Re: PHOTOFORUM digest 5341

[Don Roberts <droberts@xxxxxxxxxx>]

If you are worried you might go to Tineye.com and compare your images to ones published elsewhere.  The odds are slim but you might find one pirated and then you know you have cause to worry.
Don

On 2/10/10 9:18 AM, mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Dan its a common attitude, but its very misguided.  When they use your photos without permission there is only one word (ok maybe a few different words some of which are 4 letters) that really applies.  IT IS STEALING, or THEFT and no one likes to be ripped off.

Being flattered isn't the reaction you should have.  They don't necessarily use an image because they think its an outstanding image.  More often than not they use it because it fits a need.  They are either to cheap to buy it, or to lazy or afraid you will say no to just ask you.

IF its good enough to look good on the web, its good enough to look good on a website for someone else.  With GF and some others and the upsizing some images can look good enough for surprising uses especially if one isn't that picky.  It hurts a segment of photography (stock guys and gals are particularly hurt) because with so many images out there today it is always easy to find someone that feels flattered to take advantage of again.

It is that I feel flattered that drives the micro stock (ie micro payment) segment of the stock market.  I wondered how many sales that many of these so called stock sites never pay a commission to anything because they never reached the minimum amount.

No thanks I prefer to feel ripped off instead of flattered.

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Subject: Re: PHOTOFORUM digest 5341
From: Dan Mitchell <danmdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, February 10, 2010 5:09 am
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
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> From: PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx
> Date: 9 February 2010 23:02:58 GMT
> To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators
> Subject: Re: Adding photo to Flickr group
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> --- certain subjects are more vulnerable. Travel pictures that depict a certain place very well are a major target as peoples can use them on travel sites online. With the advance of the digital frames it is easy to display poorer quality pictures. The quantity of pictures just gives people a larger choice.


Frankly I'd be flattered if anyone used my low resolution modest Flickr or Photoforum offerings, unless it was obvious a lot of money was thereby being made. I have examples of polaroids now showing in several Flickr Polaroid dedicated discussion groups. If I chanced on a real "scoop" picture that was marketable I'd just not show it to any freely accessible group.