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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: Dreamframer on May 17, 2010, 05:59

Title: Strange TinEye result
Post by: Dreamframer on May 17, 2010, 05:59

TinEye found one of my images on Getty, and I don't have an account there. This is the result that TinEye returned:
http://www.tineye.com/search/fffd888a447bd88b9d8c513ea23c5824e936d117 (http://www.tineye.com/search/fffd888a447bd88b9d8c513ea23c5824e936d117)

And when I opened Getty page, it says: "We're sorry. Item 96981413 is no longer available"

This is the Getty page that contained my image: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/96981413 (http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/96981413)

So, now I wonder what this means? Does it mean that someone was selling my image on Getty, or what?

Title: Re: Strange TinEye result
Post by: peresanz on May 17, 2010, 06:09

The same happened to me last week. After searching through tinEye I found about ten images linked to getty but after following the link I got the same message: "We're sorry. Item ######## is no longer available". Very odd...

Title: Re: Strange TinEye result
Post by: cathyslife on May 17, 2010, 06:13

I'm wondering, with all the different collections they now have, if they have linked all of their image databases together and somehow your images just accidentally found themselves on Getty. I say this because of how the StockXpert images were funneled into the Hemera Collection which was funneled into Thinkstock and how IS images are funneled into Thinkstock, etc.

Title: Re: Strange TinEye result
Post by: Dreamframer on May 17, 2010, 06:15

Actually, it's the same thing with every image I try. Must be some glitch

Title: Re: Strange TinEye result
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on May 17, 2010, 06:21

I think it's just probably some database or information transfer mixup that tineye caught something from and cached.

Title: Re: Strange TinEye result
Post by: Dreamframer on May 17, 2010, 06:44

Yes, must be that