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What's the limit of stolen images to be shut down??? fritzkocher issue
gostwyck:
Please name and shame both the thief and the agency in question (especially the latter). Sunshine is the best disinfectant.
click_click:
Coincidentally ever since this thread went live, the portfolio is gone at the agency in question.
Here is the link to his 123RF portfolio:
http://www.123rf.com/portfolio/fritzkocher/1.html
Some stolen images are still online there...
Check if yours is in there.
Jo Ann Snover:
We'll see how things turn out, but I was pleasantly surprised today when I got a quick response to a claim that a contributor had taken an image of mine and used it with minimal changes (a blurry background in one case and a few other background elements in the other) as if it were his own.
The portfolio has been suspended pending investigation. I wonder if there are other "composites" made with copyrighted content in the portfolio - I was kindly alerted by another contributor to this misuse.
One inadvertent mistake might be forgivable, but when you have over 1,000 images in your portfolio you'd think something like this isn't a beginner's mistake. Even from the agency's point of view, how can they continue offering work from someone who doesn't want to honor other contributor's copyright?
click_click:
--- Quote from: jsnover on October 05, 2009, 11:35 ---...I wonder if there are other "composites" made with copyrighted content in the portfolio...
--- End quote ---
Yes he did.
I already contacted the copyright owner of the basketball which was used in some of his compositions.
Jo Ann Snover:
I just contacted Fotolia about three images from the same contributor that I found in his portfolio there (Dreamstime was the agency that I referred to earlier in my first post). I pointed out to Fotolia that Dreamstime had suspended his portfolio pending investigation and that I expect them to do the same).
I have also contacted 123rf about 2 of the images they have for sale. I wrote to iStock's compliance enforcement about this too, so I hope they can help get this guy taken care of.
Thanks for the heads up on this.
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