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Someone is using my photograph

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    #2
    TheInquisitor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭TheInquisitor


    No benefit for you in them taking it down. Id say send them an invoice. Don't go crazy with the amount though.

    Your work though you deserve to be compensated


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    #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    How much is the norm for such a thing?


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    #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I sent them an invoice for €35.

    Should be interesting to see what happens.


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    #5
    CabanSail
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭CabanSail


    What really annoys me is that these web designers think they can just pull images from a site & use them like that. You wonder how many of the other images on the site have been stolen too.


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    #6
    dazftw
    Registered Users Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    How did you know they were using it? Through flickr? Also how did you go about sending them an invoice? Just like a normal email?

    I always see these threads but never understood how to actually send an invoice.. Apart from the ones you get when you buy stuff online or in a shop..

    Network with your people: https://www.builtinireland.ie/



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    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I sent them an invoice for €35.

    Easiest €35 you'll ever make, lol

    But that must annoy you, I have to admit id be pretty annoyed if I just stumble across something like that


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    #8
    Anouilh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭Anouilh


    There should be no problem about sorting it out. Your photo is clearly marked "All Rights Reserved"


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_rights_reserved


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    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    Tallon wrote: »
    Easiest €35 you'll ever make, lol

    Chances are they'll just ignore the invoice and maybe quietly take down the picture, even that's probably a best case scenario :(


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    #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    dazftw wrote: »
    How did you know they were using it? Through flickr? Also how did you go about sending them an invoice? Just like a normal email?

    I always see these threads but never understood how to actually send an invoice.. Apart from the ones you get when you buy stuff online or in a shop..

    total fluke, that image came up through a google search and I tracked it back to see on what page it was. Their image was ranked higher then mine.

    I just emailed them. The website had a livechat where I talked to an agent to get an email address. Nothing back yet from there.


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    #11
    Sligome
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Sligome


    the pic they are using is slightly cropped, have you noticed


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    #12
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    DaireQuinlan wrote: »
    Chances are they'll just ignore the invoice and maybe quietly take down the picture, even that's probably a best case scenario :(

    Good point, it may be a good idea to Print screen it


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    #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Good point.

    My flickr stats spiked today! 165 views overall, 115 of 'that photo', 71% from boards!


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    #14
    beans
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭beans


    At least one of the other photos on the 'Wexford' page has been taken from another flickr user. I'd say if you searched around, you could find more.


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    #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    What?
    All those are my own.


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    #16
    Ballyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Ballyman


    Deleted User wrote: »
    What?
    All those are my own.

    Slow down there chief.

    Read what he said again and then take a step back and have a little think ;)


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    #17
    beans
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭beans


    More photos on the Irish Experience website seem to have their origins on flickr, that's all :)

    Check out the one from
    'Wexford Baginbun Bay'


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    #18
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Cool, thought you meant the 'Wexford' set of mine.

    No contact back from there.


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    #19
    Anouilh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭Anouilh


    A lot of sites use agencies to find photos for them, so you may have to discover who it is exactly who chose to upload your photo in the first place, which is time consuming... as this blogger found:

    http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2008/09/01/toi-believes-flickr-is-for-flicking/

    I spent some time looking at copyright about 18 months ago and it was a revelation.

    http://members.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=58296185

    I stopped uploading photos directly to Blogger because of the way they were searched by Google and found Flickr better.

    At the moment I'm uploading directly to Boards.ie as it saves time and energy. Perhaps this could be a safe option for you too?


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    #20
    star.chaser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭star.chaser


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I sent them an invoice for €35.

    Should be interesting to see what happens.

    if they don't pay, make a copyright infringement complaint. it's likely that they got all their photos from flickr. actually, don't waste your time. They're based in india


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    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭Saint_Mel


    star.chaser wrote: »
    if they don't pay, make a copyright infringement complaint. it's likely that they got all their photos from flickr. actually, don't waste your time. They're based in india

    Or put a copyright/watermark on all pics you upload


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    #22
    sineadw
    Registered Users Posts: 3,319 ✭✭✭sineadw


    As a web designer I just DO NOT understand this behaviour - legal stock photos can be used for literally a few quid. If you do hear back from them, you might want to point out that their web designers have placed them in what could be a very awkward legal situation for the sake of a pittance. And they probably spent thousands on the site. Grrr.. gives us all a bad name :mad:

    I hope you get paid :)


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    #23
    PaulieC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,193 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    TinEye is a great resource for finding out if your photos are being used elsewhere. I just spent half an hour having a gander...seems you're not the only one this is happening to...


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    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    cambo_gueno wrote: »
    TinEye is a great resource for finding out if your photos are being used elsewhere.

    If it worked.......


    EDIT: Sorry, it seems to work sometimes....


    http://www.jazzbiscuit.com/2008/06/18/boardsie-the-leaving-cert-cheating-and-live-line/


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    #25
    PaulieC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,193 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    Tallon wrote: »
    If it worked.......


    EDIT: Sorry, it seems to work sometimes....


    http://www.jazzbiscuit.com/2008/06/18/boardsie-the-leaving-cert-cheating-and-live-line/

    May I politely direct you to post #16 in this thread ....


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    #26
    IIMII
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,366 ✭✭✭IIMII


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Do I send an invoice? Ask them to take it down?
    Yeah, same thing just happened here..

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055588835


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    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    cambo_gueno wrote: »
    May I politely direct you to post #16 in this thread ....

    you can direct me to it, but the dam thing still doesnt work 8 times out of 10


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    #28
    PaulieC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,193 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    Tallon wrote: »
    you can direct me to it, but the dam thing still doesnt work 8 times out of 10

    you mean it doesn't find anything? Maybe the pictures you are looking for don't exist anywhere else ?


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    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    cambo_gueno wrote: »
    you mean it doesn't find anything? Maybe the pictures you are looking for don't exist anywhere else ?

    No, im looking for pictures I know are in 2+ places....

    Anyway, getting a bit off topic here.

    Any word back yet zaraba??


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    #30
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users Posts: 14,987 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Tallon wrote: »
    No, im looking for pictures I know are in 2+ places....

    Anyway, getting a bit off topic here.

    Any word back yet zaraba??

    I have to agree. I tried it there with some images of mine that are used on a few blogs, it didn't find anything.


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    #31
    Anouilh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭Anouilh


    Tallon wrote: »
    No, im looking for pictures I know are in 2+ places....?

    I think a photo has to be quite high profile to show up with more than one link in Tinyeye.

    For example:

    http://tineye.com/search/159cdca8c8f0ada88d5492d5a609704d1683179f

    The photo showed up at once, but it is not being used in any context on the net.

    Bloggers are getting great mileage out of Flickr flicking...

    http://mutiny.in/2008/09/26/toi-flicks-an-image-off-flickr-again/

    This is an age-old problem. What strikes me is the number of photos on Flickr that are almost identical. I play a sort of "snap" game to see who has been to the same place and taken similar photos as my own.

    What photo sharing site is the safest if one wishes to protect work?


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