Author Topic: images stolen on shutterstock (Read 2843 times)

palagarde · « **on:** March 20, 2022, 08:44 »

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 ...

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #1 on:** March 20, 2022, 11:19 »

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 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 20, 2022, 12:23 »

This is from bosphorus_tr

Marry christmas design tree vector illustration and balloons.

Roscoe · « **Reply #3 on:** March 20, 2022, 16:43 »

Quote from: Uncle Pete on March 20, 2022, 12:23

This is from bosphorus_tr

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 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2022, 04:02 »

Quote from: palagarde on March 20, 2022, 08:44

I saw several of my images stolen by theses contributors :

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

Digital · « **Reply #5 on:** March 21, 2022, 04:03 »

What's wrong with this image? I wouldn't upload anything better for the $0.10 they pay...

Noedelhap · « **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2022, 06:06 »

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.

Artist · « **Reply #7 on:** March 21, 2022, 06:24 »

and SS approving this

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/ilustration-graphic-vector-balckgold-moon-2137525557

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

Hannafate · « **Reply #8 on:** March 21, 2022, 08:24 »

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.

thx9000 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 21, 2022, 08:38 »

Quote from: Artist on March 21, 2022, 06:24

and SS approving this

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/ilustration-graphic-vector-balckgold-moon-2137525557

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

"Ilustration" and "Balckgold" in the description. SS has really dropped the ball

palagarde · « **Reply #10 on:** March 21, 2022, 14:07 »

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on March 20, 2022, 11:19

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.

palagarde · « **Reply #11 on:** December 13, 2022, 09:42 »

Again,

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

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

Check for yours ...

Wilm · « **Reply #12 on:** December 13, 2022, 10:04 »

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 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 13, 2022, 12:35 »

Quote from: palagarde on December 13, 2022, 09:42

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"

The Sunflower images look like AI.

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