Copyright - What can you really do about stolen images?

[Dave Throgmartin]

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.

Dave

[ddt0725]

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.

Dave

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.

[Jayson]

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.

[ddt0725]

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.