MicrostockGroup

This person is allowing downloads of stock images from his website. Better check, one of yours might be there.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46415378@N05/

I am sending a copyright infringement notice to flickr now for the ear of corn on the first page. Your photo might also be distributed illegally. He states that you can download a large size image, but when you check in PS, it is not a large size...just resampled. Mine is 3x3 at 300dpi. Another I checked is 14x9 at 72dpi.

I can't understand why people do that.

Thanks for telling us cclapper.

thanks for finding this

Wow this guy has a bunch of images. He's proubably adding daily. That's the same ear of corn you had problems with before. Wonder if this was where the other person got the photo for his alteration or is it the same person? Do you know?

I also notice on the right hand side of the contributors page there is an Additional Information section. Under that is a link More Properties. If you click that, all of my metadata from the photo shows. Including my copyright. But they are still infringing on copyright by allowing others to download the image.

From the istock legal terms:

Permitted uses, section 3.(c).3:  on–line or electronic publications, including web pages to a maximum of 800 x 600 pixels for image or illustration Content or to a maximum of 640x480 for video Content;


He will be removed from there shortly, I'm sure.  Although it's likely he's selling or distributing through several other venues.

I wonder if this person even realizes that our digital camera save our EXIF information?

Good catch Cathy.  None of these are mine, but I have had this problem with Flikr in the past.  They are always pretty quick to remove them, but as you say, there should be some more severe punishment.

I just got an email back from yahoo saying the appropriate action has been taken. When I go to the page I provided a link for above, it says This Photo is Private. Oops You Don't Have Permission to View This Photo. To me, that means he has just added a password protect so I can't see it. The image is likely STILL up and STILL being offered for download to whoever he gives a password to.

I replied to yahoo saying the above, and saying they did not take the appropriate action. The photo needs to not be offered for download and I would like proof that that has happened.

Could I ask a favor... can someone go check that link again and see what it says for you? Would appreciate it. Thanks.

Thanks Donding, that's what it says for me too.

Thanks for posting that, jsolie. I found the thread on IS and yes indeed it is the same person. I emailed compliance at IS and as I was typing the email, the message on the flickr contributor's site changed from oops the photo is private to The photo has been deleted. I am hoping that IS was on the case, too, and the combination has indeed shut this person down.

Whoever says we should just sit back and accept this as a fact of microstock life...I say "not on my watch!"

 Hi All,

 I found our images being resold by another party on Flickr for wall paper. They even changed one shot just a little bit by adding some window blinds. Photo is of my two dogs laying on my couch in my living room, so I am pretty positive it is mine. Found it through Tin Eye.

Best,
Jonathan

I found one of mine on Flickr also.  Although it is very small, it is available for download.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34284761@N04/4247758987/?addedcomment=1#comment72157623240283762

Uploaded by a University (The University of Montana Western).