Umm possible stolen photo used by Apple??

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

02/24/2012 09:42:42 AM · #1

I am not sure, is this illegal??? lol

linky

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/24/2012 09:50:54 AM · #2

Originally posted by JulietNN:

I am not sure, is this illegal??? lol

linky

I don't think it was used by Apple, but the app developers, who may need to get their weenies whacked.

Cuttooth

Canon EOS R

02/24/2012 09:52:36 AM · #3

wow, yeah. the developers of that app are the ones that swiped your shot.

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

02/24/2012 09:55:54 AM · #4

Well, they are very naughty

^ naughty people!

02/24/2012 10:02:07 AM · #5

Originally posted by JulietNN:

Well, they are very naughty

^ naughty people!

You need to bill them for use.

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

02/24/2012 10:02:37 AM · #6

Originally posted by Chinarosepetal:

Originally posted by JulietNN:
Well, they are very naughty

^ naughty people!

You need to bill them for use.

Edit: Take a screen shot first!

Denielle

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

02/24/2012 10:04:42 AM · #7

Originally posted by Chinarosepetal:

Originally posted by Chinarosepetal:

Originally posted by JulietNN:
Well, they are very naughty

^ naughty people!

You need to bill them for use.

Edit: Take a screen shot first!

I second that!

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

02/24/2012 10:09:11 AM · #8

I just did that, along with 10 other pages , this is stunningly weird. I have found some of my other surfing shots, published in newspapers, advertising agency's, a gaming website, 1 of them in a medium hard core website.

And it would appear that 1X is the place they are getting them from, 7 out of 10 have the 1x logo on them , which at least still has my name on them

Denielle

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

02/24/2012 10:16:17 AM · #9

Originally posted by JulietNN:

All I can hear is...

"I'm in the money... I'm in the money"

I can't believe that you haven't received credit for your shots... and an ADVERTISING AGENCY!!! REALLY?

Thievery is everywhere. Good luck with getting them to pay. Your shots are amazing, it's not wonder the ~~used~~ stole them

02/24/2012 10:19:21 AM · #10

If you want to smack them, you need to do a few things first.

You might be able to turn them into a customer if you go about it the right way. Of course, if they don't play along, you can switch to hardass mode.

If you just want to kick them in their dangly parts:

Send them a certified letter containing an invoice for the infringement. (Be generous to yourself, they've already agreed to pay you by using the image, now you get to tell them how much they spent.)

You need to send out a DMCA takedown notice. Here's the basics of how

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

02/24/2012 10:28:47 AM · #11

Well, I was going to send them a letter, but even though they are in teh Apple store, all over Mac News and CNET, there is nothing in the way of contact info bar a drop box

I don't mind people that take the photos and use them when it is credited to me or back to me for non commercial use, but after my last client stole her photos and removed all watermarks and then proceed to Twitter and FB about how she took her own photos and edited them and then tell everyone she was going to use them for her upcoming CD and pro photos, and then proceed to never EVER pay me and then state on FB that I stole my own pictures and concept, forgered her signature on my Model Release and then go ahead and forge it onto a new contract and then proceed to write a long email as to explain why I am a c***.

I am a little upset, with my own policy lol

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

02/24/2012 10:34:18 AM · #12

Wow. Some people.

This appears to be the company:

//creativeappdev.com/

And there's a contact form.

02/24/2012 10:54:43 AM · #13

their whois returns

Registration Service Provided By: DOMAIN NAMES REGISTRAR REG.RU LTD.
Domain Name: CREATIVEAPPDEV.COM

Registrant:
PrivacyProtect.org
Domain Admin (contact@privacyprotect.org)
ID#10760, PO Box 16
Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit Privacyprotect.org
Nobby Beach
null,QLD 4218
AU
Tel. +45.36946676

Creation Date: 20-Oct-2011
Expiration Date: 20-Oct-2012

Domain servers in listed order:
ns2.majordomo.ru
ns3.majordomo.ru
ns.majordomo.ru

Which shows they're using an intermediary to protect themselves against spam. privacyprotect.org does have both a "Contact Domain Owner" and a "Report Abuse" forms on their page. You might start there. If you report abuse to privacy protect, they should provide you with proper contact information for the app developers.

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM

02/24/2012 11:01:48 AM · #14

As above^^^ go to www.privacyprotect.org

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

02/24/2012 11:08:01 AM · #15

the FIRST thing you want to do is REGISTER YOUR IMAGES WITH THE US COPYRIGHT OFFICE

seriously. you can get them to take it down, you can bill them, you can scream and holler, rant and rave, but if you want teeth and want to collect real money, you have registered your images. it's not a big deal, it really doesn't cost that much. all it takes is putting that process into your workflow. there are plenty of threads here on the topic and the US Copyright Office has a ton of resources online. you can't really expect others to respect your property rights if you aren't going to protect them yourself (and that means going all the way, not just putting on a watermark...)

bummer that it happened, hope you can make this work out for you.

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

02/24/2012 11:18:20 AM · #16

Off to register everything I can think off, thanks guys!

And geesh Australia, well least it is not Russia or Thailand this time =| Thanks for finding that Spork!!

Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Canon

02/24/2012 11:22:37 AM · #17

Originally posted by JulietNN:

Off to register everything I can think off, thanks guys!

And geesh Australia, well least it is not Russia or Thailand this time =| Thanks for finding that Spork!!

Privacy Protect is in Australia, Creative Apps isn't necessarily based there :)

NeVeRyn

Canon EOS-40D

02/24/2012 11:34:25 AM · #18

Try a little creative googling... Linky

spiritualspatula

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

02/24/2012 11:35:34 AM · #19

Am I the only one that noticed what the text said?

"Add new functionality to your existing standart Ipad 2 camera with our app!"

GREAT JOB GUYS!

ETA:
Ohh it gets better if you scroll over!

"Now you have all functional of professional cameras in you device."

Message edited by author 2012-02-24 11:36:42.

PHOTOKID

02/24/2012 11:36:24 AM · #20

Be Sure also to grab Screen shots of the infringment, so when they take it down to cover it up you still have the evidence =)

Good Luck!

02/24/2012 11:59:44 AM · #21

Originally posted by JulietNN:

Off to register everything I can think off, thanks guys!

And geesh Australia, well least it is not Russia or Thailand this time =| Thanks for finding that Spork!!

If you look, their servers are Russian, hence the .ru