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Agency Based Discussion => Adobe Stock => Topic started by: Michael Lancaster on June 10, 2010, 02:49
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The user imaginative (http://www.fotolia.com/p/201548690 (http://www.fotolia.com/p/201548690)) is a blatant thief.
He stolen images from other sites and used them in his work.
This is his latest:
http://www.fotolia.com/Content/Comp/21766208 (http://www.fotolia.com/Content/Comp/21766208)
Using http://www.graphixshare.com/photoshop/52559-stage-design.html (http://www.graphixshare.com/photoshop/52559-stage-design.html)
Another one
http://www.fotolia.com/id/19809967 (http://www.fotolia.com/id/19809967)
Using the Earth from http://www.fotolia.com/id/10125840 (http://www.fotolia.com/id/10125840)
Latest he was stealing a plane from another user and combined with a background
The cached picture
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gsd3cwCry_MJ:www.fotolia.com/id/21678252+http://www.fotolia.com/id/21678252&cd=1&hl=sv&ct=clnk&gl=se (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gsd3cwCry_MJ:www.fotolia.com/id/21678252+http://www.fotolia.com/id/21678252&cd=1&hl=sv&ct=clnk&gl=se)
The background
http://wallcoo.com/nature/blue_sky_white_clound/wallpapers/1024x768/%5Bwallcoo_com%5D_blue_sky_white_clound_004hth.jpg (http://wallcoo.com/nature/blue_sky_white_clound/wallpapers/1024x768/%5Bwallcoo_com%5D_blue_sky_white_clound_004hth.jpg)
The airplane
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-3744315-airplane-above-the-clouds.php (http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-3744315-airplane-above-the-clouds.php)
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Dirty. You need to let all the sites involved and the user who has been stolen from know ASAP
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They do look very similar. However there are alot of stock images out there and it could be pure coincidence. The world will look the same no matter how you draw it.
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They do look very similar. However there are alot of stock images out there and it could be pure coincidence. The world will look the same no matter how you draw it.
I doubt that. They look identical to me. Probability of that is close to zero.
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check out the aeroplane, if you zoom in on the cockpit you'll see that the shadows fall identically. Definitely the same image.
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just checked the globe too, look at where the continents terminate at the edge of the globe and combine that with the fact the Atlantic has been shrunk by the same amount in both images (often used trick so that you can see more of the land mass). No way on earth (pardon the pun) that those aren't from the same image.
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Obvious case - OP, please inform any copyright holders about this. They will have to put in a claim.
Fotolia requires now a DMCA notice so you can't even complain on behalf of someone else.
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I just wonder why doing this but ok...!
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I just wonder why doing this but ok...!
Easy money.
I've found images of mine in someone else's illustrations and they've been doing it for over 3 years at the time.
Compared to my earnings over the years I could make a rough estimate of how much they approximately earned which sometimes was over $10.000.
So making $10.000 without actually having to produce the images or the source images is just a short-cut "to wealth" - LOL.
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Easy money.
I was going to go with talentless hacks, but your explanation is probably better.
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I was going to go with talentless hacks, but your explanation is probably better.
Still true though. Just add it to the list.