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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: Axel Lauer on April 30, 2014, 14:08
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Can someone explain why i find my images here and what Shutterstock has to do with them?
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/ (http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/)
"PublicDomainPictures.net is a repository for free public domain images.
The pictures are free for you to use and you should feel good about doing so."
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They offer paid images as well - that's what the SS images are.
Click on a link and you're on the SS site.
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If I klick on one of my pics, I will conected to Shutterstock. I see no problem, sees to be a place like many others.
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Ok, but how come that your / my images ended up there?
Whats the connetion between SS and them?
And to be honest - i dont want to find my images on a website stating;
"Welcome to Public Domain Pictures"
There are enough people out there thinking that "internet = free content" and i really dont need more hassle than i already have with thiefs and other crooks.
And a website that gives that kind of impression is absolutely dispensable to me
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That site also has links to what is apparently malware.
ie Genieo - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genieo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genieo)
As of April 2014, Genieo for Mac is flagged by Intego (mentioned above)[8][10] and, according to an analysis at VirusTotal, by 20 (out of 50 surveyed) anti-malware solutions, including Ad-Aware, Avast!, Bitdefender, Comodo, Dr. Web, ESET, Fortinet, F-Secure, Kaspersky, Trend Micro Housecall, and Sophos.
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Ok, but how come that your / my images ended up there?
Whats the connetion between SS and them?
And to be honest - i dont want to find my images on a website stating;
"Welcome to Public Domain Pictures"
There are enough people out there thinking that "internet = free content" and i really dont need more hassle than i already have with thiefs and other crooks.
And a website that gives that kind of impression is absolutely dispensable to me
They might be some sort of 'partner', operating as a bait-and-switch.
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Why is SS so impolitic to deliver a fraudelent bait&switch-site wich spreads also malware with our images?
That crappy PD-site cant drive that much user to SS that its worth to risk such a reputation-damage, or am i wrong?
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Why is SS so impolitic to deliver a fraudelent bait&switch-site wich spreads also malware with our images?
That crappy PD-site cant drive that much user to SS that its worth to risk such a reputation-damage, or am i wrong?
anyone can link their images. just a fact of life unless they take them off the web.
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Why is SS so impolitic to deliver a fraudelent bait&switch-site wich spreads also malware with our images?
That crappy PD-site cant drive that much user to SS that its worth to risk such a reputation-damage, or am i wrong?
You're right, no doubt!
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Why is SS so impolitic to deliver a fraudelent bait&switch-site wich spreads also malware with our images?
That crappy PD-site cant drive that much user to SS that its worth to risk such a reputation-damage, or am i wrong?
I don't think Shutterstock has anything to do with it.
Looks like somebody's trying to use the "free" keyword to generate referral income on Shutterstock.
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Why is SS so impolitic to deliver a fraudelent bait&switch-site wich spreads also malware with our images?
That crappy PD-site cant drive that much user to SS that its worth to risk such a reputation-damage, or am i wrong?
I don't think Shutterstock has anything to do with it.
Looks like somebody's trying to use the "free" keyword to generate referral income on Shutterstock.
At last and intelligent response.
Heres: the Whois lookup data.
Domain Name: PUBLICDOMAINPICTURES.NET
Registry Domain ID: 897617630_DOMAIN_NET-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.tucows.com
Registrar URL: http://tucowsdomains.com (http://tucowsdomains.com)
Updated Date: 2013-12-20 06:09:59
Creation Date: 2007-03-28 07:15:34
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-03-28 07:15:34
Registrar: TUCOWS, INC.
Registrar IANA ID: 69
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4165350123
Reseller: INTERNET CZ, a.s.
Reseller: [email protected]
Reseller: 00420-38-3835353
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Bobek Ltd
Registrant Organization: Bobek Ltd
Registrant Street: 32 Cavendish Street
Registrant City: Harrogate
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code: HG1 4NT
Registrant Country: GB
Registrant Phone: +420.383835353
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: [email protected]
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Bobek Ltd
Admin Organization: Bobek Ltd
Admin Street: 32 Cavendish Street
Admin City: Harrogate
Admin State/Province:
Admin Postal Code: HG1 4NT
Admin Country: GB
Admin Phone: +420.383835353
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: [email protected]
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: P.E.S. consulting, s.r.o.
Tech Organization: P.E.S. consulting, s.r.o.
Tech Street: Vaclavske namesti 17
Tech City: Prague 1
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So if they are not an official partner, why not take it up directly with SS?
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So if they are not an official partner, why not take it up directly with SS?
Take what up? That they are placing links to Shutterstock onto a webpage?
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So if they are not an official partner, why not take it up directly with SS?
Take what up? That they are placing links to Shutterstock onto a webpage?
I was meaning the OP, not you.
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They make profit on clicks, SS just advertises there, same like on many other pages offering non copyrighted images
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Why don't ask directly to Shutterstock?
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I have come across many of these deceitful sites in my stock photo-buying travels around the internet. From the buying perspective, once i know the site is trying to hoodwink people, i would never buy from them anyway. From a contributor perspective, i agree with the op...seeing my images on a "free public domain" image site makes me mad. On the bright side, at least the image links to ss, instead of being stolen and given away.
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Why don't ask directly to Shutterstock?
Not so difficult…
Here is the Shutterstock answer:
"Thank you for your email.
The website you have inquired about is an authorized Shutterstock affiliate. This means that when a visitor to that site clicks on an image or download link to that image, they are redirected to Shutterstock. There, the visitor can then purchase a license to the image the way any other Shutterstock customer would purchase a license to the image."
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You have asked this same question before, and the answer is still: Sites can use the Shutterstock API show results from Shutterstock and try to earn referral income. You should be happy about this. Site like this push thousands and thousands of visitors to you images on Shutterstock.