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    Are they are being stolen on Flickr? How do your photos get to Getty? If it isn't Flickr then I'd suggest to not put the photos on Flickr anymore. It's a shame how dishonest some people are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Throgmartin View Post
    Are they are being stolen on Flickr? How do your photos get to Getty? If it isn't Flickr then I'd suggest to not put the photos on Flickr anymore. It's a shame how dishonest some people are.

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    I submit my photos directly to Getty. My photos were stolen from flickr ...most of them before I got wise about it. Now, I upload smaller sizes on there and the photos I think will be snatched up I put my name right across the middle of them. Even that isn't foolproof obviously but it does help. I don't put as many on flickr as I used to but it is the easiest way to then add them onto here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ddt0725 View Post
    I submit my photos directly to Getty. My photos were stolen from flickr ...most of them before I got wise about it. Now, I upload smaller sizes on there and the photos I think will be snatched up I put my name right across the middle of them. Even that isn't foolproof obviously but it does help. I don't put as many on flickr as I used to but it is the easiest way to then add them onto here.
    Put them on here directly from your website. Don't you have a zenfolio site? That's how I do it.

    Sorry, I'm no help on the copyright front. I had a couple images stolen but nothing to the level that you have. I don't know if you know any lawyer friends, but a strongly worded letter by an attorney some times does the trick. It doesn't cost anything if you know them and sometimes helps out. I think that your images might have moved past the strongly worded letter front. If your stuff is getting plucked off flickr, I wouldn't put them up there anymore. You can easily post stuff from your website onto this site and others alike. Just go to the share button and use the BBcode.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jayson View Post
    Put them on here directly from your website. Don't you have a zenfolio site? That's how I do it.

    Sorry, I'm no help on the copyright front. I had a couple images stolen but nothing to the level that you have. I don't know if you know any lawyer friends, but a strongly worded letter by an attorney some times does the trick. It doesn't cost anything if you know them and sometimes helps out. I think that your images might have moved past the strongly worded letter front. If your stuff is getting plucked off flickr, I wouldn't put them up there anymore. You can easily post stuff from your website onto this site and others alike. Just go to the share button and use the BBcode.
    No, I sadly gave up my Zenfolio site about a year ago. I couldn't get traffic and virtually no sales. I resorted to just selling to people directly if they want photos done, and posting images on Getty, Zazzle, Redbubble, Greeting Card Universe and Fine Art America. I sell on Getty every month and the others just periodically.

    I haven't had anything stolen on Flickr in quite awhile. I think they tightened things up a bit. But the photos that are out there already are showing up everywhere still. I just wish I could make it stop but what's done is done. Nothing you can do about it I guess once it's out there. Ever so often I reverse image lookup on Google and find more and more sites using them on blogs, website logos, advertising, etc. The legit ones always give Getty and myself credit.

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