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some russian guy has entire portfolio of stolen images... lol.

For an image as obvious as Scott Maxwells it makes you wonder how . it ever got past the reviewer.

I presume you've informed FT about this.

of course.

I've sent a message to Scott (lumaxart3d) about this so if he hasn't already done so he can conatct Fotolia.

It's the same name as is on the DT account, Pavel Andriyanov. Did Fotolia act faster and take this stuff down already? I can't access the image by the number Chode posted. If so, I'm glad to see they've jumped right on it.

Ummm.... I can't say for all the sites but the majority of them certainly know who the submitter is.

It appears tha Zillman98 is also masquerading as his own referred member, muhamed2525 on DT. Here is yet aother matchup. There are many more

Shutterstock version, believed to be the original artist

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-10207735-shiny-light-bulb.html

DT version, under user Muhamed2525

http://www.dreamstime.com/3d-blue-bulbs-image4828302

Looks like the DT people will be cleanup up quite the sh$tstorm on Monday.

No responses from DT at this moment. I think on weekends they just do some server babysitting and that may be all. But I have written at least a half dozen, and have even provided links to what I truly perceive to be the original artists - that is the links from Shutterstock and istock, which point to a variety of user names that have been hit. Others have written as well, so they may be in for quite a surprise on Monday morning.

I did check BigStock and StockXpert using the microphone shot (against the lights) and Scott's trophy guy. The thief changes the keywords, but even using the ones he used at DT, I can't find either of those images.

I didn't check iStock as I figured their upload limits would be discouraging to someone trying to make a quick buck.

But Scott's gold guy with a trophy isn't in the portfolio you pointed to - did they just take down that one image after Chode notified them?

The oscar statue render is available elsewhere, not just at SS, so it still doesn't prove where the thief obtained the images.

I think it may have come down quickly. The DT people just an weekend vacation is all  

On FO, they seem to work weekends as I recall getting image appvals there on Sat/Sun.

Well this has been quite an education for all of us. I wish I had the time and energy to notify all the individual artists, but I don't today as I have some "real" work to do. If any of the infringed are known to you, please notify them. Lumaxrt2d already vocal on the DT board, but there are many still unsuspecting at this point about the ripping of their images.

If you have anymore "finds" good to post them.

I will inform on any replies I get from DT, or on my banishment from the service. I may have hit a big giant nerve there with my Anyar Admin query, since it was quite direct and to the point.

If any of you find threads on any of these sites pertaining to this subject, would you please be so kind as to post them here? I cannot find any and I'm EXTREMELY curious to see how the individual sites "deal" with the posts. If they close them or punish any of the "posters", this might lend credibility to the "insider" speculations.

THX