Help needed from all my fellow hoggers.
Jan 29, 2014 08:54:39 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That's a fantastic shot. I can understand why som... (show quote)
That is where I went, the guys site that had it cannot be accessed now, his first name was vivek.
The post yesterday was incredible, cannot believe I misssed it, that guy was a piece of work.
Jan 29, 2014 09:08:33 #
sirlensalot
Loc: Arizona
First, don't trust messages. Find out and prove for yourself it's true or not.
If true, collect evidence, maybe have a friend purchase one as a shill buyer.
Third, sue. No warning is necessary.
Fourth seek to protect future photos. The more you post on the internet, the more you become susceptible to theivery.
Good luck.
If true, collect evidence, maybe have a friend purchase one as a shill buyer.
Third, sue. No warning is necessary.
Fourth seek to protect future photos. The more you post on the internet, the more you become susceptible to theivery.
Good luck.
Jan 29, 2014 12:21:08 #
kerryd
Loc: North Dakota
Hi All. I am very new to photography and this site. Read it almost religiously for the tips and learning opportunities. I am puzzled why anyone would be so despicable as to try and pass off someone else's work as their own- especially when the chance of being found out is relatively high. Are they trying to make money from them or is their self-esteem so low that they need plagiarism for a boost?
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Jan 29, 2014 12:50:57 #
jerryc41 wrote:
:thumbup:
Posting a photo is like leaving your car unlocked with the keys in the ignition. Posting a lo-res (72 ppi) is probably the best way to discourage thieves.
Posting a photo is like leaving your car unlocked with the keys in the ignition. Posting a lo-res (72 ppi) is probably the best way to discourage thieves.
We have been over this a LOT. That 72PPI thing is a myth. ALL that matters is the pixel dimensions. That myth started in the dark ages of computers when screen resolutions were around 72PPI,. Today, resolutions are FAR tighter - Retina displays are over 220PPI.
If all you do is take your image and change the PPI to 72, all you have done is made a file that would print physically larger. A thief has only to change the PPI to 240 or 300 and will have a hi-res file.
Uploading a jpg at 500 pixels on the long side and quality 7 makes it far more difficult to make a decent print.
Jan 29, 2014 13:05:21 #
rpavich wrote:
there isn't anything you can do that won't cost you more time and money than they are worth.
If you don't want them stolen, the only way to stop it is to not put them out on the internet.
If you don't want them stolen, the only way to stop it is to not put them out on the internet.
false.. send an invoice, send letter demanding payment of invoice, then you have three choices on what do do if they don't pay.
1. small claims court for failure to pay invoice
2. hire a collection company to collect on invoice and ding their credit rating.
3. leave allow.
I personally like 1 or 2. :)
Jan 29, 2014 13:07:41 #
lbrandt79 wrote:
That is where I went, the guys site that had it cannot be accessed now, his first name was vivek.
The post yesterday was incredible, cannot believe I misssed it, that guy was a piece of work.
The post yesterday was incredible, cannot believe I misssed it, that guy was a piece of work.
If you need help getting screen shots, I have posted the link to his sites cache dated: Jan 21st in the other thread. It's a history of what his site looked like before he started deleting stolen images and then finally deleting his whole page.
It's the internet, nothing is really ever "Gone" it just get's buried and you just have to figure out how to dig it back up.
Jan 29, 2014 13:14:43 #
kerryd wrote:
Hi All. I am very new to photography and this site. Read it almost religiously for the tips and learning opportunities. I am puzzled why anyone would be so despicable as to try and pass off someone else's work as their own- especially when the chance of being found out is relatively high. Are they trying to make money from them or is their self-esteem so low that they need plagiarism for a boost?
Unfortunately there are tons of "photographers" out there that steal other photographers' work. There are a number of reasons they do this, mostly it's to inflate their ego, I would think and appear better at their trade than they are. Some use them for marketing their businesses (look at the quality of work I turn out, book with me!) or others like the gentleman yesterday, put them up for sale on other websites and make money directly off the stolen images. Either way it's scummy and I hope karma kicks them all in the a$$.
A friend of mine runs a blog site that outs them, if you are interested you can find her blog here: http://stopstealingphotos.tumblr.com/
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Jan 29, 2014 19:45:20 #
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