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06/25/2012 06:45:39 PM · #1 |
No one loves DQ's, especially when we think there's nothing wrong in one of our images.
I got a bitter DQ in the Lego challenge... I was really disappointed (I had got my first blue) but I accepted it. IMO Site Council always tries to do his best.
Perhaps in Worth1000 they don't do the same. This is a message they sent to me a couple of days ago:
Hi alexkc,
Your entry,'Top of the world' in the 'House in the Shadows' contest has been disqualified for the following reason(s):
Your entry contains material that you didn't have the legal right to use. It's your responsibility to determine if your source images are copyrighted, and you must ask for the permission of the copyright holder to use the image BEFORE submitting it to a contest. You must post a copyright release statement in your Author's Comments. (e.g. "I have permission to use this copyrighted image")
//500px.com/photo/8520294
My submission was this one:
My DPC entry:
Not a difficult find, on 500px my nickname is alexkc, exactly the same of my Worth1000 account.
I sent them a message a couple of days ago but they didn't answer...
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06/25/2012 06:50:31 PM · #2 |
Lemme make sure I have this straight... they DQ'd you when they found your source image on DPC or 500px, and thought it was someone else that you had stolen an image from? Sheesh!
Message edited by author 2012-06-25 18:51:19.
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06/25/2012 06:51:58 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Lemme make sure I have this straight... they DQ'd you when they found your source image on DPC or 500px, and thought it was someone else that you had stolen an image from? Sheesh! |
Yes :/
They found it on 500px
Message edited by author 2012-06-25 18:52:33. |
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06/25/2012 07:00:21 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Alexkc:
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Lemme make sure I have this straight... they DQ'd you when they found your source image on DPC or 500px, and thought it was someone else that you had stolen an image from? Sheesh! |
Yes :/
They found it on 500px |
Do have original photos of the balloon and structure as well?
Dave |
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06/25/2012 07:02:17 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by DCNUTTER:
Originally posted by Alexkc:
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Lemme make sure I have this straight... they DQ'd you when they found your source image on DPC or 500px, and thought it was someone else that you had stolen an image from? Sheesh! |
Yes :/
They found it on 500px |
Do have original photos of the balloon and structure as well?
Dave |
The structure was the theme of the contest (people had to use it) and the balloon was a stock photo. But they specified I used the image they found on 500px (my photo) |
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06/25/2012 07:06:26 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Alexkc:
Originally posted by DCNUTTER:
Originally posted by Alexkc:
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Lemme make sure I have this straight... they DQ'd you when they found your source image on DPC or 500px, and thought it was someone else that you had stolen an image from? Sheesh! |
Yes :/
They found it on 500px |
Do have original photos of the balloon and structure as well?
Dave |
The structure was the theme of the contest (people had to use it) and the balloon was a stock photo. But they specified I used the image they found on 500px (my photo) |
Ahh, I see. Well, they certainly should reconsider the DQ and let your image stand. Very cool BTW. |
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06/25/2012 07:08:50 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by DCNUTTER:
Originally posted by Alexkc:
Originally posted by DCNUTTER:
Originally posted by Alexkc:
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Lemme make sure I have this straight... they DQ'd you when they found your source image on DPC or 500px, and thought it was someone else that you had stolen an image from? Sheesh! |
Yes :/
They found it on 500px |
Do have original photos of the balloon and structure as well?
Dave |
The structure was the theme of the contest (people had to use it) and the balloon was a stock photo. But they specified I used the image they found on 500px (my photo) |
Ahh, I see. Well, they certainly should reconsider the DQ and let your image stand. Very cool BTW. |
Thank you.
Unfortunately they DQ'd me before the beginning... it was late at night here in Italy so I didn't have the chance to tell them the image was mine :) |
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06/25/2012 07:24:13 PM · #8 |
That's hilarious. Apparently it's important to include a release in your notes releasing yourself to use your own image in their challenges?
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06/25/2012 07:31:10 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
That's hilarious. Apparently it's important to include a release in your notes releasing yourself to use your own image in their challenges? |
That's not written in the rules, but next time I'll do it. |
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06/25/2012 07:59:57 PM · #10 |
| That IS funny, and also a bit reassuring that they check for that sort of thing, even if they're a bit retarded about what they find! |
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06/25/2012 08:43:23 PM · #11 |
| are you sure they are talking about the landscape and not the balloons? As a stock photographer I would want a website like that to double check entries and make sure they have purchased the stock photos before using them in a challenge. Not that I am saying you stole the balloon photo, but many people do and think it is okay. If this is the case I am glad they check images and DQ them if it is not their own. Either way sorry about the DQ it was a great image. |
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06/25/2012 08:46:25 PM · #12 |
omg that sux....sounds like something that would happen to me
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06/25/2012 09:09:57 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by sjhuls:
are you sure they are talking about the landscape and not the balloons? |
They specifically referenced his image, as hosted at 500px, in the DQ notice he posted in the OP.
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06/26/2012 02:08:33 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by sjhuls:
are you sure they are talking about the landscape and not the balloons? |
They specifically referenced his image, as hosted at 500px, in the DQ notice he posted in the OP. |
Yes, that's the point. In any case the balloon photo was a free stock image. I am extremely careful about it :) |
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06/26/2012 06:02:28 AM · #15 |
bummer, but whilst you know it is your image (as do we) maybe if you had followed the 'rule' below this wouldn't have happened?
You must post a copyright release statement in your Author's Comments. (e.g. "I have permission to use this copyrighted image")
Seem a bit silly but they obviously didn't even take note of the name of the photographer at 500.
Ho hum and ftr I prefer the original :)
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06/26/2012 01:20:44 PM · #16 |
What a strange looking house. No wonder it was a challenge to include it in your picture!
With the way they'd stated their rule, one would think they would confer with you before just DQ'ing your entry - who would think they needed permission to use their own work.
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06/26/2012 02:53:50 PM · #17 |
| Ouch, that sucks! I had the opposite problem in 2006. |
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06/26/2012 03:03:44 PM · #18 |
| I've got to wonder how they actually found your source image. Is there a search engine that finds "similar" looking pictures? |
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06/26/2012 03:15:09 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by JamesDowning:
I've got to wonder how they actually found your source image. Is there a search engine that finds "similar" looking pictures? |
tineye.com can be pretty good though wont find all images. |
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06/26/2012 03:17:13 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by JamesDowning:
I've got to wonder how they actually found your source image. Is there a search engine that finds "similar" looking pictures? |
Yes.
//www.tineye.com/
And Google Images - just click on the camera icon.
//images.google.com/ |
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06/26/2012 03:53:50 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Originally posted by JamesDowning:
I've got to wonder how they actually found your source image. Is there a search engine that finds "similar" looking pictures? |
Yes.
//www.tineye.com/
And Google Images - just click on the camera icon.
//images.google.com/ |
I searched on Google and it worked... probably they have done the same thing. |
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