So my photos got stolen and used for ads

[Braineack]

he's not going to pay $25 each, its doubtfull he'd pay $25 for all three he wants. and there's no reason/benefit for you to deal with him. You didnt shoot those pics to make money, youre not losing money for him using them, and you dont benefit from him using them as well.

Contact eBay's VeRO, have them pull the images, and move on with life.

 

[KmH]

I too would have eBay yank the photographs.

 

[opethian]

The moment we put things on internet its no longer ours alone and people have mad Photoshop skills
BTW what u guys do to protect such things? Watermarking?

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[Trever1t]

how did you find your images?

 

[pixmedic]

The moment we put things on internet its no longer ours alone and people have mad Photoshop skills
BTW what u guys do to protect such things? Watermarking?

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I make quarterly ritual sacrifices to Minerva. Typically a goat, although a few pigeons will suffice if there are no goats available at the time.
thus far it has proven to be quite effective.
in extreme cases, or if you have already had pictures stolen, I recommend a hecatomb.

 

[480sparky]

The moment we put things on internet its no longer ours alone and people have mad Photoshop skills
BTW what u guys do to protect such things? Watermarking?

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If you don't want it stolen, don't post it on the innernets.

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[opethian]

The moment we put things on internet its no longer ours alone and people have mad Photoshop skills
BTW what u guys do to protect such things? Watermarking?

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If you don't want it stolen, don't post it on the innernets.

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Exactly ... If we put things then should not complain others stealing it

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[480sparky]

The moment we put things on internet its no longer ours alone and people have mad Photoshop skills
BTW what u guys do to protect such things? Watermarking?

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If you don't want it stolen, don't post it on the innernets.

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Exactly ... If we put things then should not complain others stealing it

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Um. No. Theft is theft. Preventing someone from stealing from me does not preclude me from complaining about theft.

 

[opethian]

Then put a huge watermark at least which is so annoying that no one likes to steal ur pics
I mean come on, if I'm not a professional n I can't prove I'm professional n someone stealing my image is affecting my business n I also have no watermark or identification on the image then legally it will be very hard to get damages from someone ...
If u don't lock ur house then complain others have stolen from it. Put some degree of security on it


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[jsecordphoto]

Then put a huge watermark at least which is so annoying that no one likes to steal ur pics
I mean come on, if I'm not a professional n I can't prove I'm professional n someone stealing my image is affecting my business n I also have no watermark or identification on the image then legally it will be very hard to get damages from someone ...
If u don't lock ur house then complain others have stolen from it. Put some degree of security on it


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Sounds like you've got it all figured out

 

[480sparky]

Then put a huge watermark at least which is so annoying that no one likes to steal ur pics
I mean come on, if I'm not a professional n I can't prove I'm professional n someone stealing my image is affecting my business n I also have no watermark or identification on the image then legally it will be very hard to get damages from someone ...
If u don't lock ur house then complain others have stolen from it. Put some degree of security on it


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'Being a pro' and 'being in business' has diddly-squat to do with infringement. The infringer profited from someone else's work. It's just.... that.... simple.

In this case, it would be exceedingly EASY to prove they're the OP's images. The mere fact that the infringer admitted it, for one.

Of course, taking legal steps usually involves registering the images since in the US you can't sue for infringement without it.

 

[opethian]

I'm not trying to prove here something, I'm just saying someone misuses our things when they look like they don't belong to anyone
Kudos to the infringer who accepts to even accept his infringement but it hardly happens in rest of the cases. But one thing is always common in such instances, we don't even register such "properties" to our own selves by simply watermarking them.
Anyway thanks for this healthy discussion guys, I learnt a lot n luky u guys that u even have some laws in your country about such things.

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[Braineack]

I like to hear myself talk

Yeah, we know.

 

[jsecordphoto]

I like to hear myself talk

Yeah, we know.

/thread

 

[footballfan993]

Yeah, just go to Google > Images, and drag any one of your photos into the search box.

Google Images

can you use images from a flash drive and drag and drop them in and look for them that way?