MicrostockGroup

It looks like all the images that were included in the bundle are being pirated here
http://www.gfxtra.com/cd-dvd-stockimage/121602-photodune-stock-photos-bundle.html

here is the google complaint form
http://www.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=ts.cs&ts=1114905

that site is coming up #3 in a search for photodune bundle, so hopefully google can take them out of the searches.

So Heroturko made a great deal then. That's what happens with persons that upload to undercutting sites as PD. Serves you well. If the offspring site of HT gets blocked from Google, they transfer in 5 mins to another domain and all the registered users will know 1 sec later by email.

I started to fight against this heroturko-like sites years ago.
The whole thing is based on the file sharing sites offer. Thus, if you upload a file, it's online some time, then it's deleted. But if downloaded, remains on the server more time. The most important part is that these sites (rapidshare, hotfile, etc.) are asking money to use their service (to download files). So who uploads the files receives a few amount of money. To maintain the downloads, the content of the files are advertised on this heroturko-like sites.
To remove the content, you must complain to rapidshare, hotfile, etc. They don't say anything, they simply remove the files (archives).
To solve the problem, the one who shares the files uploads again the archive(s), in the comments posts the new links and that's it.

The problem is that file sharing sites doesn't care what's inside a shared file. They don't terminate accounts if something illegal is shared.

PD bundles are so cheap, they are not just a temptation to people with stolen credit cards. Their birthday bundle had $507 worth of files and they sold it for $20. It doesn't take a credit card thief to see the kind of opportunities for making money on this, even if people bought the bundle legitimately.

Oh and totally forgot to say ... I'll pass this on to Ibrahim (the anti-piracy guy!)

Pirated music concern only famous music artist, if you're not famous, you can not be pirated. Music artists who are not pirated are all depressing because they don't exist in the industry. The others are real musicians: they playing music on stage. I don't see any comparison with microstock and photos.

@leaf Thanks for sending this to Google as well.

Wow.  I am really impressed.  This is the first time I can ever remember staff members of any of the micros stepping in and handling a piracy issue based on a thread in this forum!  Do the other sites even HAVE a staff member dedicated to dealing with piracy?

Many thanks Ibrahim, and Collis too, for stepping up and handling this. 

Yes Yes Yes!!!! All the larger agencies should have at least one dedicated member of staff taking care of this stuff! Very impressed here.