonder if they also teach Ethics?
Matt
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08/17/2008 09:52:46 PM · #4 |
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08/17/2008 09:54:56 PM · #5 |
And you know what's actually shown on the third picture?
"orlando and nancy (husband and wife) teach students at the english school in swakopmund, namibia, africa, a country which had just left behind the apartheid system. this american couple made for very interesting teachers... he's a black puerto rican who grew up in the bronx, new york and she's a euro-american who grew up in japan... their relationship taught as much as their words :-)" |
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08/17/2008 10:11:12 PM · #6 |
oh geez!! yeah, I may call and offer some help.. LOL |
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08/17/2008 10:20:13 PM · #7 |
Why do you think its stolen as opposed to paid for. Its not unheard of that schools actually pay when using stock photos.
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08/17/2008 10:22:32 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by BAMartin:
Why do you think its stolen as opposed to paid for. Its not unheard of that schools actually pay when using stock photos. |
I don't think they sell pics with watermarks... |
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08/17/2008 10:23:51 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by BAMartin:
Why do you think its stolen as opposed to paid for. Its not unheard of that schools actually pay when using stock photos. |
well it still has the watermark on it and its small. Usually when you buy stock photos, you dont get a watermarked image. |
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08/17/2008 10:25:38 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by DarkRider:
Originally posted by BAMartin:
Why do you think its stolen as opposed to paid for. Its not unheard of that schools actually pay when using stock photos. |
I don't think they sell pics with watermarks... |
That is pretty tacky, they should have contacted you directly...
But did you get permission to sell your photo of the teacher and kids in the classrom from the school? |
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08/17/2008 10:26:35 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by bassbone:
Originally posted by DarkRider:
Originally posted by BAMartin:
Why do you think its stolen as opposed to paid for. Its not unheard of that schools actually pay when using stock photos. |
I don't think they sell pics with watermarks... |
That is pretty tacky, they should have contacted you directly...
But did you get permission to sell your photo of the teacher and kids in the classrom from the school? |
Its not my photo, just a stock photo from istock. |
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08/17/2008 10:28:09 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by gwe21:
Originally posted by bassbone:
Originally posted by DarkRider:
Originally posted by BAMartin:
Why do you think its stolen as opposed to paid for. Its not unheard of that schools actually pay when using stock photos. |
I don't think they sell pics with watermarks... |
That is pretty tacky, they should have contacted you directly...
But did you get permission to sell your photo of the teacher and kids in the classrom from the school? |
Its not my photo, just a stock photo from istock. |
Oh, sorry - I read the thread title wrong - I thought they stole a photo from you.
It is extremely tacky of the school. You may want to let them know they are out of bounds on this - they probably arent' aware that they are doing something wrong. |
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08/17/2008 10:39:15 PM · #13 |
these are the same schools that punish children for plagirism
go figure |
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08/17/2008 10:48:36 PM · #14 |
Good heavens, they could be completely legit on that image for under 25 cents!!! (an image that size costs one credit, 24 cents with a subscription to istockphoto)
Bet their web designer is some kid who downloaded a copy of dreamweaver using bittorrent. |
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08/17/2008 10:51:53 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by scrybz:
Good heavens, they could be completely legit on that image for under 25 cents!!! (an image that size costs one credit, 24 cents with a subscription to istockphoto)
Bet their web designer is some kid who downloaded a copy of dreamweaver using bittorrent. |
they could be completely legit with some soccer mom's photo on there.. ya know?
It just struck me as odd that they had photos that didnt belong to the school. I am not sure who does their web design, but I know that it is a new site this year, maybe they just wanted to get something on the site for start of school.
I will contact the webmaster tomorrow and offer my services, I will even do photos for free in exchange for model releases from the students and teachers. |
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08/17/2008 11:01:50 PM · #16 |
| The third picture is the one thats funny to me. I bet there aren't 5 black kids in the whole school much less one class. |
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08/17/2008 11:40:17 PM · #17 |
It's actually bigger than just one school. Check out this high school. It has the same small kiddies.
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08/17/2008 11:44:00 PM · #18 |
someone should email those schools a link to the other school
and then fire their web design guy |
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08/17/2008 11:49:26 PM · #19 |
The web designer was probably hired by somebody in administration; that's who I'd contact.
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08/17/2008 11:49:47 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by Ken:
It's actually bigger than just one school. Check out this high school. It has the same small kiddies. |
looks like the whole district... bwahahah
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08/17/2008 11:51:08 PM · #21 |
actually
there is a drop down menu on top that lets you select schools
there are about 8 schools on there and all have the same web layout
i assume based on that, that they know about the layout, but still the image is stolen |
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08/17/2008 11:54:43 PM · #22 |
Looks like it is the standard www.sharpschool.com starter site.
Evidently they haven't put in their own pictures yet.
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