Author Topic: Fraud account on Shutterstock. (Read 17296 times)

blvdone · « **Reply #50 on:** June 24, 2023, 10:05 »

Quote from: gnirtS on June 23, 2023, 02:27

Just uploaded some Shibuya of my own. I hope i don't end up on your sh*t list

Did you download from Storyblocks?
https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/shibuya-shibuya-crossing-crowds-of-people-crossing-the-famous-crosswalks-at-the-centre-of-shibuyas-fashionable-shopping-and-entertainment-district-elevated-view-tokyo-japan-asia-al1emro

Ambu · « **Reply #51 on:** June 27, 2023, 11:09 »

Quote from: blvdone on June 22, 2023, 23:01

Quote from: Ambu on June 22, 2023, 00:29
Original?
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1105176759-glowing-stars-sparkle-on-green-screen-background
Stolen?
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/243744593-glowing-stars-sparkle-green-screen-background-4k

Original?
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1085922431-optical-flicker-flare-green-screen-background
Stolen?
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/169004069-optical-lens-flares-transition-green-screen-background

Original?
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1085474555-sleeping-zzz-symbol-on-green-screen-background
Stolen?
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/168477687-sleeping-zzz-symbol-green-screen-background

Original?
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1101193617-pixel-football-field-soccer-players-green-vintage
Stolen?
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/235329819-pixel-art-football-field-soccer-players-green-vintage-game

Original?
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1085717396-macro-green-leaf-texture-pattern-close-up
Stolen?
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/168788885-macro-green-leaf-texture-and-pattern-close

THIEF ACCOUNT?
also many footage videos with locations of different countries

Dubai
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/167673436-aerial-view-ferrari-world-park-largest-indoor-amusement-park
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/168612610-aerial-view-luxury-beach-dubai-skyscrapers-background-ue
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/167673421-dubai-city-aerial-view-futuristic-dubai-marina-district
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/229847091-aerial-night-city-view-sheikh-zayed-skyline
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/229847087-aerial-dubai-marina-fog-4k-video-footage
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/168613358-aerial-view-palm-jumeirah-man-made-islands-dubai
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/168612316-aerial-view-burj-al-arab-luxury-7-star-hotel

Colombia
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/172572151-aerial-view-mountain-ridge-and-clouds-forest-sierra-nevada-c

Iceland
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/168294586-aerial-view-sharp-cliffs-black-sand-beach-reynisfjara
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/168296931-aerial-view-vatnajokull-glacier-iceland

Indonesia
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/190396531-aerial-drone-indian-ferry-leaving-island-sanur-bali-indonesi

Usa
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/172478213-aerial-view-manhattan-buildings-new-york-city-sunrise

HongKong
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/172297742-aerial-view-hyperlapse-4k-video-victoria-harbour-hong-kong

Taiwan
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/172297731-aerial-view-taipei-city-downtown-night-illumination-panorama

Norway
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/168296107-aerial-view-big-glacier-nigardsbreen-norway-blue-ice-glacier

Austria
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/171277555-aerial-shot-alps-mountains-and-peaks

Mauritius
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/171814218-aerial-drone-view-tropical-beach-mauritius

Brazil
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/168214759-aerial-shot-river-huge-waterfall-brazilian-green-rainforest

Nigeria
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/194004449-aerial-view-remote-settlement-yashi-nigeria-nasarawa-state

AND MANY MORE....

Thos 2 portfolios may be from the same person. I didn't find any proof of stolen clip.

Is he having two portfolios on Shutterstock

https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Paralllel3/video

gnirtS · « **Reply #52 on:** July 11, 2023, 09:11 »

Someone is upset SS detected some of his AI images.

https://www.shutterstock.com/g/ANKON+KUMAR+SARKER

Interesting profile, a pink flower that looks clearly AI and a macro honey bee shot that looks totally out of place from the couple of terrible mobile snapshots making up the rest of it.

gnirtS · « **Reply #53 on:** July 11, 2023, 09:45 »

Heres another rocket scientist on the group...

Posting a question about how long it takes to review images whilst showing thumbnails of stolen images.

Just 1 example, the Railay Beach image was uploaded by a Thai guy (makes sense) 2 years ago and reused by a few dodgy SS accounts.

https://tineye.com/search/1433a4f3013a3ecf252a678c91efb09c2a2e633b?sort=score&order=desc&page=1

Waterfalls photo in there first appeared on Twitter in 2017.

Tents and palm tree, freepik and Bigstock 2019.

Can anyone find this guys actual profile link?

How do you go about reporting infringement without being the copyright holder? Email?

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #54 on:** July 11, 2023, 12:15 »

Quote from: gnirtS on July 11, 2023, 09:45

...How do you go about reporting infringement without being the copyright holder? Email?

[email protected]

I last used it just under two years ago, so not sure if it's still in operation. They have email for DMCA notices (which I've also used) which might work for other purposes: [email protected]

odesigns · « **Reply #55 on:** July 11, 2023, 14:44 »

I was once told you can only officially report an infringement issue if you're the original copyright owner. But I suppose you could bring other cases to their attention informally. Whether they'll listen is another story.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #56 on:** July 11, 2023, 14:52 »

Quote from: J_Stock on July 11, 2023, 14:44

I was once told you can only officially report an infringement issue if you're the original copyright owner. But I suppose you could bring other cases to their attention informally. Whether they'll listen is another story.

You can't file a DMCA takedown notice unless you are the copyright holder or representative. But you can, and I have, reported a portfolio full of stolen work to SS compliance and had the portfolio taken down.

When I wrote I gave them half a dozen examples of the thief's image on Shutterstock and the original elsewhere. The last time I did that was in the fall of 2020; no idea if things have changed since

kuriouskat · « **Reply #57 on:** July 12, 2023, 02:57 »

According to this, anyone can write in with information:

https://support.submit.shutterstock.com/s/article/How-does-Shutterstock-investigate-infringement-claims?language=en_US

"If you are not the copyright owner to content you believe is being infringed, please write in to [email protected] with the following information:

identification of the original works you believe are being infringed (website URLs or Shutterstock content ID numbers); and

Shutterstock content ID numbers for the content you believe is infringing.

Please note that Shutterstock requires both sets of information (original vs. allegedly infringing) to adequately investigate infringement issues. We cannot fairly or accurately investigate problematic accounts with just screenshots or account names; we require information to specifically compare original content to infringing content. Shutterstock only requires a few examples to make an assessment of problematic contributor accounts."

gnirtS · « **Reply #58 on:** July 14, 2023, 22:48 »

Cheers.
The FB groups have provided a treasure trove of infringement this week and i've got time to kill.

kuriouskat · « **Reply #59 on:** July 15, 2023, 04:46 »

Quote from: gnirtS on July 14, 2023, 22:48

Cheers.
The FB groups have provided a treasure trove of infringement this week and i've got time to kill.

I've reported a few recently, but there's a lot of dodgy Shutterstock accounts here if you have time to kill

https://www.microstockgroup.com/image-sleuth/is-this-now-totally-out-of-control-check-for-your-own-images/

As a matter of interest, do you receive any response to your emails or do the portfolios/images just get removed? I haven't heard anything back in over a week.

gnirtS · « **Reply #60 on:** July 15, 2023, 06:42 »

I haven't done it for a while but i never heard anything back.
Some accounts vanished, some stayed for ages. No idea if thats connected to the mails or not.

kuriouskat · « **Reply #61 on:** July 15, 2023, 16:17 »

Quote from: gnirtS on July 15, 2023, 06:42

I haven't done it for a while but i never heard anything back.
Some accounts vanished, some stayed for ages. No idea if thats connected to the mails or not.

Thanks for the info. I just wondered if they would reply to the email or just process the information, but I'd never hear back. I bookmarked the account I reported, so I'll check it again in a few days.

gnirtS · « **Reply #62 on:** August 04, 2023, 11:34 »

Quote from: KuriousKat on July 15, 2023, 16:17

Quote from: gnirtS on July 15, 2023, 06:42
I haven't done it for a while but i never heard anything back.
Some accounts vanished, some stayed for ages. No idea if thats connected to the mails or not.

Thanks for the info. I just wondered if they would reply to the email or just process the information, but I'd never hear back. I bookmarked the account I reported, so I'll check it again in a few days.

FWIW i just heard back from them for an account i reported 3 weeks ago.

gnirtS · « **Reply #63 on:** August 04, 2023, 11:39 »

Another account(s) where i suspect they're working together.

One of them was dumb enough to post "look at my image" onto the FB group.

An image of apples. Which "similar" immediately showed was a cropped image of another account.

His account contains almost entirely stolen images.

Further to that the second account ALSO contains mainly stolen images and that image is actual a 180 degree flip of an image belonging to a 3rd account. Which also contains suspicious images.

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/apple-flesh-crisp-juicy-taste-can-2338927295

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/organic-apples-hanging-tree-branch-apple-1559871344

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/red-apples-that-very-juicy-2341821319

https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Layan+SL as dumb enough to post and he took it from https://www.shutterstock.com/g/HGitems who got it from https://www.shutterstock.com/g/NavinTar

Are these individuals with multiple accounts or an organised group working together to game the system?

Mimi the Cat · « **Reply #64 on:** August 05, 2023, 04:06 »

Fraud account on shitterstock? Quelle surprise

cobalt · « **Reply #65 on:** August 05, 2023, 04:42 »

"Are these individuals with multiple accounts or an organised group working together to game the system?"

maybe

Or they just follow the same youtube guru showing them special tricks to make quick money on shutterstock

A lot of these people are naive.

kuriouskat · « **Reply #66 on:** August 05, 2023, 05:00 »

Quote from: gnirtS on August 04, 2023, 11:34

Quote from: KuriousKat on July 15, 2023, 16:17
Quote from: gnirtS on July 15, 2023, 06:42
I haven't done it for a while but i never heard anything back.
Some accounts vanished, some stayed for ages. No idea if thats connected to the mails or not.

Thanks for the info. I just wondered if they would reply to the email or just process the information, but I'd never hear back. I bookmarked the account I reported, so I'll check it again in a few days.

FWIW i just heard back from them for an account i reported 3 weeks ago.

Great, and also the portfolio I reported has now gone. It's good to know that action is being taking. I guess all we can do is keep reporting.

gnirtS · « **Reply #67 on:** August 05, 2023, 23:58 »

Quote from: cobalt on August 05, 2023, 04:42

"Are these individuals with multiple accounts or an organised group working together to game the system?"

maybe

Or they just follow the same youtube guru showing them special tricks to make quick money on shutterstock

A lot of these people are naive.

Certainly might be a bit of that as well but there are clusters of dodgy accounts all using the same stolen images which suggests they obtained them from the same source at the very least.

gnirtS · « **Reply #68 on:** August 10, 2023, 07:48 »

If only Shutterstock ran a check of new images against already accepted images it might actually find some thieves.

gnirtS · « **Reply #69 on:** August 10, 2023, 08:10 »

https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Super+Firoz

This guy is good. Lots of "River in nautral of the amazon" and hand sanitiser

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #70 on:** August 10, 2023, 14:04 »

Quote from: gnirtS on August 10, 2023, 08:10

https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Super+Firoz

This guy is good. Lots of "River in nautral of the amazon" and hand sanitiser

People from Bangladesh naturally travel all over the Amazon, from boats on the water, high above, on the land and the air to shoot.

First 40 are flowers, then suddenly it's 100 "river in the natural of amazon."

Then he changes to "Mountain river water landscape."

Original? 20,179 images. https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/view-typical-wild-river-green-pine-2009031563
Super Firoz copy 290 images https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/mountain-river-water-landscape-deep-forest-1749824036
Copy of the copy, this guy has 3 images https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/beautiful-river-mountain-scene-1649531152

Now look at the file numbers.

gnirtS · « **Reply #71 on:** August 10, 2023, 22:20 »

I started off last night reporting one account then fell into the "similar images" rabbit hole for 18 further accounts before losing the will to live.

I only go a case number for 1 of those 18 emails too. (the auto responder).

gnirtS · « **Reply #72 on:** August 10, 2023, 22:57 »

kuriouskat · « **Reply #73 on:** August 11, 2023, 13:15 »

Here's another one to check:

https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Take_photo_byhabib

This is all getting a bit depressing

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #74 on:** August 11, 2023, 16:34 »

I took a look at some of the images in https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Super+Firoz and saw that two of the other "amazon" images that are listed as similar have now been removed

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/river-natural-amazon-1746903971

But a google search on that image's preview found that it's in Moran State Park and comes from Unsplash!

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forked_waterfall_%28Unsplash%29.jpg

Although the link in Wikimedia says the file doesn't exist any more. The image is all over wallpaper sites, such as

https://www.goodfreephotos.com/united-states/washington/other/beautiful-small-waterfall-landscape-in-moran-state-park.jpg.php

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Author Topic: Fraud account on Shutterstock. (Read 17296 times)

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