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ribtoks

  • Founder of Xpiks
« on: June 28, 2023, 00:51 »
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Do you write to support?
Do you use any legal service?

Curious about takedown procedures you have experience with


« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2023, 08:20 »
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I have written to various site's legal compliance people when I have found my images in someone else's portfolio. Most sites take care of the problem although some - Shutterstock, I'm looking at you - are unbelievably slow. In a couple of Shutterstock cases, twitter-shaming got them unstuck after a long wait with no action.

DMCA takedown notices also work, but they're a pain to do and so that's only if there are no other options - FAA has a Shutterstock collection and had one of my images in it. I wrote to FAA in October 2020 to ask them to take it down as my SS account was closed 6 months earlier (SS has 90 days to remove from partner sites). FAA wrote back and told me to submit a DMCA takedown notice, and it was eventually removed.

ribtoks

  • Founder of Xpiks
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2023, 23:38 »
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DMCA takedown notices also work, but they're a pain to do and so that's only if there are no other options

How do you send them? Do you need a lawyer or you can do it yourself?

BTW, thank you a lot for your response!

« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2023, 23:43 »
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« Last Edit: June 29, 2023, 07:59 by Jo Ann Snover »

ribtoks

  • Founder of Xpiks
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2023, 13:32 »
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I summarised all the information I found in this new blogpost https://xpiksapp.com/blog/stolen-stock-photos/ - How to find stolen photos and what to do about it


 

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