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08/18/2004 12:38:10 PM · #1
it's funny to see where your image might show up on the internet. are our images protected on this site and if so what can we do as a community to stop this nonsense?



Message edited by author 2004-08-19 09:33:58.
08/18/2004 12:44:04 PM · #2
About all you can do is stop posting photos online....
08/18/2004 12:46:26 PM · #3
That is an outrage! They are clearly your photographs that have been edited.
08/18/2004 12:46:44 PM · #4
the first one is just using the same idea you did..but the second one..I'd say you had reason to alert the owners of that site and let them know your image was used without permission.
08/18/2004 12:48:05 PM · #5
I don't think there is a technology remedy - to view the pictures they must be downloadable.

It seems to me that by making a complaint to the hosters of the infringed pictures would be the only practical solution.
08/18/2004 12:48:27 PM · #6
If anything I'd have been a lot more terse with the commentary to at the very least let the audience know that the poster is a hack. I'd also contact the admins of the board to alert them to the fact that this is happening.

08/18/2004 12:49:14 PM · #7
example 3


08/18/2004 12:49:22 PM · #8

I'd be pretty pissed off!
I actually am mad.
you should bring a lawsuit ASAP.
the posting is by SERP and you should contact photoshopcontest.com and tell them that those are copyright images and your bringing a lawsuit to the table.

Message edited by author 2004-08-18 12:50:26.
08/18/2004 12:49:47 PM · #9
Originally posted by frisca:

the first one is just using the same idea you did..but the second one..I'd say you had reason to alert the owners of that site and let them know your image was used without permission.

I you look closely you'll see that both images were Sean's. Man, that sux.
08/18/2004 12:50:48 PM · #10
Frisca,
I just looked very closely at the first image side by side, and it is the same shot. Just a convex mirror shot added over the gazing ball.

Message edited by author 2004-08-18 12:52:03.
08/18/2004 12:51:14 PM · #11
Originally posted by frisca:

the first one is just using the same idea you did..


no its not the same idea it is the same photo just cropped a bit and ppl added in via photoshop or something similar.
08/18/2004 12:52:47 PM · #12
example 3 also appears to be an unauthorized use of e301's photo with just the motherboard behind replaced. Its the same torn photo in both!

edit: thanks for showing me what I missed in the first example. Go get'em seanachai!

Message edited by author 2004-08-18 12:53:56.
08/18/2004 12:52:53 PM · #13
Originally posted by frisca:

the first one is just using the same idea you did..but the second one..I'd say you had reason to alert the owners of that site and let them know your image was used without permission.


Frisca – I looked at the fist photo side by side with Seanachai photo and IMO it is his photo edited. UNLESS (very very very unlikely) the picture in question was taken at the same place, reflective item placed in the exact location, cameras angle exactly the same, lighting exactly the same, and wave just alike… Look at the tree lines in the reflection and the bubbles in the water.
08/18/2004 12:53:01 PM · #14
It's interesting how the links to the originals have very little to do with the actual originals, ie your pictures. Image stealing is an unfortunate side effect of posting on the web :(
08/18/2004 12:53:09 PM · #15
Wow. People are really unbelievable! I would never even think of stealing someone's photograph and pretending it was my own for a contest. What kind of satisfaction can a stolen image possibly give you, even if it does win? That really makes me angry, and they aren't even my pictures!!

I would definitely contact the admin of that site and let them know who you are and that you can provide originals.
08/18/2004 12:55:55 PM · #16
example 4


08/18/2004 12:57:22 PM · #17
live and let live I guess :) Maybe I will have a little fun with the situation and post my own version on PSC ;)
08/18/2004 12:58:10 PM · #18
]Example 5



Looks like he visits DPC a lot.

Message edited by author 2004-08-18 13:00:27.
08/18/2004 12:58:52 PM · #19
it's the same guy stealing every image!!!
class action lawsuit?
this is no joke.
he can be sued and you SHOULD sue him!
FREAKIN' A HOLE
08/18/2004 12:59:37 PM · #20
I was just about to post and say 'so far, nothing like this has ever happened to me', and then I saw Willem's post. I'm not quite sure how I feel - the person has at least had the grace to alter my image a little, rather than completely rip it off as per Sean's hacker image.

Ed
08/18/2004 01:01:47 PM · #21
Why don't we have the codes on this site to stop this..at least no right click and saving images. I know there are other ways around this. At least to the few that don't know how to. From taking whats not theres.
08/18/2004 01:02:52 PM · #22
He is editing them to give him some credit - not copying them and posting as his.

I know it's not right but he isn't claiming to be the photographer as far as I can see.

08/18/2004 01:02:56 PM · #23
If someone stole my photo and I wasn't planning on it selling it or anything I would be happy. If it was that good to steal I would be proud.
08/18/2004 01:03:34 PM · #24
Honestly, there isn't much that can be done about this.

As another poster has stated, once you post it on the Internet, it is 'free'.

That's why, if you intend on making money from your images, you should never post very large 'print quality' versions to the web. Now, if you went into "Spencer's Gifts" or a similar shop and saw posters of your work, slightly modified, for sale then you have a case.

I am not exactly happy about this myself, by the only way to stop that from happening is to either blind everyone on the planet, a very messy and dangerous job I might add, or simply stop putting your work up onto the Internet.
08/18/2004 01:05:35 PM · #25
There are things that can be done to digitally watermark an image you feel is of monetary significance to you. For example, if you were making serious income from your photos and occasionally posted one of your money shots on DPC your could use the technology. Unfortunately it is proprietary and expensive to do so. Even more expensive is the cost involved in litigation.

If you aren't making money off your shots, and you aren't independently wealthy, it probably won't pay to bring a suit against someone using your images. For most people, a simple email expressing your wish to be credited for an image is the most practical thing you can do short of not posting images to the Internet.

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