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piet01
 
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Stolen images

Post Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:51 pm


All my PBase images are protected by disabeling the right click function.
Anyhow, I found 54 of my USA travel pictures on this Russian site:

http://basik.ru/photo_nature/usa_photos/

I've never given them any permission!
What can I do?

1913_photography
 
Posts: 5

Re: Stolen images

Post Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:56 pm


Not much, its best that you protect your fotos with a copyright text on the actual image. You can write the "admin" of the site and file a complaint and prove using a link back to your PBase site that the fotos belong to you. Good Luck

amoxtli
 
Posts: 3296
Location: San Diego, California

Re: Stolen images

Post Tue Apr 22, 2014 11:08 pm


Hi Pieter,

Don't think you can do much. I would suggest watermarking your images, that may deter them from displaying the images.
Also there is a function on Lightroom where you can put your copyright info. in the exif of your images: http://www.tipsquirrel.com/adding-copyright-data-in-lightroom/
This way you can at least prove they are your images. Good Luck!

Regards, Walter
Walter Otto Koenig Architectural Photography: http://www.wokoenig.net

General Photography: http://www.wokoenig.com

Pacific Photographic Society: http://www.pacificphoto.net

fishit
 
Posts: 797
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Re: Stolen images

Post Sat Apr 26, 2014 1:58 am


If you post on the Internet your pictures can and likely will be stolen. Full poof copyright logo layer over the photo is a poor option.
But for me that takes away from what I want to share, I expect theft, a internal exif copyright and noninvasive external layer copyright notice on the picture is best.
You can as mentioned to the host of the theft pictures and the problem it works many times in my experience.
Finding then can be interesting when the company is a architectural firm doing work for a local non-profit. All kinds of people steal our work.
I check around for a thief if I am bored and often find one deal with it and see what happens. Good luck.

mikelong
 
Posts: 670

Re: Stolen images

Post Thu May 08, 2014 7:17 am


All that copyright info in your EXIF data can easily be removed, simply cut and paste the image onto a new layer. A watermark on small images is your best defense, though also not foolproof.
There's absolutely nothing you can do about stolen images, and it's not worth the time or money to attempt a resolution or compensation. I don't even look anymore.


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