Author Topic: Thief on iStock (Read 6755 times)

Hannafate · « **on:** May 17, 2017, 07:55 »

http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/laxer28?excludenudity=false&sort=best

check for yours.

These are mostly from Pixabay.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #1 on:** May 17, 2017, 08:14 »

Why does IS put that horrendous gradient over every image ( on my phone )?

Karen · « **Reply #2 on:** May 18, 2017, 03:30 »

Quote from: Hannafate on May 17, 2017, 07:55

http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/laxer28?excludenudity=false&sort=best
check for yours.

Why iStock allows such thing?

Thanks for finding this thief! Did you report it to iStock / Getty?

ShadySue · « **Reply #3 on:** May 18, 2017, 04:07 »

Quote from: Karen on May 18, 2017, 03:30

Quote from: Hannafate on May 17, 2017, 07:55
http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/laxer28?excludenudity=false&sort=best
check for yours.

Why iStock allows such thing?
Thanks for finding this thief! Did you report it to iStock / Getty?

Presumably because like SS, FT and others reported in image sleuth from time to time, they don't want to pay the premium on inspectors' time to do an extensive reverse image search on each submitted image. Or to pay for the technology to make it near-instantaneous. Bear in mind that suppliers are only a necessary inconvenience.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2017, 06:00 »

Quote from: ShadySue on May 18, 2017, 04:07

Quote from: Karen on May 18, 2017, 03:30
Quote from: Hannafate on May 17, 2017, 07:55
http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/laxer28?excludenudity=false&sort=best
check for yours.

Why iStock allows such thing?
Thanks for finding this thief! Did you report it to iStock / Getty?

Presumably because like SS, FT and others reported in image sleuth from time to time, they don't want to pay the premium on inspectors' time to do an extensive reverse image search on each submitted image. Or to pay for the technology to make it near-instantaneous. Bear in mind that suppliers are only a necessary inconvenience.

Indeed you would think it would be very easy to search for duplicate images these days. In the end it doesn't really cost them as they don't bear the cost. In a fairer world we would be suing them for negligence.