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Theft again - please see if your images have been stolen, too.
a.k.a.-tom:
--- Quote from: Digital66 on July 30, 2009, 19:10 ---Thanks for letting us know.
I wonder whether this person has bought the pictures or just took the from fotolia and erased the watermark (wich is a ridiculous watermark by the way!) . It makes no sense buying pictures to display them on Flickr...
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Yeah, thanks... I've been going nuts the last couple of days finding my stuff all over the place on sites I've never heard of!!! And the ones that I have been able to trace go back to.......yeah, FT!!!!!
Neither of my TWO pix on FT were there (the reason why only 2 there explained in other threads and too long to repeat again) .
and yes, if that isn't the most asinine watermark I've ever seen..... I'm pulling my FT port ..... pulling as soon as I can be assured they will be pulled off all the other outfits FT is or is not (by the disclaimers on these other sites) associated with!!
I'll be damned to hades if I'm going to pull them from FT and these other morons are still selling them. One of them is my #2 selling foto all time!! I should have walked away from them with the first outrageous problem I had with them years ago! 8)=tom
Elenathewise:
Yup it does look that the images are just stolen from Fotolia and the watermark was removed, since they all seem to be small size. However, small size still should not be free. The way I found out about this actually - my image was used in a web feature, with a link to that Flickr portfolio. So someone used a stolen image (without knowing it) in a legit publication.
Sigh.... And yeah, Fotolia's "watermark" is indeed ridiculous, did anyone suggest to them (nicely:)) to alter it?
a.k.a.-tom:
--- Quote from: Elenathewise on July 30, 2009, 20:07 ---Sigh.... And yeah, Fotolia's "watermark" is indeed ridiculous, did anyone suggest to them (nicely:)) to alter it?
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ha ha ha ha.... Elenathewise... I am so SURE there are plenty here that have suggestions for FT... most of which should not be printed here on a family oriented site...LOL. 8)=tom
Jonathan Ross:
Hi Elenathewise,
Thank you very much for pointing this out. One of my photos is also up there. There company has had this issue for ever and it is time to try and put a stop to this flagrant misuse of copyright infringement. I have sent a letter to Flickr to share my opinion of what is taking place there and I am quite happy to pull the fangs out for this. I am also sending the photographer a copy of the letter. The next one comes from the lawyers.
Thx,
Jonathan
Digital66:
I think we must take an action to protect our work.
If you are concerned about the effectiveness of the current watermak used by Fotolia, please copy the message you will find below,
connect to your account at Fotolia, go to Contact Support and send this message (you may add your own words or send a different message of course)
The more of us send it the more chances we have to get results... Please send this proposal to all stock photographers you know.
Let's act now!
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Dear Fotolia,
I am seriously concerned about the effectiveness of the current watermak against image theft.
This problem affects us all: the company, image buyers, and image producers.
We urgently need a more effective watermark to be better protected against the unscrupulous people
who visit Fotolia with the only intention to steal images.
Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter.
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