It's so easy to steal other artist's vector illustration and to profit from someone's hard work! 

It's so easy to steal other artist's vector illustration and to profit from someone's hard work! 

It is, but you'd think (if the agencies gave a toss) it wouldn't be hard to do some automated checking for similarities with things already in the collection (probably using the JPEGs?). And the agencies should exchange data with one another to make it harder to pilfer from one and sell on another. Someone would have to look over any items flagged as a match, but this really should be part of how the agencies earn their keep.

Thanks for posting about this stvagna

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on January 20, 2016, 15:15

Ye gads, how did you even notice that?

That's my question as well. But stvagna never tells that.

If he tells then the crooks will know how to avoid it....

� "pablographix": http://www.istockphoto.com/photo/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year-card-gm530446033-54542554
� "victoria9": http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-65357515/stock-photo-blue-christmas-new-year-background-with-snowflakes.html

It's so easy to steal other artist's vector illustration and to profit from someone's hard work! 

Profit? What's that?

Close, but I'm not seeing it.

That's the only match then.  The others must be from someone else.

� "pablographix": http://www.istockphoto.com/il/vector/christmas-card-gm531674963-51992054
� "azzzya": http://www.istockphoto.com/il/vector/christmas-trees-gm164312676-11379779

Pablographix seems to have had his/her port removed.
Some thums are showing, but when I clicked on them, I got a 404 not found.