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Copyright violations on Zazzle

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Pilens:

--- Quote from: drd on December 06, 2018, 03:36 ---Can you share how was this person selling your images? (postcard or electronic download?)

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Products such as postcards, posters, mugs, etc. - I don't think there is electronic downloads available on zazzle.

Uncle Pete:
The fact that Zazzle doesn't close him, shows they don't really care.

Hey, who's is this? Probably not his:



Edit: I might not need to remove the image, it's all over Pinterest, free wallpaper sites and blogs. If anyone has rights to this, please tell me, I'll cut the link and make it disappear.

I suppose I'm wrong about this one, on Pinterest and Wallpapers, and everywhere. So I'll ask. Does Zazzle allow Pinterest images to be sold on products? If so the supply is endless, there's no need for someone to steal from us.

Pilens:

--- Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on December 06, 2018, 11:48 ---Thanks for the heads up. I think it's clearly someone who doesn't understand - or doesn't care - that he can't sell products based on stock photos. He almost certainly didn't buy an extended license for all of those and the only way to check if he was buying a license for each new sale from whatever agency he obtained the files from would be to a copyright holder test him out to see if a new download shows up.

I didn't see anything of mine.

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--- Quote ---Does Zazzle allow Pinterest images to be sold on products?
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On Zazzle for putting up a product for sale you have to check that "I have the right to publish and sell this product without violating others' rights, and I agree to Zazzle’s User Agreement". So, no, Pinterest images wouldn't qualify. But, yes, he could have been covered by an extended license since the image in question is one of my bestsellers everywhere. It seems, however, that he didn't care to buy such license. Otherwise he would have complained against the take-down for sure.
The images he uses are from all possible sources: SS, Flickr, National Geographic,... you name it.


--- Quote ---The fact that Zazzle doesn't close him, shows they don't really care.
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Agree. At least they didn't hesitate to remove my image from his store. I was just hoping that more copyright violation complaints against him would eventually trigger a harsher action i.e. shutting down his store.

soozinz:
If these sites really did take infringement seriously then they would shut these contributors down but all they do is remove the offending image.  Surely uploading other people's work and pretending it is your own constitutes a sackable offence.

Pauws99:

--- Quote from: stockastic on December 06, 2018, 11:31 ---The guy should really get an award for the worst profile/avatar shot ever.   He looks like he just got back from a meeting with his parole officer.

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He probably was ;-)

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