Wow.  Look at their images.  There are brand names and copyright issues everywhere.

I downloaded a few of Eco's shots from LO to print and hang in my son's room.  He loves animals and we have them everywhere.  The images are awesome.

Ok, so anyone that submits to IV; Do you submit the same images to IV that you do the micros?

I only have a few there, but they are the same ones I have on other micro stock sites.  I have been there over a year with no sales.

Is this because the buyers of IV are also buyers on other sites?

It would be good to know if the only sales are images that are nowhere else.

How did you get $64 in cash at LO anyway?  Sales are very slow there.

Quote from: mrslevite on September 29, 2006, 18:01
What bothers me isn't so much that it happened, but the response to what happened.

Ditto.  Stuff happens; its how you deal with it that matters.

Is any action being taken against Deniss Kolesnikovs?

Well, I have not heard anything from GalaStock.  Looks like Fotolia may take some action.  I am removing the 200 or so images i have on GalaStock.  Not that this will matter if the site is not for real.

Quote from: nruboc on September 29, 2006, 05:47

Quote from: AreaPhotography on September 29, 2006, 04:59
Well, I checked the images he stole from me.  The only place I have had these images downloaded from is ShutterStock.  I have them other places, but they are new and have not received any downloads.  Can others who have had their images stolen look to see where they have been downloaded from?  I understand that this may be hard for some of the nicer images he stole.  The 2 images he stole from me are not my best, so I understand that they don't get many downloads.  This also leads me to believe that this is just some loser with no brain.  I have much better images he could have stolen, at least I think so.  I do not think this has something to do with GalaStock, but that is my 2 cents.

Hello, downloads doesn't matter. Galastock has access to all your images regardless if they were downloaded or not. You uploaded your images to them. The site is a scam, I could tell that in less than an hour's research and I warned about them before this even came up. I have over 2000 images on ShutterStock and not a single one turned up in this guys portfolio, ShutterStock is legit

Hello nruboc, please do not twist my words.  I understand ShutterStock is legit, and I have never believed otherwise.  Maybe you just misunderstood what I wrote.  I simply stated that is the only place I have had the images downloaded from.  This is not something new to stock photography, especially micro stock.  Most of the time you find people download the images and then "go crazy" and decide to upload them as their own.  In this case, it looks like an inside job.

Now you stated that you found GalaStock to be a scam.  I did not find the same information, but then, I did not spend an hour researching this.  Can you provide more information?  I believed GalaStock was a valid stock house, but now I am not so sure.  A 3 line response for such a major offense in this industry does not cut it.  If you have more info, please share.

As for GalaStock, I would expect much, much more in response.  As a photographer's agent, there are responsibilities.  I would expect much more communication from GalaStock to the photographers that were a victim here.  I would also expect to see legal actions taken by GalaStock.  A quick response from GalaStock is in order.  We will see what type of company GalaStock is based on this issue.

Well, I checked the images he stole from me.  The only place I have had these images downloaded from is ShutterStock.  I have them other places, but they are new and have not received any downloads.  Can others who have had their images stolen look to see where they have been downloaded from?  I understand that this may be hard for some of the nicer images he stole.  The 2 images he stole from me are not my best, so I understand that they don't get many downloads.  This also leads me to believe that this is just some loser with no brain.  I have much better images he could have stolen, at least I think so.  I do not think this has something to do with GalaStock, but that is my 2 cents.

The images he stole from me are on GalaStock, but have never been downloaded there.  Its strange, the images are some of my lowest downloaded anywhere.

Yep!  He had some of mine too.  I have the images on GalaStock also.  Wonder if there is a connection?  Shouldn't his account be disabled already?