Some fucker is pinching my photos on Flickr again and uploading them as their own. This really pisses me off.
I’ve changed my settings from a Creatives Commons licence to a totally all rights reserved one. I didn’t want to do that as I really love what CC stands for and it’s a pity that some gimps cannot abide by some simple rules.
Flickr (or should I say Yahoo) do not make it easy to get stolen pictures taken down. Thanks for that.
And a big thank you to the person who told me my stuff was being pinched.
August 31st, 2006 at 5:52 am
That’s horrible! And why would anyone want to do that? Do they actually pretend those pictures are their own and not yours? The stupidity. :-/
August 31st, 2006 at 8:51 am
That’s so cheeky! I hope they drop their camera in a big pile of dog poo.
August 31st, 2006 at 9:14 am
What a starbard!
I know it looks slightly nasty, and I know it’s sad that I have to do so, but I *always* embed a small (hopefully) unobtrusive copyright text in any of my images that I value, and put on the web.
The only time I didn’t? One of my pics was used by a national newspaper weekend suppliment (printed at about 3 inches square, but I knew it was mine!) without my permission! And it only took them about a year to pay up when I complained.
Hey ho.
August 31st, 2006 at 1:35 pm
Starbard indeed Caz. Cheers everyone.
I left comments all over his Flickr - polite ones - saying please take this down you have not asked my permission / credited me etc. Had a look today and they were still there but as of 2 mins ago they were taken down. Hurrah and justic prevails.
I shall try the ’subtle mark’ route as well.
August 31st, 2006 at 9:33 pm
Feckers.
How did you manage to stay polite? I know imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but that takes the sodding biscuit.
Speaking of which, your cookies look fabulous - but if you should ever make a batch of ‘rat poison’ flavour, you’ll know to send it to that fan of yours.
September 1st, 2006 at 8:42 am
The cheeky barst! Probably never imagine t ‘internet community was small enough for him to be found out …
September 1st, 2006 at 7:02 pm
They’re actually calling them their own photos?
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Breathtaking, yes.