Two days ago I was alerted by another photographer of the theft of 2 of my images which have been purported to have been the work of a person called fbijohn(email fbijohn@yahoo.com.hk) on the dcfever.com site out of Hong Kong. Today I have just received an email from Karen Nichols, another PBaser, that she has had 27 images stolen by the same guy, again purporting to be his images and she has listed many other photographers who have had images stolen by this guy and I now have four images stolen. The site seems reluctant to do anything about it but may do when they receive a letter from my firm (I work for a large Australian law firm with an office in Hong Kong) when I return to work on Monday.
I know the topic of right clicking has been debated on this forum but I am sure that Slug can do something about direct linking or have software which can at least slow the b#$%^&ds* down or alternatively deny fbijohn access to the site (yes, I know he can change his email address etc etc). I don't mind folk copying my images (with my permission) for wallpaper or stuff for their own personal use but I draw the line at passing off.
Over to you Slug!
Cheers
Sheila