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« on: March 20, 2022, 08:44 »
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Hi,
I saw several of my images stolen by theses contributors :
https://www.shutterstock.com/g/urvana
https://www.shutterstock.com/g/bosphorus_tr
https://www.shutterstock.com/g/nurcer

Check for your images ...


« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2022, 11:19 »
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Thanks for pointing these bizarre portfolios out - I say bizarre as they're such a mixture of styles and subjects it beggars belief that these came from one person. And for bosphorus_tr, we have such glories as "Marry Chrismas" on a seasonal image and "Election Day - The third of the November -" (and it was in 2020 that it was November 3rd). There are white gaps on the edges of some of the composites; squished birds; sideways clouds - even if this stuff wasn't stolen, lots of it should never have been accepted!

I didn't find anything of mine, but did you report the ones of yours to Shutterstock compliance?

Uncle Pete

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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2022, 12:23 »
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This is from bosphorus_tr  :o


Marry christmas design tree vector illustration and balloons.


« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2022, 16:43 »
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This is from bosphorus_tr  :o


Marry christmas design tree vector illustration and balloons.
Lol. What a joke.
Love it how the Shutterstock watermark blends in perfectly.
Marry Shutterstock, Christmas!

Brasilnut

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« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2022, 04:02 »
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I saw several of my images stolen by theses contributors :

Nice you saw several. I see 100s of stolen portfolios still operating.

« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2022, 04:03 »
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What's wrong with this image? I wouldn't upload anything better for the $0.10 they pay...

« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2022, 06:06 »
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You can see how initially they start out with "original" ideas like this:



And then they're like: "why doesn't this sell?" before resorting to stealing images and crudely stitching some images together in Photoshop.


« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2022, 08:24 »
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This thread is like seeing an ex dealing drugs in a parking lot.

Makes me glad I left, but also ticks me off that they're still getting away with stuff.

« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2022, 08:38 »
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« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2022, 14:07 »
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I didn't find anything of mine, but did you report the ones of yours to Shutterstock compliance?

Yes, I did it today.
Apparently they make very poor collages with differents images including mines.
I don't spend time to search for stolen images (too depressive), but I find without searching... here I was looking of the keywords of one of my image on the shutterstock page and I saw the stolen images in the similar images.


« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2022, 09:42 »
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Again,

A portfolio full of stolen images. I saw 2 of mine, reported to Shutterstock.

https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Silverszay

Check for yours ...

« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2022, 10:04 »
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This portfolio is also full of stolen images. Many of them are mirrored.
Since I am not affected, I unfortunately cannot report this to shutterstock.

https://www.shutterstock.com/de/g/nguyen+thi+phuong+dieu

Uncle Pete

  • Great Place by a Great Lake - My Home Port
« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2022, 12:35 »
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Again,

A portfolio full of stolen images. I saw 2 of mine, reported to Shutterstock.

https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Silverszay

Check for yours ...

They started with three images and then the rest are probably all stolen. Here's image #1 "Joe Biden's homeland. Rivers in the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia"  :o

The Sunflower images look like AI.


 

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