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07/07/2011 07:46:48 PM · #26 |
how do you Google search a specific image like that?
NM, i figured it out.
Message edited by author 2011-07-07 19:50:46. |
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07/07/2011 08:50:15 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by ErinKirsten:
I ran a search on an image of mine and found it on a website with daily prayer and for that day it was talking about trust - using my stolen photo!! LOL Too much!!
Stolen Photo on Prayer Site |
What's worse is that they signed the picture "Anna". I am guessing it's for that horrendous sparkly effect, but they should not be allowed to take such a great pic and destroy it the way they have. Then to sign it to make it seem that they took that pic. I would definitely email them if I were you to have them remove that. Your picture is so much better than what they did to it!!! |
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07/07/2011 09:08:46 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by ErinKirsten:
Originally posted by tanguera:
Hmmmmm. Checked it out and your image doesn't show up for me. I get a macro of a drop on a petal, all in red. |
Me too |
Initially I saw the macro water drop on petal shot too, but a second or two later it was replaced with the mailroom.
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07/08/2011 02:47:42 AM · #29 |
Yea, I found the image using Google image search, I was actually just playing, I dragged it out of my Aperture library and dropped it in and into the search box and was surprised to find it on a number of sites.
Most of them are just personal sites or architectural blogs so that didn't bother me, some of them even credited me which I was pleased about, but this one in Greece was blatantly using it commercially.
I imagine the image was pulled from 1x rather than from here, that's probably why there's no watermark, though even if there was I'm sure it could have been easily removed.
I don't think it's particularly worth my while getting into a long drawn out fight with them, and since it's just a website I probably wouldn't get that much even if I won, so I'm just going to send them a polite email explaining that it's my image, they're using it without permission, and attach a bill. If they choose to pay, great, if not, they may at least have the courtesy to take it down and think twice before stealing other peoples images. |
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07/08/2011 03:04:17 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:
Yea, I found the image using Google image search, I was actually just playing, I dragged it out of my Aperture library and dropped it in and into the search box and was surprised to find it on a number of sites.
Most of them are just personal sites or architectural blogs so that didn't bother me, some of them even credited me which I was pleased about, but this one in Greece was blatantly using it commercially.
I imagine the image was pulled from 1x rather than from here, that's probably why there's no watermark, though even if there was I'm sure it could have been easily removed.
I don't think it's particularly worth my while getting into a long drawn out fight with them, and since it's just a website I probably wouldn't get that much even if I won, so I'm just going to send them a polite email explaining that it's my image, they're using it without permission, and attach a bill. If they choose to pay, great, if not, they may at least have the courtesy to take it down and think twice before stealing other peoples images. |
I see a Greek molotov cocktail in your future. :P
eta: that would be a flaming bottle of olive oil.
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07/08/2011 03:33:24 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
I see a Greek molotov cocktail in your future. :P
eta: that would be a flaming bottle of olive oil.
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Ha, they are an ANGRY bunch at the moment! |
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07/08/2011 06:11:24 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:
I don't think it's particularly worth my while getting into a long drawn out fight with them, and since it's just a website I probably wouldn't get that much even if I won, so I'm just going to send them a polite email explaining that it's my image, they're using it without permission, and attach a bill. If they choose to pay, great, if not, they may at least have the courtesy to take it down and think twice before stealing other peoples images. |
Iain, don't give up too easily. Bear with me on this...
One of my largest clients is Media General; I have a publishing agreement with them that 1) gives them a one-time use license to any images I turn in to them, and 2) requires them to pay for any subsequent re-use. I retain full copyright to all images shot while on assignment for them, which means that if anyone wants a copy, a print, or wants to use any image of mine, Media General must refer them to me.
And they do just that! They are zealous about protecting my rights. Why? Because they understand that they are in the intellectual property business and that if they aren't going to protect my rights, how are they going to protect their rights? They believe it's all or nothing and that we must all work together or we will all fall.
This principle of protecting a creator's intellectual property is the last card you want to play, not the first. If you have to play it, you play it hard. You raise the question of how do they expect to survive if they develop a reputation of not respecting or protecting others' rights. What are they going to say to their clients when the works they create for them are exploited by others the way they are exploiting you? When their clients realize that they may also be at risk for having incorporated stolen works? Yes, it is easy for anyone to make a mistake, especially an un-mentored, un-schooled underling who is at the bottom of the totem-pole in an organization. All the same, for anyone or any organization to succeed in any area of creating intellectual property, they ultimately must respect and protect the rights of others. |
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07/08/2011 07:03:39 AM · #33 |
Originally posted by ErinKirsten:
Originally posted by tanguera:
Hmmmmm. Checked it out and your image doesn't show up for me. I get a macro of a drop on a petal, all in red. |
Me too |
I checked it out from the Google list, and it did appear. It took a little while to load, and before it was fully loaded, it looked like a red drop on a red background. |
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07/08/2011 10:37:18 AM · #34 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by DCNUTTER:
How did you even find out about this? I ran your photo through TinEye and nothing came up. I'm curious if there is other software out there that does a similar search.
Dave |
Yeah. Google. I have an plug-in or add-on or whatever for Google Chrome that lets me right-click an image and search the internet for usages of it.
So maybe he has that...
R. |
For those looking to find the Google extension, here it is.
Message edited by author 2011-07-08 10:43:32. |
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07/08/2011 12:27:54 PM · #35 |
Actually, you don't need to waste memory on the extension...just drag the image to the search box on Google Image Search. Works like a charm, better than tineye (that never found much IMO).
The cool thing was I was able to find out where some of my stock shots were used. :) Here's one example. |
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07/08/2011 12:35:00 PM · #36 |
| A good idea if you want to try to go for damages is, before you contact them, to screenshot all the uses you find to they can't take them down later and pretend they never used your image. Keep a paper trail of everything. |
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07/08/2011 12:59:06 PM · #37 |
Oh damn... I have the house to myself this weekend, and was going to play marathon Black Ops, but now I'm finding my shots all over the place. Maybe I should send out invoices all weekend instead.
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07/08/2011 01:41:26 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by Neil:
Actually, you don't need to waste memory on the extension...just drag the image to the search box on Google Image Search. Works like a charm, better than tineye (that never found much IMO).
The cool thing was I was able to find out where some of my stock shots were used. :) Here's one example. |
I only tried the Google search for the first time when I saw this thread, but I have recently found a few of my stock photos in use through Tineye, including this book cover. I would love to buy the book, but the price of the book is probably as much as that photo has ever earned me. |
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