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I must say that in South American countries to "hang the goose" is a colloquial way of referring to masturbation. LOL

So if you want to avoid photos of youself in strange contexts maybe you should delete that one too LOL

You are right. I deleted that photo :)

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Thanks for answers. I will try to reply to all.

I have friends from many countries in the world (I travel a lot) and so many people told me that they saw this ad. More-less we are similar age, so target could be done by age.

In the past I sold few times myself counting Chinese money (just the money, not my face) and thought I could sell this one as well.

I was just surprised how much money I got when I exchanged 100$ in Uzbekistan and did this photo first for Facebook and Instagram and later I uploaded it on Shutterstock. Originally it wasn't meant to be sold as stock photography, but I was like, why not.

Edit just to add an extra thought: Murphy's law for MS: If you upload a photo of yourself in a certain context, that photo will be used in the worst possible representation of that context.

I still remember that gay couple who agreed to be a model for MS photos with their adopted son and that photo was used in a campaign against gay marriage.

I have another photo I probably shouldn't sell, but I have few sales already. Can't even imagine in what context it will be used. Probably about "stop animal abuse" :) I was just playing with goose, not really holding her neck, just pretending to.

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/man-pretending-choke-goose-nature-bali-570984529

Btw. my grandmother became a meme TWICE. People just used her picture for funny memes instead what it was meant to be used for. I never told her about that. Don't even know how I would explain her :)

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It's likely that you and your friends are in the demographic the ad is targeting and it's no more complicated that that. I hope your friends are savvy enough to ignore ads like this, even with your picture in it :)

Most probably is this one. All of them are similar age like me.

You might like to think about whether you are really happy using yourself as a model (I'm not) - you have very little control over how the image is used, and the image can be misused against the terms of service.

I usually don't sell pictures with myself. Sometimes some selfies in front of historical places and that's all.
I took this one for myself and later on decided to sell it because it looked sellable. Didn't know that somebody will use this picture for an ad. Hopefully that ad is not a scam.

Thanks again for help.

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When someone buys a license to use your image, they can use it however they like, as long as it falls within the license terms. So no, you cant forbid anything, unless they are violating the terms of the license. But you might check to see if your FB account has been hacked. Or check that your privacy settings are set to only allow friends to see your friends. If you arent friends with the person using the picture, they shouldnt be able to see your friends.

Thanks for reply.

I don't think my account is hacked. Nothing suspicious happened.

Nobody can see my friends, not even my friends. Maybe they showed ad to so many people and some of them happened to by my friends.

I don't know how much they can use and re-use picture that has the cheapest license. I got 0.33$ on Shutterstock. It's not one of those extended licenses where I sometimes get 50$.

What if ad is a scam? Can they forbid them to use it further?

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I used to sell picture where I am holding a bunch of Uzbekistani money (check picture below the post). I am holding 600 banknotes in total value of 100$. Not so much money actually.

Somebody bought that picture and uses it to promote some investment plans about Amazon. Not sure what is it.

What is weird it that at least 30 people with whom I am friend on Facebook sent me a screenshot with that ad. Apparently, that person is showing that ad to all my Facebook friends hoping they will trust when they see my face and maybe invest.

I don't want my picture to be used in that way. I sold that picture 4 times and every time got 0.33$ for it on Shutterstock (long before they cut sales to 0.10$). It sounds like improper use of a license. Shouldn't they pay some extended license for commercial multi use?

Can I complain to Shutterstock so they can forbid that company to use my picture for that ad?

Thanks.

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Adobe stock declined whole set of pictures from "Iguazu waterfalls" saying it's "Intellectual Property Violation".

How waterfall can be an intellectual property?

Meanwhile, all pictures were accepted on shutterstock. There are no people on those pictures and they are not under editorial licence.

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