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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Image Sleuth => Topic started by: Hannafate on May 17, 2017, 07:55

Title: Thief on iStock
Post by: Hannafate on May 17, 2017, 07:55

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

check for yours.

These are mostly from Pixabay.

Title: Re: Thief on iStock
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on May 17, 2017, 08:14

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

Title: Re: Thief on iStock
Post by: Karen on May 18, 2017, 03:30

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

[url]http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/laxer28?excludenudity=false&sort=best[/url] ([url]http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/laxer28?excludenudity=false&sort=best[/url])
check for yours.

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

Title: Re: Thief on iStock
Post by: 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

[url]http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/laxer28?excludenudity=false&sort=best[/url] ([url]http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/laxer28?excludenudity=false&sort=best[/url])
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.

Title: Re: Thief on iStock
Post by: Pauws99 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

[url]http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/laxer28?excludenudity=false&sort=best[/url] ([url]http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/laxer28?excludenudity=false&sort=best[/url])
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.

Title: Re: Thief on iStock
Post by: Karen on May 22, 2017, 12:25

Looks like the thief gone...