Author Topic: A Thief on Fotolia (Read 8996 times)

Michael Lancaster · « **on:** June 10, 2010, 02:49 »

The user imaginative (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
Using http://www.graphixshare.com/photoshop/52559-stage-design.html

Another one
http://www.fotolia.com/id/19809967
Using the Earth from 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
The background
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

Microbius · « **Reply #1 on:** June 10, 2010, 04:51 »

Dirty. You need to let all the sites involved and the user who has been stolen from know ASAP

robggs · « **Reply #2 on:** June 10, 2010, 06:42 »

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.

Danicek · « **Reply #3 on:** June 10, 2010, 06:45 »

Quote from: robggs on June 10, 2010, 06:42

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.

Microbius · « **Reply #4 on:** June 10, 2010, 08:40 »

check out the aeroplane, if you zoom in on the cockpit you'll see that the shadows fall identically. Definitely the same image.

Microbius · « **Reply #5 on:** June 10, 2010, 08:45 »

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.

click_click · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2010, 10:34 »

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.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2010, 10:37 »

I just wonder why doing this but ok...!

click_click · « **Reply #8 on:** June 10, 2010, 10:53 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 10, 2010, 10:37

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.