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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: kuriouskat on August 08, 2019, 07:14
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Isn't this Jack Nicholson?
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/havanacuba-05232019-men-smoking-cigar-cuba-1437498350?src=9f4eRcGj8k8nQ2JCN0PB2A-1-12 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/havanacuba-05232019-men-smoking-cigar-cuba-1437498350?src=9f4eRcGj8k8nQ2JCN0PB2A-1-12)
Image theft is reaching new limits.
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https://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-smoke-cigars/celebrity-lists?page=2 (https://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-smoke-cigars/celebrity-lists?page=2)
second photo down
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Well-spotted!
Same style of captions as the last mole with the images from Reuters.
I would post it on the SS thread but my account is blocked until tomorrow, am a one-month probation period where all my posts are moderated and have -4 points from my account!
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Well-spotted!
Same style of captions as the last mole with the images from Reuters.
I would post it on the SS thread but my account is blocked until tomorrow, am a one-month probation period where all my posts are moderated and have -4 points from my account!
Sorry to hear that :(
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Page four of his port has actor Jason Statham captioned as "men with baldness" !
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angelescaliforniausa-05112019-men-baldness-1438183688?src=9f4eRcGj8k8nQ2JCN0PB2A-4-46 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angelescaliforniausa-05112019-men-baldness-1438183688?src=9f4eRcGj8k8nQ2JCN0PB2A-4-46)
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Page four of his port has actor Jason Statham captioned as "men with baldness" !
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angelescaliforniausa-05112019-men-baldness-1438183688?src=9f4eRcGj8k8nQ2JCN0PB2A-4-46 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angelescaliforniausa-05112019-men-baldness-1438183688?src=9f4eRcGj8k8nQ2JCN0PB2A-4-46)
Oh my!
That's both funny and sad :'(
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And he shot the wedding of Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie too
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portsoyscotland07212019-photo-person-wearing-traditional-scottish-1464917714 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portsoyscotland07212019-photo-person-wearing-traditional-scottish-1464917714)
https://news.sky.com/story/game-of-thrones-stars-kit-harington-and-rose-leslie-marry-at-family-castle-11414151 (https://news.sky.com/story/game-of-thrones-stars-kit-harington-and-rose-leslie-marry-at-family-castle-11414151)
And this person somehow has product photos from a kid's toy manufacturer (thief has a New York location but it's a British company)
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-yorkusa-08122019-child-play-1439360723?src=oqwEqyOXlyr00PkCeENGsA-3-96 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-yorkusa-08122019-child-play-1439360723?src=oqwEqyOXlyr00PkCeENGsA-3-96)
https://letoyvan.com/collections/baby-toddler-puzzles (https://letoyvan.com/collections/baby-toddler-puzzles)
Not only a thief, but careless and ignorant - this "New York" photo is clearly shot in the UK (Trolley park, license plates)
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-yorkusa-03122019-photo-parking-1438474277 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-yorkusa-03122019-photo-parking-1438474277)
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/2019/04/30/new-parking-rules-come-into-force-at-merry-hill/ (https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/2019/04/30/new-parking-rules-come-into-force-at-merry-hill/)
I wrote to Shutterstock compliance with a pointer to the portfolio and this thread. I also told them they need to do better to keep customers' trust. This could so easily have been prevented if reviewing was taking its job seriously...
Now awaiting the email telling me how seriously they take infringement. For the moment I just have a "...working on it...high volume of messages . . .If you do not receive a response from us within 3 days, please email us back in direct response to this email..."
They wouldn't have such a high volume of email if reviewing was doing their job :)
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his ice berg shot
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/melting-iceberg-huge-big-processing-definitely-1428495641?src=oqwEqyOXlyr00PkCeENGsA-1-1 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/melting-iceberg-huge-big-processing-definitely-1428495641?src=oqwEqyOXlyr00PkCeENGsA-1-1)
is also in two other portfolios:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/iceberg-blue-water-1354022582 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/iceberg-blue-water-1354022582) (blank photog name and port closed but still shows up in similars)
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/underwater-view-iceberg-beautiful-transparent-sea-131163173 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/underwater-view-iceberg-beautiful-transparent-sea-131163173)
and this clearly taken in the UK not New York
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-yorkusa-03122019-photo-parking-1438474277?src=oqwEqyOXlyr00PkCeENGsA-4-24 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-yorkusa-03122019-photo-parking-1438474277?src=oqwEqyOXlyr00PkCeENGsA-4-24)
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And he shot the wedding of Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie too
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portsoyscotland07212019-photo-person-wearing-traditional-scottish-1464917714 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portsoyscotland07212019-photo-person-wearing-traditional-scottish-1464917714)
https://news.sky.com/story/game-of-thrones-stars-kit-harington-and-rose-leslie-marry-at-family-castle-11414151 (https://news.sky.com/story/game-of-thrones-stars-kit-harington-and-rose-leslie-marry-at-family-castle-11414151)
And this person somehow has product photos from a kid's toy manufacturer (thief has a New York location but it's a British company)
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-yorkusa-08122019-child-play-1439360723?src=oqwEqyOXlyr00PkCeENGsA-3-96 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-yorkusa-08122019-child-play-1439360723?src=oqwEqyOXlyr00PkCeENGsA-3-96)
https://letoyvan.com/collections/baby-toddler-puzzles (https://letoyvan.com/collections/baby-toddler-puzzles)
Not only a thief, but careless and ignorant - this "New York" photo is clearly shot in the UK (Trolley park, license plates)
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-yorkusa-03122019-photo-parking-1438474277 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-yorkusa-03122019-photo-parking-1438474277)
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/2019/04/30/new-parking-rules-come-into-force-at-merry-hill/ (https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/2019/04/30/new-parking-rules-come-into-force-at-merry-hill/)
I wrote to Shutterstock compliance with a pointer to the portfolio and this thread. I also told them they need to do better to keep customers' trust. This could so easily have been prevented if reviewing was taking its job seriously...
Now awaiting the email telling me how seriously they take infringement. For the moment I just have a "...working on it...high volume of messages . . .If you do not receive a response from us within 3 days, please email us back in direct response to this email..."
They wouldn't have such a high volume of email if reviewing was doing their job :)
Haha, he has a lot of prestigious friends, (who won't sign releases)!
The 'men play golf' series also appears to be a who's who of the golfing world.
Thanks for reporting it Jo Ann.
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The moron has also uploaded a Getty image:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/londonengland-08182017-woman-holding-flowers-1435963694 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/londonengland-08182017-woman-holding-flowers-1435963694)
https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/photo/senior-woman-holding-flower-pot-and-shovel-while-royalty-free-image/506155711 (https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/photo/senior-woman-holding-flower-pot-and-shovel-while-royalty-free-image/506155711)
Where are Getty's crack legal team when we need them? :)
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The moron has also uploaded a Getty image:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/londonengland-08182017-woman-holding-flowers-1435963694 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/londonengland-08182017-woman-holding-flowers-1435963694)
https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/photo/senior-woman-holding-flower-pot-and-shovel-while-royalty-free-image/506155711 (https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/photo/senior-woman-holding-flower-pot-and-shovel-while-royalty-free-image/506155711)
Where are Getty's crack legal team when we need them? :)
Maybe he's not so much of a moron, as his portfolio has been active long enough to get a payment?
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Shutterstock’s motto: a sale is a sale, no matter where it comes from!
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Editorial images of obviously posed lifestyle shots are a dead-giveaway of a thieving account.
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Page four of his port has actor Jason Statham captioned as "men with baldness" !
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angelescaliforniausa-05112019-men-baldness-1438183688?src=9f4eRcGj8k8nQ2JCN0PB2A-4-46 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angelescaliforniausa-05112019-men-baldness-1438183688?src=9f4eRcGj8k8nQ2JCN0PB2A-4-46)
;D THAT IS GOLD!
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This one is great, "man plays golf" stolen from Getty and so on.
The captions are pretty identical to the marshall islands nuclear attack editorial guy. Possibly the same image-theft farm (or the same person)?
Some high profile celebs with agents and high profile agencies stolen this time round. Maybe some good, hard legal action might persuade SS to actually quality control and audit reviews.
Ive posted it on their forum so i suspect (i) to get banned and (ii) the thread to get deleted soon.
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the thread will be removed is we've learned about SS modus operandi
and who knows how long before they shut down that port
if they do theres probably hundreds more just as bad that will keep on earning them money
by hook or by crook, i guess money is money
what a pathetic organization SS has become
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The moron has also uploaded a Getty image:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/londonengland-08182017-woman-holding-flowers-1435963694 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/londonengland-08182017-woman-holding-flowers-1435963694)
https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/photo/senior-woman-holding-flower-pot-and-shovel-while-royalty-free-image/506155711 (https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/photo/senior-woman-holding-flower-pot-and-shovel-while-royalty-free-image/506155711)
Where are Getty's crack legal team when we need them? :)
I've tweeted the account of the author of the image.
I heard nothing back from Getty the last time, other than the auto-receipt, so have no idea whether that was a worthwhile tactic.
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Just to give SS a change ive emailed them with details as well so they cant claim they're unaware.
Im fairly sure its the same people/group as the last one.
This one travels a lot like the other one.
The old one had done a pacific island (Marshalls), this one has done Iwa Jima. Both have images from Tel Aviv. Both have images from Kenya.
This guy has also been to Jordan though.
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I found another stolen photo where I could find a way to contact the original photographer (which I did), suggesting they contact Shutterstock compliance to complain
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portsoyscotland07212019-photo-person-wearing-traditional-scottish-1464917813 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portsoyscotland07212019-photo-person-wearing-traditional-scottish-1464917813)
https://wwd.com/fashion-news/street-style/they-are-wearing-edinburgh-international-festival-fashion-10203377/ (https://wwd.com/fashion-news/street-style/they-are-wearing-edinburgh-international-festival-fashion-10203377/)
The portfolio is still there, and honestly, if they did actually take this seriously, it should at least be taken off line at this point. I realize that they may need to investigate to be sure they're not penalizing someone who has been wrongly accused, but with this many examples of stolen work, I think they're just not putting any effort into this...
And on the theme of "men with baldness" the thief has an Associated Press photo of Prince William :) He should have gone with the headline many of the newspapers did "No hair on the heir?" And the photo was taken in 2018 in London, not 2019 in Los Angeles
"Britain's Prince William arrives to visit the Evelina London Children's Hospital in London, Thursday Jan. 18, 2018, to celebrate the national rollout of the 'Step into Health' programme. "
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angelescaliforniausa-05112019-men-baldness-1438183730 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angelescaliforniausa-05112019-men-baldness-1438183730)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11978795 (https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11978795)
Another Getty Image
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angelescaliforniausa-05112019-men-baldness-1438183700 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angelescaliforniausa-05112019-men-baldness-1438183700)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/man-working-in-modern-office-royalty-free-image/878980448 (https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/man-working-in-modern-office-royalty-free-image/878980448)
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I thought it interesting that cpaulfell who first reported the thief math313 left it at that. I looked at their port (3200 pics) and found that hey had stolen 4 shots from an artist's duo based in London. Because the artists had recently been published in a national UK newspaper it was easy to find an email address and I mailed them pointing out the apparent 'inconsistency' with this guy at SS in Turkey claiming copyright of their work. I asked them to send DMCA notices (4X), gave 'em the link to Shutterstock infringement claims and they or their gallery people must have done so immediately because within 24 hours math313's port of 3200 images was gone completely.
This was the the tread that was taken down and for which Brasilnut had his forum account suspended. BTW thread is still there...they only deleted the link.
So, whether it was the number of DMCA notices or the fact that these guys were serious trouble, I dunno but SS shut down the entire account within 24 hours.
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The portfolio is still active this morning, but I found another person to write to - a Scottish blogger whose photo of a Mary Queen of Scots festival was included in this thief's portfolio
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portsoyscotland07212019-photo-person-wearing-traditional-scottish-1464917864 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portsoyscotland07212019-photo-person-wearing-traditional-scottish-1464917864)
The original is from here (scroll down)
https://theweewhitedug.com/2017/09/04/mary-queen-of-scots-festival/ (https://theweewhitedug.com/2017/09/04/mary-queen-of-scots-festival/)
Perhaps more copyright owners bugging them will get this portfolio offline sooner...
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Possibly I whined too soon - I think the portfolio is now offline. Can anyone else follow any of the links?
Even if you can't follow the links, the large watermarked previews are still online (not sure for how long) and you can take the image links posted here and get to the previews.
You need to paste in location, with hyphens at word boundaries, and description to the following template (I had to put spaces at the beginning to avoid the forum trying to make this a hyperlink):
https: // image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-photo- (location information)-photo-of- (description of image with number) .jpg
So for the link I posted this morning to Sam Grant's blog:
https: // www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portsoyscotland07212019-photo-person-wearing-traditional-scottish-1464917864 (http://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portsoyscotland07212019-photo-person-wearing-traditional-scottish-1464917864)
https: // image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-photo-portsoy-scotland-photo-of-person-wearing-traditional-scottish-clothing-1464917864.jpg
And for Jason Stratham showing baldness:
los-angelescaliforniausa-05112019-men-baldness-1438183688
https: // image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-photo-los-angeles-california-usa-photo-of-men-baldness-1438183688.jpg
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Still see the Scots.
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A quick way to sort it out would be to inform Jack Nicholson's agent... I'd imagine that may yield a faster response from them ;D
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Possibly I whined too soon - I think the portfolio is now offline. Can anyone else follow any of the links?
They all seem to be still available from here, though as usual the links take me to the Spanish version of the site (!)
Added: but when I clicked on the contributor's 'name' on the Jack Nicolson file, I got a 404, which normally means the port is down.
But oddly, I cut and pasted the URI of the JN file into a totally clean browser, and still could see, and apparently buy, the file, but again clicking on the author name got a 404 error.
I then googled the author's 'name' and got a link to his port on SS, but that link was also a 404 error. (And although going via Google in the UK, I still got taken to a Spanish version of the site.)
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I think its a caching issue. When I click on the link to the images I can still see them but, if I then click on the contributors name, I get the, "that was unexpected" message and no port.
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"that was unexpected"
Rather "uninspected" would fit better!?
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Childish attitude by SS...
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Childish attitude by SS...
Looks like you’re better off being a thief on SS rather than a helpful member of the community there
SS is really messed up on so many levels
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Childish attitude by SS...
So true ~ they can't handle the truth its a kindergarten attitude not at all worthy of a so-called professional company
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Heres another profile:- https://www.shutterstock.com/g/patrick+littles (https://www.shutterstock.com/g/patrick+littles)
Its most likely the same group. Travel a lot, all editorial, illiterate captions that have no relevance to the images.
So far images on there are stolen from Getty, Universal studios, a few glamour collections and even some from personal blogs and trip reports.
SS yet again pathetic in its lack of reviewing and verification.
Given how much Getty love to lawyer up you have to wonder how long it'll be for them to have large scale selling of their images by a competitor before they choose to act.
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Heres another profile:- https://www.shutterstock.com/g/patrick+littles (https://www.shutterstock.com/g/patrick+littles)
Its most likely the same group. Travel a lot, all editorial, illiterate captions that have no relevance to the images.
So far images on there are stolen from Getty, Universal studios, a few glamour collections and even some from personal blogs and trip reports.
SS yet again pathetic in its lack of reviewing and verification.
Given how much Getty love to lawyer up you have to wonder how long it'll be for them to have large scale selling of their images by a competitor before they choose to act.
True wackamole style. New one pops up as soon as another gets wacked!
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Heres another profile:- https://www.shutterstock.com/g/patrick+littles (https://www.shutterstock.com/g/patrick+littles)
Its most likely the same group. Travel a lot, all editorial, illiterate captions that have no relevance to the images.
So far images on there are stolen from Getty, Universal studios, a few glamour collections and even some from personal blogs and trip reports.
SS yet again pathetic in its lack of reviewing and verification.
Given how much Getty love to lawyer up you have to wonder how long it'll be for them to have large scale selling of their images by a competitor before they choose to act.
I've emailled the author of the Mardi Gras images, or at least one that I checked. He's a Reuters 'tog.
And a Getty tog who took one of the others.
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True wackamole style. New one pops up as soon as another gets wacked!
...and promptly passes quality control review and images go live. THAT to me is the most frustrating part. Its not the thieves themselves, its the system that SS has created that allows them to get these large scale stolen images on sale in the first place.
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I wrote to Shutterstock compliance with these examples from the thief's portfolio:
https://www.shutterstock.com/g/patrick+littles (https://www.shutterstock.com/g/patrick+littles)
Not taken in New York in 2019 but from a blog post in 2018
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-york05272019-photo-women-wearing-1464939287 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-york05272019-photo-women-wearing-1464939287)
http://bouquetbylauren.com/floral-for-christmas-my-favorite-holiday-albums/ (http://bouquetbylauren.com/floral-for-christmas-my-favorite-holiday-albums/)
The Russian Promobot robot - article from October 2017, not taken in New York in June 2019
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-york06082019-photo-capable-robot-1467273740 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-york06082019-photo-capable-robot-1467273740)
https://www.vision-systems.com/unmanned/article/16750869/international-federation-of-robotics-global-market-for-service-robots-on-the-rise (https://www.vision-systems.com/unmanned/article/16750869/international-federation-of-robotics-global-market-for-service-robots-on-the-rise)
And this image from 2016 from a Honduran travel operator has been uploaded as taken in July 2019
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/cay-hondurashonduras-07222019-photo-cayos-cochinos-1463776814 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/cay-hondurashonduras-07222019-photo-cayos-cochinos-1463776814)
https://utilacaysdiving.com/eat-sleep-play/ (https://utilacaysdiving.com/eat-sleep-play/)
https://utilacaysdiving.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Cayos-Cochinos2.jpg (https://utilacaysdiving.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Cayos-Cochinos2.jpg)
And an Agency France-Presse image (represented by Getty Image)s shot of a woman on a desk used in the New York Times, BBC, The Guardian, and on and on
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-york05272019-photo-women-wearing-1464939329 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-york05272019-photo-women-wearing-1464939329)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/world/asia/japan-high-heels.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/world/asia/japan-high-heels.html)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48534453 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48534453)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/03/women-in-japan-protest-against-having-to-wear-high-heels-to-work-kutoo-yumi-ishikawa (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/03/women-in-japan-protest-against-having-to-wear-high-heels-to-work-kutoo-yumi-ishikawa)
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The portfolio is still there, so I replied to the "we're working on it" email with two examples of Getty images work the thief has claimed were his - along with a suggestion they need to look more closely at initial uploads of new contributors to stop this crazy behavior.
A Boston Dynamics robot that is by LAURA CHIESA/PACIFIC PRESS/GETTY IMAGES and first appeared in October 2018, and was not shot in June 2019 as claimed by the thief
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-york06082019-photo-capable-robot-1467273704 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-york06082019-photo-capable-robot-1467273704)
https://www.wired.com/story/boston-dynamics-is-prepping-its-robot-dog-to-get-a-job/ (https://www.wired.com/story/boston-dynamics-is-prepping-its-robot-dog-to-get-a-job/)
And this is from Getty Images from 2017, shot in Tokyo, not shot in New York in 2019 as the thief claims
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-york06082019-photo-capable-robot-1467273707 (https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-yorknew-york06082019-photo-capable-robot-1467273707)
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/softbank-group-corp-chief-executive-officer-masayoshi-son-news-photo/819235032? (https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/softbank-group-corp-chief-executive-officer-masayoshi-son-news-photo/819235032?)
Edited to add that the port is still up on Tuesday afternoon, so I wrote to the blogger, Lauren, with the Christmas image suggesting she contact Shutterstock compliance directly. That seemed to work well with the other blogger I contacted...
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Would be fun to get Getty involved as they’re losing sales to shutterstock because of that. It might speed up the process if lawsuits are involved.
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Wednesday afternoon I'm getting a 404 error on these pages, so it appears SS has taken the thief's work down. Finally.
If I were a betting person, I'd take odds on how long before a contributor spots another of these portfolios - but at least there are two down...
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Wednesday afternoon I'm getting a 404 error on these pages, so it appears SS has taken the thief's work down. Finally.
If I were a betting person, I'd take odds on how long before a contributor spots another of these portfolios - but at least there are two down...
To be fair, they do wack these accounts eventually, but what troubles me is that there's no system in place them being accepted in the first place. I know it's RF and non-exclusive which makes it more difficult but the current system isn't working.
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...what troubles me is that there's no system in place them being accepted in the first place. I know it's RF and non-exclusive which makes it more difficult but the current system isn't working.
I don't think it's difficult at all. It just requires more careful (and largely automatic) monitoring of the uploads of new accounts. Probably just monitoring the first 100 uploads would do it - at least it would weed out the vast majority of the professional thieves. I included that suggestion in my emails to compliance
You would have to have been purposefully asleep at the wheel to allow what's been going on to occur.
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Reading comments i cannot justify the "kindergarten" attitude.
Everything is monitored and issues immediately dissolved in kindergartens i think.
It is more like big shopping mall parking where security people walk around
but also signs "not responsible for damages, secure your goods' do exist.
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Thread on thieves taken down and comment wasn't even accepted. Predictable.
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The portfolio is still there, so I replied to the "we're working on it" email with two examples of Getty images work the thief has claimed were his - along with a suggestion they need to look more closely at initial uploads of new contributors to stop this crazy behavior.
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As noted above, the portfolio did come down, but today, a week and a half later, I received snotty email from Shutterstock compliance saying that they (1) had taken down the images; (2) rely on the integrity of their contributors not to infringe others' copyright; (3) were a "service provider" (their quotes) and would respond to proper DMCA take down notices;
(4) "Though your correspondence did not adhere to the strict statutory requirements of the DMCA, we elected to treat it as a proper notice and expeditiously removed the image(s) in question."
Very big of them to do me a favor that way...
This is a pathetic, butt-covering piece of corporate word barf apparently disavowing any and all responsibility for vetting their uploads and leaving it to copyright holders to submit streams of DMCA notices when thieves have uploaded their content to Shutterstock.
Tossers!
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The portfolio is still there, so I replied to the "we're working on it" email with two examples of Getty images work the thief has claimed were his - along with a suggestion they need to look more closely at initial uploads of new contributors to stop this crazy behavior.
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As noted above, the portfolio did come down, but today, a week and a half later, I received snotty email from Shutterstock compliance saying that they (1) had taken down the images; (2) rely on the integrity of their contributors not to infringe others' copyright; (3) were a "service provider" (their quotes) and would respond to proper DMCA take down notices;
(4) "Though your correspondence did not adhere to the strict statutory requirements of the DMCA, we elected to treat it as a proper notice and expeditiously removed the image(s) in question."
Very big of them to do me a favor that way...
This is a pathetic, butt-covering piece of corporate word barf apparently disavowing any and all responsibility for vetting their uploads and leaving it to copyright holders to submit streams of DMCA notices when thieves have uploaded their content to Shutterstock.
Tossers!
Pffft.....can it get any worse at Shitterstock?