Paranoia Will Destroya!

Have you sent them a polite email? That was rather naughty of them wasn't it.

I haven't sent them one yet.
I plan to later this week.

...and that´s a "law firm" that stole the photo shows one more time the basic attitude of such kind of people...

which is why Im going to hafta be polite.

that - or get yourself a "law firm", too ;-)

Oh geez! That's freaky! We always kind of freaked out about that in the back of our heads...but haven't run across anything yet. But then again...we never go anywhere but here! Gulp! How did you find it anyway!?!

Sheesh! Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

-Meow

That is terrible! I would get a lawyer and sue them for copyright infringement....I've run into a couple of instance where someone has used one of my images in their blog but they had given me credit as the photog at least.

I don't really watermark my images on photo sharing sites like this as the uploads are to small to make anything better than a 4x6 print. But I do watermark all my images that I upload to my own website as they are uploaded as full size.

keep records and details, then send invoice for outstanding payments dued to the photographer,

I found out today, that it was not the law firm who uploaded the pic..
it is a problem with the website in general..

die crappy webmasters, die!

That's rather strange: Although you found out and probably let them know, the picture's still there.

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C'est incroyable, ça ! Ils sont "gonflés"… Fais quelque chose, ce n'est pas normal de te piquer ton œuvre……… Mais ça prouve que tu fais des photos magnifiques !

I would email them and ask for compensation, not before documenting the improper use of the image

The site does'nt load actually. I do respect law and - only therefore - copyrights. Of course I respect your work and your opinion that you want to keep ownership of your shown work and want to keep control, where your pictures are shown in internet. I respect your opnion but I don't understand and I don't share it. Today there should be no copyrights anymore. Even no patent for a possible cancer cure (or whatever)! In my opinion intellectual property is a perverted protection mostly of trivialities for business reasons. They are ties for really developement. Actual intellectual property is a top level theme. I think: It could be the last fever before it dies. I hope so.

I think its easy to feel this way when you have money and live well.
But if you made your living from your photographic work, and needed the money,
then you would want to get paid for you work as well.

also..
the site still loads for me..
and the crappy webmaster still hasn't corrected the problem with the site.
Argh.

wow, that is odd. and this issue is most definitely discouraging. I hope you share your process in correcting this infringement.
J

What an odd usage of your picture as it doesn't seem to relate at all, kind of gratuitous usage. I would send a polite email and see what they say.

I do think people do have ownership of what they produce like music and pictures. But with the internet this has entered a real whirlpool of change. Couple that with stupid music companies that think they can sue their customers into compliance and patent trolls that only exist to siphon money from other companies and aggressive patents as economic weapons and you have a true "mess", but as you said if you are an individual photographer living off the proceeds of your work it makes a huge difference. I "license" my work as share and share alike except for one thing, no commercial usage. And for me unlike you I don't worry about being ripped off as I don't make any money off my art. If I did then I think I would be more aggressive.

After 2 months it's still there. Did you get some pay in the meantime?

Guess it is easier to steal than to buy. What ever became of this? I cant load the page of course.