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02/11/2009 02:08:47 PM · #326

Originally posted by rox_rox:

I didn't think anyone would notice my absence. But you are always on top of things BeeCee:o)

Since I have no life beyond DPC, I notice :)

And when I pass the bookshelf with the beautiful shell fossil on it (many times a day) I think of you :D

02/12/2009 09:10:33 PM · #327

I think this one takes the cake...

Faye's image

Original image

Of course, I suppose it is possible she licensed her image to NG and NG mistakenly credited another photographer!

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02/12/2009 11:06:27 PM · #328

Yeah, she does pretty well for a "dead" woman, doesn't she?

Hmmm... come to think of it, I wonder if she's gone to trial yet...

ambaker

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02/12/2009 11:33:55 PM · #329

Looks like she was alive as of January 28th this year, as that was the last album created.

02/12/2009 11:39:14 PM · #330

Originally posted by ambaker:

Looks like she was alive as of January 28th this year, as that was the last album created.

some of the albums have images that were uploaded as recently as 2-11-09.

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02/12/2009 11:43:22 PM · #331

Oh yeah, she's alive, despite trying to convince us all otherwise in a bid to misdirect attention from her theft and to gain sympathy for "her husband", who took over her account after she allegedly died of cancer. Though many of us were convinced it was all fraud we had no proof until Faye got herself arrested last fall and charged with, among other things, drug trafficking.

And her a retired director of a drug rehab center...

Message edited by author 2009-02-12 23:43:56.

Rebecca

Nikon D80

02/13/2009 01:40:56 AM · #332

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Wait, she was? Really??

Edit: I found the story. Wow! Why didn't anyone tell me?? Wow. Karma's a mean old bitch... looks like I didn't kill an elderly cancer patient with my internet bullying after all!

Edit #2: But not our Karma, she's coo'.

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02/15/2009 02:25:16 AM · #333

Faye's Droplet Album appears to have been taken from a photographer in Belgium (//users.skynet.be/fotoopa/). She is even selling prints of one of the droplet images on her Deviant Art Account.

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02/15/2009 04:17:42 AM · #334

Originally posted by Rebecca:

Originally posted by BeeCee:
Oh yeah, she's alive, despite trying to convince us all otherwise in a bid to misdirect attention from her theft and to gain sympathy for "her husband", who took over her account after she allegedly died of cancer. Though many of us were convinced it was all fraud we had no proof until Faye got herself arrested last fall and charged with, among other things, drug trafficking.

And her a retired director of a drug rehab center...

Wait, she was? Really??

Edit: I found the story. Wow! Why didn't anyone tell me?? Wow. Karma's a mean old bitch... looks like I didn't kill an elderly cancer patient with my internet bullying after all!

Edit #2: But not our Karma, she's coo'.

Well sheesh, woman, I started a threadon it, what more do you want? :)
And I guess you need to practice your bullying a bit more, eh?

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02/15/2009 04:19:08 AM · #335

Originally posted by Hye5:

Faye's Droplet Album appears to have been taken from a photographer in Belgium (//users.skynet.be/fotoopa/). She is even selling prints of one of the droplet images on her Deviant Art Account.

Chuck, doesn't surprise me a bit. I have spent sooo many hours in her albums, tracking down owners, contacting them, and watching those photos removed just to see more stolen ones added.

doctornick

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02/15/2009 08:03:42 AM · #336

More stolen photos HERE. They are passing the photos as "Free" The example shows a whole bunch of

lallisig photos.

Rebecca

Nikon D80

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02/15/2009 12:44:47 PM · #337

I have her on a Google Alert now.

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02/15/2009 02:04:16 PM · #338

Originally posted by doctornick:

More stolen photos HERE. They are passing the photos as "Free" The example shows a whole bunch of lallisig photos.

I dunno, that one is confusing. It appears he's posted them, because there are credits and photographer's notes that are definitely written by Larus.
eta; oh, I see it links to the original on Flickr, where those comments were written.

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jdannels

Nikon D300s

02/15/2009 02:29:15 PM · #339

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Originally posted by doctornick:
More stolen photos HERE. They are passing the photos as "Free" The example shows a whole bunch of lallisig photos.

I dunno, that one is confusing. It appears he's posted them, because there are credits and photographer's notes that are definitely written by Larus.
eta; oh, I see it links to the original on Flickr, where those comments were written.

It hot links all the info from flickr and places it as if it is a comment as if they wrote it I think. I have three photos which only have a handful of views posted there. And it has all the information from my flickr account which isn't much. I didn't put it there. I can't even find an administrative link to have it removed. :-/

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02/15/2009 02:35:07 PM · #340

Here's a flickr thread that discusses them, might have something helpful.

edit to add another one.

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chip_k

Canon EOS-20D

02/15/2009 03:21:37 PM · #341

The "flash-mini.com" site is hosted in the US by a company called Enet. Send a DMCA takedown notice to their abuse mailbox:

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE861-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse Desk
OrgAbusePhone: +1-614-508-6450
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@ee.net

If they refuse, they no longer are privvy to "safe harbor," which means that THEY (the hosting company) can be sued for all of the copyright violations. ONLY send the notice for YOUR material or material that you have been given authority to protect the copyright on, as you are committing purgery otherwise.

Sample letter

Flash-Mini whois info
Enet whois info

02/15/2009 11:53:50 PM · #342

It's amazing howmuch time you can have on your hands when you're laid up with the flu LOL!

It looks like Faye opened an account as MAF04 at redbubble.com in August 2008, well after she supposedly died. True to form, I have found at least one stolen image and have notified the owner of the original image

02/16/2009 01:29:32 AM · #343

She's got another Webshots account, too. Supposedly her husband, Jerry, opened his own instead of continuing to post on hers after her "death". Yeah, right, she was just trying to get away from those of us who know what's going on. I'll find the email I was sent about it, because I can't remember the name ATM.

edit; found it. From the email;
"As for her Webshots album, her "husband" had been posting photos to her Mozingo 1 acct. I put some pressure on "him" to give it up but SHE just started a new acct that is supposed to be his not hers. Here is the link to HER new Identity on WS. //good-times.webshots.com/album/563340992lVySNC?vhost=good-times
Some of them actually look like regular photos that could be hers, but there are others that definitely aren't!!"

For any of you who've visited Faye, notice that "hubby" can't spell "macro" either!

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02/16/2009 01:45:27 PM · #344

Interesting... and some of the images on the JWM04 webshots account also appear in the MAF04 redbubble account.

Does anyone have info on whether there really is a "Jerry" or was he made up as well? If he does exist, I wonder if he knows what Faye is up to.

Chuck

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03/04/2009 12:50:05 AM · #345

Sorry Chuck, I didn't see your question until now. I guess Jerry is real, as he's listed in the phonebook at the same address as hers, but I suspect he's not involved at all in her web-lies.

eta; hmm... the redbubble account appears to be gone.....

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Tamlin

08/13/2009 12:17:29 PM · #346

Hi there,
I'm an admin at the graphics site BioRUST.com and we've recently been hit by maf04 posting stolen images. Up until today I hadn't been aware of this woman's activities but I had my suspicions and so did some digging. We have now removed all the images she posted (over 100!) and banned her, but I just thought I'd let you know she's still up to her old tricks.

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08/13/2009 02:22:55 PM · #347

Wow. Thanks, Tamlin, for taking the time to post. And I'm glad to see that DPC played a part in helping out :)

eta; Sigh... yeah, looks like she's gotten really active now, with a bunch of new sites (I guess as she gets caught out at the old ones). Hmmm, maybe she's under house arrest and bored?

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LN13

Canon EOS-60D

08/13/2009 04:05:45 PM · #348

Originally posted by Tamlin:

I thought she died? ; - )

Tamlin

08/13/2009 04:50:32 PM · #349

Originally posted by larryslights:

I thought she died? ; - )

Maybe they buried her in the Pet Sematary...;-)

Message edited by author 2009-08-13 16:50:50.