Author Topic: Lots of high rez images with no watermark being offered for download for FREE (Read 7965 times)

cathyslife · « **on:** June 20, 2011, 17:52 »

I found one of my images on this site, after following a link from another thread here (I think...or maybe I found it with the new handy, dandy google toy):

hqwalls.com.ua/eng/nature.html

There are lots of other images of roses, rose petals, etc. that I have seen before, but don't know the artist. Copyrights seem to have been stripped.

Here is the response I got back from one site allowing the downloading of a FREE high rez version of that image (used google chrome to translate the site, as it is Russian):

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You, of course I'm sorry, but the source of all evil here: allday.ru/ (there your whole site free)
And my site - a drop in the ocean.
I am a poor Ukrainian student who recently arrived from the army.

His English is broken, but I can pretty well translate his meaning: feck you. Here is his ISP info, in case anyone else finds their work:

domain: hqwalls.com.ua
admin-c: VV739-UANIC
tech-c: NIC-UANIC
status: OK-UNTIL 20111231011141
dom-public: NO
nserver: ns1.jino.ru
nserver: ns2.jino.ru
mnt-by: DRS-UANIC (ua.drs)
remark: hqwalls.com.ua
created: 0-UANIC 20091231011141
changed: DRS-UANIC 20100316231138
source: UANIC

nic-handle: VV739-UANIC
organization: Весёлая
address: ул., Заводная
address: 00000 КИЕВ
address: УКРАИНА
phone: +380.950000000
e-mail:
org-id: N/A
mnt-by: NONE
remark: Linked to CX9NPW-CUNIC
changed: DRS-UANIC 20091231011009
source: UANIC

nic-handle: NIC-UANIC
organization: Service Online LLC
address: P/O BOX, 147
address: 04050 KYIV
address: UA
fax-no: +380 (56) 7872298
phone: +380 (44) 5937569
e-mail:
url: http://nic.ua
org-id: 33383990
mnt-by: NONE
remark: --
remark: phone: 0-900-254-254 (Ukraine Only)
remark: fax-machine: +380 44 5937569
remark: Feedback: http://nic.ua/rus/support.html
remark: --
changed: NIC-UANIC 20110201082615
source: UANIC

ShadySue · « **Reply #1 on:** June 20, 2011, 18:36 »

Hey, Cathy ~
You're in great company.
A lot of the pics on there have been lifted from National Geographic.

cathyslife · « **Reply #2 on:** June 20, 2011, 18:38 »

Quote from: ShadySue on June 20, 2011, 18:36

Hey, Cathy ~
You're in great company.
A lot of the pics on there have been lifted from National Geographic.

I tried to track two or three. They led me to inmagine, where they were uploaded by a French company. There was no actual copyright in sight, so not sure where or who they actually came from.

cathyslife · « **Reply #3 on:** June 20, 2011, 18:41 »

I just tracked an image about 4 rows above mine and a google search leads to:

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-1704891/stock-photo-bright-pink-roses.html

I will email her and let her know.

edit: well, I was going to email her, but I don't see how you do that on SS. Does anyone know Blanche Branton?

cathyslife · « **Reply #4 on:** June 21, 2011, 03:57 »

I sent one more email to the thief, and he begrudgingly says he took my image down. I checked, it's gone, but I need to go through the other pages. Could be he just moved it.

Lizard · « **Reply #5 on:** June 21, 2011, 07:06 »

Set of mostly my images is also here

lisafx · « **Reply #6 on:** June 21, 2011, 10:21 »

Quote from: cclapper on June 21, 2011, 03:57

I sent one more email to the thief, and he begrudgingly says he took my image down. I checked, it's gone, but I need to go through the other pages. Could be he just moved it.

Congrats Cathy! At least that's something.

cathyslife · « **Reply #7 on:** June 21, 2011, 13:11 »

Quote from: lisafx on June 21, 2011, 10:21

Quote from: cclapper on June 21, 2011, 03:57
I sent one more email to the thief, and he begrudgingly says he took my image down. I checked, it's gone, but I need to go through the other pages. Could be he just moved it.

Congrats Cathy! At least that's something.

Yes. I hope it sends a message that people aren't going to be intimidated and just give up. It is just a small fish in a large ocean, but hey, one fish at a time.

Hopefully, Lizard (see above) will also send some emails and reinforce the idea.

PS. I went through the whole category my image was in, and it does appear to be gone.