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Agency Based Discussion => Adobe Stock => Topic started by: Peter on March 24, 2009, 10:24

Title: another thief or what?
Post by: Peter on March 24, 2009, 10:24

original
(http://i41.tinypic.com/2nm0meg.jpg)

http://eu.fotolia.com/id/5908618

possible thief?
(http://i41.tinypic.com/21m8box.jpg)

http://eu.fotolia.com/id/6593046

Title: Re: another thief or what?
Post by: vonkara on March 24, 2009, 10:30

LOL He could not choose a more popular and evident image. ::) At least he should use the image in a photoshop creation or something. Does this only happen at Fotolia or I didn't followed correctly ?

Title: Re: another thief or what?
Post by: snaprender on March 24, 2009, 10:50

Actually after taking a quick peak at their portfolios...it looks to be the other way around.  Fox17 has many photo's with the sliced fruit stacked in his portfolio and the other guy only has the one shot.  Kinda hard to tell who the theif really is.  The numbers of the photo's could easily mean that Fox17 just had not started uploading to Fotolia yet.

Title: Re: another thief or what?
Post by: rimglow on March 24, 2009, 11:50

TinEye turns up 12 hits. Seems to have been used a lot.

Title: Re: another thief or what?
Post by: vonkara on March 24, 2009, 11:55

Quote from: snaprender on March 24, 2009, 10:50

Actually after taking a quick peak at their portfolios...it looks to be the other way around.  Fox17 has many photo's with the sliced fruit stacked in his portfolio and the other guy only has the one shot.  Kinda hard to tell who the theif really is.  The numbers of the photo's could easily mean that Fox17 just had not started uploading to Fotolia yet.

True, and the other guy (Arash Sabbagh) have only 31 images in his portfolio

Title: Re: another thief or what?
Post by: cmcderm1 on March 24, 2009, 12:07

This image isn't just similar, it's exactly the same image.  Copying ideas is one thing, but this is something else entirely.

Lower ID# wins.

Title: Re: another thief or what?
Post by: tan510jomast on March 24, 2009, 12:17

unless it's the same person trying to get a whole new account. and forgot he's already submitted this one.  or trying to be an affliate to himself.
(just thinking out of the box for the obvious. it's just that if it's theft, why do it in the same site. that would be idiocy ).

Title: Re: another thief or what?
Post by: digiology on March 24, 2009, 12:25

Nobody said the photo was similar. It's obvious it's the same image.

Regardless of lower id# I have to agree with snaprender. The second guys port look much more credible to me also.