Author Topic: Cool to see our my Pic was used in the business world (Read 8749 times)

tab62 · « **on:** August 04, 2011, 17:49 »

Hey MSG folks,

I found one of my pics within the business- see url

http://omega-3-fatty-acid.com/fish-oil

So cool to see how it was used...

Tom

click_click · « **Reply #1 on:** August 04, 2011, 17:53 »

I loved those too until I figured that the webmaster uploaded it at 1,600px × 1,250px (click on the image) which will be indexed by Google and then your XS, S and M sales take a dive...

Write that webmaster and have them reduce the size to 800px width - they're in breach with the licensing terms!

tab62 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 04, 2011, 18:26 »

That was one of the reasons why I posted my pic- I will contact them asap.

Thanks.

Tom

tab62 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 04, 2011, 18:30 »

I cannot seem to find the webmaster contact on this page- any ideas?

Thanks

Tom

click_click · « **Reply #4 on:** August 04, 2011, 18:42 »

Just do a WHOIS search and this will come up:

Quote

Registration Service Provided By: JustHost.com
Contact: [email protected]

Domain name: OMEGA-3-FATTY-ACID.COM

Registrant Contact:
Domain Privacy
Domain Privacy ()

Fax:
A2 Segensworth Business Centre
Segensworth Road
Fareham, Hampshire PO15 5RQ
GB

Administrative Contact:
Sagiv Halush
Sagiv Halush ([email protected])
0777843573
Fax: 0543170576
Ashdod Haneviaim 29
Ashdod, Aguascalientes 77473
IL

Technical Contact:
Just Host
Domain Manager ([email protected])
+1.8887557585
Fax:
919 East Jefferson Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
US

Status: Active

Name Servers:
ns1.pipedns.com
ns2.pipedns.com

Creation date: 10 Jul 2011 18:27:00
Expiration date: 10 Jul 2012 10:27:00

Good luck!

I have a hunch that this dude didn't buy the image.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #5 on:** August 05, 2011, 06:00 »

I'd look for better "in uses". That doesn't look like any kind of business site.

tab62 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 05, 2011, 10:04 »

thank you guys! I just contacted the website. I will let you know what happens. Just my luck I guess...

swellphotography UK · « **Reply #7 on:** September 16, 2011, 10:22 »

How do you find out where your picture has been used. I sold a couple of small images on Istock, would be cool to know where they have appeared.

Cheers,

Terry

swellphotographyuk.blogspot.com

Microbius · « **Reply #8 on:** September 16, 2011, 10:31 »

Quote from: swellphotography UK on September 16, 2011, 10:22

How do you find out where your picture has been used. I sold a couple of small images on Istock, would be cool to know where they have appeared.

Cheers,

Terry

swellphotographyuk.blogspot.com

These are your potatoes right?
http://cityandthemountains.wordpress.com/

Opla · « **Reply #9 on:** September 16, 2011, 10:40 »

Quote from: Microbius on September 16, 2011, 10:31

Quote from: swellphotography UK on September 16, 2011, 10:22
How do you find out where your picture has been used. I sold a couple of small images on Istock, would be cool to know where they have appeared.

Cheers,

Terry

swellphotographyuk.blogspot.com

These are your potatoes right?
http://cityandthemountains.wordpress.com/

And these http://www.helpster.de/themen/kartoffeln
Use Google images.

swellphotography UK · « **Reply #10 on:** September 19, 2011, 06:05 »

Cool,

The cityandthemountains one is my blog.

The http://www.helpster.de/themen/kartoffeln is mine though. Thanks. Do you search using the filename on your computer or the istock title/?

Cheers,

Terry

lthn · « **Reply #11 on:** September 19, 2011, 06:57 »

I personally don't find finding mine in thumb size on thrown together crappy loking sites too flattering, I'd rather not even bookmarks those, tho I don't find that much uses being semi-new to this. I also wouldn't want to show my models how their faces are being used on some poor looking thing.

ShadySue · « **Reply #12 on:** September 19, 2011, 08:22 »

Quote from: swellphotography UK on September 19, 2011, 06:05

The http://www.helpster.de/themen/kartoffeln is mine though. Thanks. Do you search using the filename on your computer or the istock title/?

I search on my own name and iStockphoto ("forename surname" iStockphoto), and my username and iStockphoto (Sillyname iStockphoto).

The GoogleSearch thing found loads, often illegal uses.
Has anyone found a workaround for getting the GoogleSearch to work easily directly from recent versions of Firefox? Even though I've had several updates of FF (now 6.0.2), GoogleSearch still shows as 'not compatible'.
I just this minute (after typing the previous sentence) downloaded Chrome just for the 'right click' functionality on this, and it appears not to be working. (not offered as a 'right click' option).

Opla · « **Reply #13 on:** September 19, 2011, 08:40 »

Quote from: swellphotography UK on September 19, 2011, 06:05

Cool,

The cityandthemountains one is my blog.

The http://www.helpster.de/themen/kartoffeln is mine though. Thanks. Do you search using the filename on your computer or the istock title/?

Cheers,

Terry

Just drag and drop the picture (thumb) in the search field.

ShadySue · « **Reply #14 on:** September 19, 2011, 09:01 »

Quote from: Opla on September 19, 2011, 08:40

Quote from: swellphotography UK on September 19, 2011, 06:05
The http://www.helpster.de/themen/kartoffeln is mine though. Thanks. Do you search using the filename on your computer or the istock title/?

Just drag and drop the picture (thumb) in the search field.

Hmmm? All that gets me is the file's 'home page' on iStock - Chrome, FF and IE.

Opla · « **Reply #15 on:** September 19, 2011, 09:19 »

Quote from: ShadySue on September 19, 2011, 09:01

Quote from: Opla on September 19, 2011, 08:40
Quote from: swellphotography UK on September 19, 2011, 06:05
The http://www.helpster.de/themen/kartoffeln is mine though. Thanks. Do you search using the filename on your computer or the istock title/?

Just drag and drop the picture (thumb) in the search field.

Hmmm? All that gets me is the file's 'home page' on iStock - Chrome, FF and IE.

I'm using
http://www.google.nl/imghp?hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&tab=wi
and Chrome

ShadySue · « **Reply #16 on:** September 19, 2011, 09:35 »

Quote from: Opla on September 19, 2011, 09:19

Quote from: ShadySue on September 19, 2011, 09:01
Quote from: Opla on September 19, 2011, 08:40
Quote from: swellphotography UK on September 19, 2011, 06:05
The http://www.helpster.de/themen/kartoffeln is mine though. Thanks. Do you search using the filename on your computer or the istock title/?

Just drag and drop the picture (thumb) in the search field.

Hmmm? All that gets me is the file's 'home page' on iStock - Chrome, FF and IE.

I'm using
http://www.google.nl/imghp?hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&tab=wi
and Chrome

Yeah, still all I get when I drag in an image thumbnail is the photo homepage in iStock.
In the Old Days, i.e. when Image Search came out, you just right-clicked on a thum in iStock (FF or Chrome) and you got loads of uses all over the web.

Opla · « **Reply #17 on:** September 19, 2011, 09:39 »

Quote from: ShadySue on September 19, 2011, 09:35

Quote from: Opla on September 19, 2011, 09:19
Quote from: ShadySue on September 19, 2011, 09:01
Quote from: Opla on September 19, 2011, 08:40
Quote from: swellphotography UK on September 19, 2011, 06:05
The http://www.helpster.de/themen/kartoffeln is mine though. Thanks. Do you search using the filename on your computer or the istock title/?

Just drag and drop the picture (thumb) in the search field.

Hmmm? All that gets me is the file's 'home page' on iStock - Chrome, FF and IE.

I'm using
http://www.google.nl/imghp?hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&tab=wi
and Chrome

Yeah, still all I get when I drag in an image thumbnail is the photo homepage in iStock.
In the Old Days, i.e. when Image Search came out, you just right-clicked on a thum in iStock (FF or Chrome) and you got loads of uses all over the web.

That's strange, you mean you get no hits for the potatoes? I get 5.
Rightclicking still works for me btw.

Edit: I just checked and there is an extention active: "Search by Image (by Google)", guess you have to install that first

lthn · « **Reply #18 on:** September 19, 2011, 10:31 »

Quote from: ShadySue on September 19, 2011, 08:22

Quote from: swellphotography UK on September 19, 2011, 06:05
The http://www.helpster.de/themen/kartoffeln is mine though. Thanks. Do you search using the filename on your computer or the istock title/?

I search on my own name and iStockphoto ("forename surname" iStockphoto), and my username and iStockphoto (Sillyname iStockphoto).

The GoogleSearch thing found loads, often illegal uses.
Has anyone found a workaround for getting the GoogleSearch to work easily directly from recent versions of Firefox? Even though I've had several updates of FF (now 6.0.2), GoogleSearch still shows as 'not compatible'.
I just this minute (after typing the previous sentence) downloaded Chrome just for the 'right click' functionality on this, and it appears not to be working. (not offered as a 'right click' option).

Does that give more / different results than the image search?

ShadySue · « **Reply #19 on:** September 19, 2011, 10:47 »

Quote from: Opla on September 19, 2011, 09:39

Edit: I just checked and there is an extention active: "Search by Image (by Google)", guess you have to install that first

Ha, yeah, I just worked that out and was going to post and you posted first. Should have remembered you had to download the extnesion, it didn't come with Chrome.
I'm one of these people who shouldn't be allowed near a computer.

RacePhoto · « **Reply #20 on:** September 19, 2011, 15:03 »

Quote from: ShadySue on September 19, 2011, 10:47

Quote from: Opla on September 19, 2011, 09:39
Edit: I just checked and there is an extention active: "Search by Image (by Google)", guess you have to install that first
Ha, yeah, I just worked that out and was going to post and you posted first. Should have remembered you had to download the extnesion, it didn't come with Chrome.
I'm one of these people who shouldn't be allowed near a computer.

IS forum moderators agree. (oh the low blows start now?)

But I should add the extension to Chrome and see if it's any different than the FF links that come up. Anyone want to save me the time?

I'm still laughing for one that's sold over 100 times on SS subs and this is what the drag and drop search comes up with. "No other sizes of this image found." It does get found on SS, but I keep wondering who's buying it and why?

ShadySue · « **Reply #21 on:** September 20, 2011, 05:42 »

I've just found one of my editorials on a web advertisement.
It's not the end of the world, and I guess it's unlikely I'd be sued, as the company apparently does business via the company on my editorial pic, but still, it's undoubtedly a commercial use.
Wonder what iStock will have to say? Actually, I'm really concerned about what they have to say, because although I think that particular usage isn't worrisome in itself, it is a clear breach of a serious rule.
Rules. Schmules. I've found many, many of my pics being used editorially without a credit, which is against the rules. I bet most downloaders don't even read the rules.

ShadySue · « **Reply #22 on:** September 20, 2011, 05:54 »

Oh, h*ll, I was going to uninstall Chrome and get on with some Real Stuff, but I just found another editorial pic on an album cover on iTunes. I'm presuming that couldn't possibly count as 'editorial'?

RacePhoto · « **Reply #23 on:** September 20, 2011, 12:22 »

Quote from: ShadySue on September 20, 2011, 05:54

Oh, h*ll, I was going to uninstall Chrome and get on with some Real Stuff, but I just found another editorial pic on an album cover on iTunes. I'm presuming that couldn't possibly count as 'editorial'?

I found one of mine on a paperback book cover, no extended license, wrote and asked, apparently the ThinkStock license doesn't require that. Oh boy, I'm so proud to be on the cover of a training manual and I got a whole 25 cents.

As for Editorial, you did your part, the agency did theirs and the person who paid for the license is ultimately responsible for the final use. Micro agencies and sellers keep forgetting that. The way I see it, our licenses for Editorial are nothing more than a warning. With RF we are promising that it has a release. Two different things.

I should be able to put up a whole site, selling images as Editorial, every darn one of them and the buyer must determine if they are infringing or not. Not Me!

If someone comes to sue, we did our part. Done deal.

ShadySue · « **Reply #24 on:** September 20, 2011, 14:23 »

I've now been back and forward directly with Compliance Enforcement a couple of times about the commercial uses of the editorial files. Interesting cases, in that one of them is a very big company, therefore maybe a big buyer, so they might want to tread gently (MY speculation - don't get me wrong, the CE rep told me it was definitely a misuse). By coincidence, they're also using an editorial image from one of the very few iStockers I've met in person.
The other two are mysterious, because there are apparently no UK sales for the other two, and using GIS, I can't find any other use of the files on the internet. Plus there seems to be no web contact or email link for the company which has my image on the 'cover' of an album downloadable via iTunes anywhere on Google.

MicrostockGroup Sponsors

Author Topic: Cool to see our my Pic was used in the business world (Read 8749 times)

tab62

click_click

tab62

tab62

click_click

Sean Locke Photography

tab62

swellphotography UK

Microbius

Opla

swellphotography UK

lthn

ShadySue

Opla

ShadySue

Opla

ShadySue

Opla

lthn

ShadySue

RacePhoto

ShadySue

ShadySue

RacePhoto

ShadySue

Related Topics

Sponsors

Microstock Poll Results

Sponsors