Heads-Up: Are your photos being used on Pixdaus?

[imorozoff]

Repost from the Q&A forum:

Yet another photo sharing site where users steal and post images they find.
You might want to do a search for your work.

http://www.pixdaus.com/
pixdaus@environmentalgraffiti.com

Additional contact information is in here:
http://www.who.is/whois/pixdaus.com/

[amoxtli]

Thanks Inga for the head's up.

[birsay]

HI Inga, thanks for the tip-off - I found three of my images there (there may be more, I didn't do a comprehensive search) and some others which I'm pretty sure are by some of my Pbase colleagues here in the UK. I sent pixdaus a strong-worded email requesting they take down the images - we'll see what happens!

Doug

[birsay]

(posted this on the pixdaus thread in Q&A):

This just in!! I got this reply overnight to my email of Friday evening. Looks like they're taking this seriously:

Dear Doug,

Thank you for your email. Some of our users think it is ok to post other people’s photography and rip off their hard work. It is certainly not. We
don’t tolerate copyright infringement and we try and remove as much as possible, however, some photos inevitably slip through the net.

I didn't find any pictures under the titles you emailed. Could you kindly email me the direct links to the three pictures in question? A direct link
should look something like this: http://www.pixdaus.com/single.php?id=123456. I'll remove them from the site as soon as possible.

I’m sorry if this has caused you any trouble. Please email me directly should you have any further trouble.

Thanks very much,

Regards,
Simone


On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Doug wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have found at least three of my photos for which I own the sole copyright, posted on http://www.pixdaus.com. I have not been contacted by the
> uploader (starboardside) for permission for him or her to post them on http://www.pixdaus.com and I do not give my consent to my photographs being
> displayed on your website; I request therefore that you remove the following images immediately:
>
> Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Glos.
> Quietitude 2
> Bales & Clouds
>
> Should I find any more of my copyrighted images on display on http://www.pixadaus.com I will request that they too are removed. Further, I will check
> again in a couple of days – should these images still be on view on your website, I will take legal advice.
>
> Doug Cruden

If you find your images on pixdaus, a firm but polite email seems to be the way to go to get them removed...I'm happy for you all to use my email as a template if you want.

Good Luck!!

Doug

[trinko]

Thanks for the heads up. I sent an email message to pixdaus@environmentalgraffiti.com on 2/6 and haven't gotten a reply, though my email may have eaten it. What email address did you use Doug? Thanks!

[scherrer]

Thanks for the tips !

I made a search with my name and found one of my images there ! See http://www.pixdaus.com/single.php?id=224611 !

Of course, nobody from PIXDAUS ever asked permission to use it !


J-P.