Renee,

I was reading on Shutterstock forum that people were finding their photos on this site:
http://www.graphixshare.com ... i was looking through it to see if they had any of mine.. they didn't... But .. I saw your skeleton trees !  i can't seem to link straight to where i saw them but just do i search for skeleton trees.. 

it even still has the Shutterstock watermark on it ...

Thank you. They do have my images. I have let SS know. Lets hope they have some success with these sites. There are so many.

Would you still be amorous if this was your work?

http://www.shareseeking.com/SS-Skeleton-Trees_265915.htm

The criminals are proud to announce that its from Shutterstock, its a great place to rob stock.

 

An executor acts in the best interest of the estate, they can sign stuff but it has to be within the scope of the intent of the will, if people are arguing then it becomes an asset of the estate and will be involved in the legal mess.

I would go with the strictest of the sites, some sites have very restrictive standards and if your going for a document with the proper i's and t's then go with the strictest standards. Close relatives do not inherit unless stated in the will. First the heirs, then next of kin, the executor handles distribution and legalities associated with the deceased estate, the executor can not assign rights to you that are not present in the will. If there is no will and your an only child its all yours by default. If you took the photo of grandpa you would need the signature of the heirs all of them with signing rights to use the image.

The laws in your country will fluctuate as estate law varies.

I am not a lawyer take the advice for what its worth, lol

I can't help but be horrified that this has happened, but at the same time, admiring that so many love your stuff. It is a compliment, by me.

Still hard not to be mad.

Most lawyers I bow wouldn't touch a case like this. You would do better to contact the sites and take care of it yourself.

Well I guess then what I have here is a situation where I can only say, I need a lightsaber a magic wand or some kind of super power anyone tired or theirs and would lend it to me for some retribution, even a good old-fashioned nude bomb that could happen at once to every jerkwad that stole my work.

Beware of the TinEye be ready to find ones you did not want to find.

That said this is the first one I found that got me excited, this is a drawing I did of my mom as a minister, after she died, it was a part of my mourning process to draw her and art most of my best selling and stolen images. It was fun to find this image usage. My mom loved Gods almost everyone's she loved to pray meditate all that, she was also a bit naughty and loved sex. If she could see this she would have bought the book! Sometimes I create stock images I know very well will not sell often, but I want to be an artist and do some that serves, as a feminist I think there should be more women preachers.

Illustration companies are doing it in many countries. I wonder if this will change the industry and the ability of any small port to make money?

If the right offer came my way I think I would just get out of stock all together.

Zazzle told me if it sold or not after I asked.
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Thanks for the heads up, I just asked them! I wonder.

I don't know who made the origional guitar tree but I bet it was not that jerk user

At what point is my agent responsible for the massive losses, my files were taken from them.

This was a fun topic. I deleted my port 2 years ago because I thought they did not put out enough to be so high maintenance. Then I had to delete it again when StockXpert was acquired. If it gets acquired again I think I would just leave it up, it was work to get my images up.

I've been resisting. Do I have to join the forum, just so I can read about it?  

No they took it down at my request. It was quite damaging and could encourage many people to steal my work. The crafter site has been understanding and their response has been professional.

That's the spirit Renee.  Turn it into a positive.  Good for you 

Thank you! 
I had to ponder that there was a message in all this that I could pay attention to, people dig my art. Someone in the Zazzle thread posted a comment from a hacker that said basically "if the images people want are not for sale I will sell them until someone figures it out". On the crafter site a hacker said my personal site sucked which it does they could not find what they were looking for then they went to the stolen work sites to find it. I see my art on tshirts in russia, so I think to myself, there is an undertone to all of this. A place for me to regain my ownership, somewhere for people to write notes for me to hear what people think. I got really jealous my ego is bruised other people got credit got paid, if I could have some freedom from my debts I could draw more. If I sell some junk I will get some of what the hackers have enjoyed from my file. I have some work to do some tutorials to write a website to design. Feels good to start somewhere.

Thanks to people here I had a supportive place vent, and a husband that held me as I cried. makes finding my way to something positive way easier. My words are pathetic when I express my gratitude as my sanity was truly aided by the support I received here.