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« on: November 11, 2011, 05:25 »
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I've found one of my photos on this page http://desmotivaciones.es/2742321/Quien-nunca-lo-haya-deseado
Obviously it's been stolen: I've sent them an e-mail but they've ignored me, so what should I do now?


« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2011, 06:30 »
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Contact support at 123RF and ask them to contact the blogger.

« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2011, 07:01 »
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Put some comment on his facebook about the theft

« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2011, 12:16 »
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Your photo has been ripped by someone else who created that "illustration" that this blogger posted.

You can do a Google Image search for your image and see that several web sites posted that image of yours.

At this point I would let 123RF handle it since their logo is on it. Otherwise you are going to spend the next few weeks writing DMCA claims to all those web sites.

« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2011, 15:28 »
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Your photo has been ripped by someone else who created that "illustration" that this blogger posted.

You can do a Google Image search for your image and see that several web sites posted that image of yours.

At this point I would let 123RF handle it since their logo is on it. Otherwise you are going to spend the next few weeks writing DMCA claims to all those web sites.

Ok, thanks for your advice

fritz

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« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2011, 18:29 »
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I also found one of my images(not for the first time) on the web stolen from iStock with logo on it
Emailed to site nothing  emailed to iStock nothing .At the end I gave up. If agencies don't care and doing nothing I'm not in position to do anything.
Best

« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2011, 18:50 »
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I also found one of my images(not for the first time) on the web stolen from iStock with logo on it
Emailed to site nothing  emailed to iStock nothing .At the end I gave up. If agencies don't care and doing nothing I'm not in position to do anything.
Best

Google for "WHOIS" in order to find out who is hosting the web site in question.

In most cases the web host is the one listed under DNS servers.

Write to them with a DMCA claim. No web host in the western world lets anyone get away with copyright infringement, so the web hosts will act on that.

fritz

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« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2011, 19:47 »
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I also found one of my images(not for the first time) on the web stolen from iStock with logo on it
Emailed to site nothing  emailed to iStock nothing .At the end I gave up. If agencies don't care and doing nothing I'm not in position to do anything.
Best


Google for "WHOIS" in order to find out who is hosting the web site in question.

In most cases the web host is the one listed under DNS servers.

Write to them with a DMCA claim. No web host in the western world lets anyone get away with copyright infringement, so the web hosts will act on that.

I did. The problem is that's the web host  is in India.The arrogant respond from the site was " Who the fuc@ are you"
They don't have any clue about  copyright infringement or..........
Here is the site http://www.visasolution4u.com/international_tour.html

« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2011, 20:12 »
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I get these name servers:

   Name Server: NS3.JINFO.NET
   Name Server: NS4.JINFO.NET

According to: http://cdn.who.is/whois/jinfo.net/

the server is actually located in the US:
IP: 207.58.185.196
IP Location: Mc Lean, United States

However, I wouldn't lose much sleepless nights over this. It doesn't make it right, but it's a low res image and if a DMCA claim to the hosting company doesn't help there is not much left you can do.

Either hire (and pay) for a lawyer to go after them and/or goto forums and boards and blast them about how ignorant are about copyright.

That's about it. It sucks. Sorry to see this happen to you.

« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2011, 20:18 »
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At this point I would let 123RF handle it since their logo is on it.

Are you sure they will put effort into this... (that would be the right thing to do but...)

For them (123RF), it's FREE ADVERTISING...

« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2011, 20:26 »
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I don't know if I missed something but the watermark is from iStock... ???

123RF usually responds to things like that but they don't have much more leverage either unless they hired an attorney in the jurisdiction of the copyright infringement.

« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2011, 21:33 »
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I don't know if I missed something but the watermark is from iStock... ???

123RF usually responds to things like that but they don't have much more leverage either unless they hired an attorney in the jurisdiction of the copyright infringement.


Yes you must have missed the original thread creator claim :) Which is asking what to do and show a 123RF watermark. Was in reference to this didn't read the full thread up to the end :P

I've found one of my photos on this page http://desmotivaciones.es/2742321/Quien-nunca-lo-haya-deseado
Obviously it's been stolen: I've sent them an e-mail but they've ignored me, so what should I do now?

« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2011, 21:39 »
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Ha, Alex got me derailed and I didn't even notice it. I thought I saw an image with the 123RF logo on it but was thrown off when the IS pic came up.  ;D

« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2011, 04:38 »
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Anyway, this isn't the first stolen image I've found; in the other cases I wrote to the admin of the site (mostly blogs) and they've removed the picture. This is the first time that I get no response and that's pissing me off.
I've contacted 123RF admins and I'm waiting for an answer.

Microbius

« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2011, 06:12 »
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I also found one of my images(not for the first time) on the web stolen from iStock with logo on it
Emailed to site nothing  emailed to iStock nothing .At the end I gave up. If agencies don't care and doing nothing I'm not in position to do anything.
Best


Google for "WHOIS" in order to find out who is hosting the web site in question.

In most cases the web host is the one listed under DNS servers.

Write to them with a DMCA claim. No web host in the western world lets anyone get away with copyright infringement, so the web hosts will act on that.

I did. The problem is that's the web host  is in India.The arrogant respond from the site was " Who the fuc@ are you"
They don't have any clue about  copyright infringement or..........
Here is the site http://www.visasolution4u.com/international_tour.html


There's no point writing to the website owner in most cases. It's worth a go but if you get no joy you need to DMCA Ad providers, webhosts etc.
It really takes next to no time, just look up a guide online.
You need to make sure its a correctly phrased official DMCA and don't forget it doesn't go to the company owning the website, but to their host

« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2011, 07:30 »
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Anyway, this isn't the first stolen image I've found; in the other cases I wrote to the admin of the site (mostly blogs) and they've removed the picture. This is the first time that I get no response and that's pissing me off.
I've contacted 123RF admins and I'm waiting for an answer.

I suspect that sites are getting more and more DMCAs, as all the tens of thousands of contributors start finding their work stolen, and it's creating more and more work and more and more hassles for them, hence the attitude. They don't really care that the stuff is stolen, they just want to keep making their money.

« Reply #16 on: November 12, 2011, 07:58 »
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Anyway, this isn't the first stolen image I've found; in the other cases I wrote to the admin of the site (mostly blogs) and they've removed the picture. This is the first time that I get no response and that's pissing me off.
I've contacted 123RF admins and I'm waiting for an answer.

I suspect that sites are getting more and more DMCAs, as all the tens of thousands of contributors start finding their work stolen, and it's creating more and more work and more and more hassles for them, hence the attitude. They don't really care that the stuff is stolen, they just want to keep making their money.

Any websites that respects themselves would not put a watermarked image on their website... It's plain stupid if you can ask me, plus it doesn't look good... Funny how people can't spend 1$ (for most cases) to get a very low res web image!


 

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