p.1 #6 · Ever have this happen to one of your pictures?
Would be funny if you could switch your photo without changing the url, then you could replase that picture with one of eggs or something. That would translate well into Italian.
p.1 #8 · Ever have this happen to one of your pictures?
Eric Gottesman wrote:
Look at my avatar.
It's weird because it's not even a picture of the lens they are trying to sell.
Doh!
That's probably 2 guys in a garage with bad coffee... did they link you image or swipe it? Grab some screen shots and send a DMCA take down notice to their web host just to mess with them. I have no idea what that would involve.
p.1 #10 · Ever have this happen to one of your pictures?
It's gone now. It was some cheap operation camera storefront that was using my avatar as a product shot for a Tamron lens for some reason.
The takeaway for me, it's interesting to look through who's referring to your pictures online. Smugmug lets you do that rather easily. I found my photos in Hungary, Korea, Germany, France etc. Most of those I didn't mind as I was they were cycling forums discussing some of my work. I even get to see how people use google to get to my photos (what search tags).
p.1 #12 · Ever have this happen to one of your pictures?
I disable external links and right-click protect what I have on Smugmug and also watermark anything that is publicly accessible. I forgot to do it for one gallery and had an image show up on a really weird blog. It was weird because the photos they posted had nothing to do with the blog content. And even more weird, they copied another image of mine from a stock site and I doubt they knew I shot them both. Since it was a Blogger blog I filed a complaint with Google and the whole thing got taken down.
p.1 #14 · Ever have this happen to one of your pictures?
Try this, go to the same photo in smugmug (if they linked to your own url), click on edit with picnik. Click on text. Type in bold letters, 'this image has been stolen! ' across your imade. Save it as the same photo. Walah! Wherever they use it, they will see that. That doesnt apply to a photo they have saved to their hard drive though. But you can at least embarrass them into dumping the image. Ive done it a few times. Annoying, and probably would shock us all to know just how many images are stolen! I found one of mine on an ecard with another name on it, and another one used in a contest. So be aware!
p.1 #16 · Ever have this happen to one of your pictures?
Thats in english, there are site meters you can add to your sites, that also give all the same info, like referral link, and even the site they clicked on after being on your page, so you have a better chance of finding your photo. Also google photos can include your photos, which is where alot of people easily have access to what they need. Pretty sure people think it is fine to use them.
p.1 #17 · Ever have this happen to one of your pictures?
Not that I know.
Something comparable does in 1992, when a friend called me asking if "Commodore" (Amigas manufacturer) at least bought a logo animation I offered them for their advertising purposes. "They show it on TV!"
I did not believe it. They payed at least doubble the price for what I offered it, after I already worked for them as an employee. That was funny.
there are site meters you can add to your sites, that also give all the same info, like referral link, and even the site they clicked on after being on your page, so you have a better chance of finding your photo. Also google photos can include your photos, which is where alot of people easily have access to what they need. Pretty sure people think it is fine to use them.