Found 2k+ my photos on sale at:

https://www.freepik.com/author/ingram [nofollow]

Tank you. 
Yep. Many sales and number is growing. I wrote to [email protected] [nofollow], but something (sales🤑?) is preventing them of strong action.
Whatever, will write again.
Found in that port photos of another two authors,  but cant reach em.

Toothless.

"that they have bought from a contributor"? What does that mean? What contributor of what agency? Because I do not know any microstock agency that allows re-selling of images, so, yes, that would actually be illegal.
Did you file a DMC copyright notice? They are legally bound to react to that.

Yes I did. Dozen e-mails with DMCA-bla-bla "I copyright owner, this is violation.... this is link to my port at Alamy.... bla-bla"
No in - no out.

But.
Hold tight, guys, I have another sad story linked to this case.

Once upon a time I signed to Ingram Images agency, uploaded 2k+ images and first couple years had 70-100 pounds every quarter.
Then income fallen like I newer saw before - immediately and was like 20-30 pounds/quarter.
Couple years ago I wrote letter to Ingram with request of agreement termination and then-editor-some-guy Louis assured me that all images are deleted, money paid, we all set.
....
Everything was fine untill I decided to sign up to Freepik and upload some of my early "christmas" images there. Next day I got copyright warning from Freepik and demanded to explain where from I got mine (!) images.

I started searching on Freepik markretplace and found.... ALL my "deleted" by Ingram port in portfolio of user....... wait for it.... INGRAM!)
================
Today I asked Ingram second time to do the same - delete my images and terminate agreement.
They agreed.
Again.

Another Freepik thief:

https://www.freepik.es/autor/onetwostudio55 [nofollow]

Page after page stolen Istock exclusive images with more than a couple hundreds of my best selling images!

New thief (about 2k photos, food, agrarian, backgrounds) on Freepik:
https://www.freepik.com/author/arfo8 [nofollow]

About 1k my images. There must be another one infringed author if to judge by style.

I also found one that has a lot of my photos:

https://www.freepik.com/author/solidstocks

 

Toothless.

This is incredible! Bad times for honest contributors!

my question is:
a) how are they downloading all your assets? (do you have it on some unlimited plan?)
b) curious also - how are you finding your assets/finding out the ones they've taken?

thanks!

my question is:

b) curious also - how are you finding your assets/finding out the ones they've taken?

thanks!

I have some specific images and so they are easy to find. A simple search immediately brings them to my attention.

New thief (about 2k photos, food, agrarian, backgrounds) on Freepik:
https://www.freepik.com/author/arfo8 [nofollow]

About 1k my images. There must be another one infringed author if to judge by style.

Thief is gone. RIP.

Thank you for this thread I found randomly.

Found 1.5k of my images stolen

https://www.freepik.com/author/alleca

2.1k downloads on premium. IM guessing this person has made lots of money off me. Emailed support but will they actually do anything?

Chris

They have replied pretty quick asking for usual details like publication date. Sent them  examples but where do you start. Its 1500 assets!

So can this be reported to police or anything? 2100 sales to this thief! I presume they just get away with it.

MOre importantlyu if so many are finding their images on Freepik can we ascertain how this is happening? How are they getting hold of our portfolios? One library has a security hole and they should be challenged on this