Image Thiefs
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Keith Skinner
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Oct 28 2007, 5:28 pm - Replied by:
caz
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I went to the link, but didn't find any suggestions on how to stop that. All I saw was a message saying she was a thief.
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Daydreamer
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"caz" wrote:
I went to the link, but didn't find any suggestions on how to stop that. All I saw was a message saying she was a thief.
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My very point - when she finds this she will break the link to it and another image she is using without permission http://invisible-cinema.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-nicole-parkereddie-murphy-film.html This stops her from hotlinking to my images - and may make her consider asking for permission next time. I have a lot invested in my work and need to at the least be given some acknowledgement for my images. It will take a few days for her to find out the images have been replaced. Until then she is branded for what she is. A THIEF!
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Keith Skinner
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I find it sad that people feel vinegar works better than sugar. Mr. Skinner posted a very rude and disgusting picture on my blog, which is a form of hacking. He never asked me to give him credit or take it down, and I would have gladly done either one, as 99% of the bloggers out there would also do. To be quite honest, the only reason i used those images are because they were the only ones I could find that weren't used by everybody else. I have no alliegence to any of the photos I use, and usually don't know where they're from. All I know is I get a lot of industry readers, and if an entertainment photographer is really experienced, he or she would first try to find out if it's in his or her best interest to work something out Sorry for the long post, but I am, and never have been, a thief. I respect art in all forms. Please feel free to contact me if you have something you would like for me to post. Thanks for reading....
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"invisiblewoman" wrote:
I find it sad that people feel vinegar works better than sugar. Mr. Skinner posted a very rude and disgusting picture on my blog, which is a form of hacking. He never asked me to give him credit or take it down, and I would have gladly done either one, as 99% of the bloggers out there would also do. To be quite honest, the only reason i used those images are because they were the only ones I could find that weren't used by everybody else. I have no alliegence to any of the photos I use, and usually don't know where they're from. All I know is I get a lot of industry readers, and if an entertainment photographer is really experienced, he or she would first try to find out if it's in his or her best interest to work something out Sorry for the long post, but I am, and never have been, a thief. I respect art in all forms. Please feel free to contact me if you have something you would like for me to post. Thanks for reading....
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First it is not my job to have a need to run down my work on the web - I stay plenty busy otherwise as you can see. They are placed there for promotion - not for unauthorized use as clearly stated on the same site you lifted them from. Respect art? What respect did you show me, that dog don’t hunt with me! You never asked to use my work did you, tell the truth!I own those images - and you never requested my permission in placing them on your blog - and did so in a manner that it uses my bandwidth I may add. The copyright information is very clear on my website... What part of "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" do you not understand? If those images were being displayed on my nickel then I can place whatever I decide to place there with no responsibility to notify you at all! Correct? Hacking is when you hot linked to my images without my permission - better look into it and be glad I only took the action I did. If I pressed it I could get up to $200K per image under copyright law - you see those images you used have registered copyrights - should you send me your address so I can have my lawyer contact you?
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Keith Skinner
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Oct 29 2007, 4:25 am - Replied by:
zganie
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unfortunately it is one of the downsides to using the web and really,no matter what you try and do it will , probably keep happening people will always find a work around .Its the cost of doing business on the net just my opinion
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when I grow up I want to be a citizen
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So... how DOES an artist prevent this from happening, or can we?
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Visionist
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Not a lot you can do if you market online. Place a watermark on anything you place online - but then that takes away from the image many times.
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Keith Skinner
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Nov 21 2007, 7:59 am - Replied by:
Jill
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Kieth, How did you discover that your pix were being ripped off? Web site traffic hits? Jill
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Sonoran Desert Photography
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"Jill" wrote:
Kieth, How did you discover that your pix were being ripped off? Web site traffic hits? Jill
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I use DigiMarc and I keep a check on hits from other sites to my server. When they hotlink it will show a referring URL, you can go to it and confirm which image it is - then put some rude crude or obnoxious jpeg with the same name and change the image they were hot linking to a new name - when it displays it will be your nasty little note, not only letting the offender know, but everyone that visits the website.
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Keith Skinner
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Nov 21 2007, 8:48 pm - Replied by:
Jill
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Cool. I just recently signed up with Digimarc. It's so sad that people like the above woman will not respect the ownership rights of others. Just because it's on line doesn't mean its "free use." They not only steal the image, they are stealing bandwidth as well. Some how I strongly suspect her ethics are not all that different off-line as well. Jill
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Sonoran Desert Photography
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