image theft still rife

[the black fox]

just spent a hour going through my images on pixsy.com still plenty of image thieves out there found about 20 but a lot are not eligible as they host it on things like Pinterest etc . did actually manage to submit 4 new ones ,you never know might get another payout ...
more worrying is a new thing popping up where stolen images are hosted/used by someone else on Facebook and Facebook won't allow access to see how or where there being used : some crafty bar stewards out there . .
I always check my pixsy account every 4 to 6 weeks for new stuff and if your on there the thing to look for is commercial use . as these are the ones that actually pay out ..

 

[Son_of_Thor]

Interesting, not something I've come across before - I can see how it could be of benefit to go for a free account in the first instance to track usage (not that I really create anything worth stealing!)

 

[the black fox]

Interesting, not something I've come across before - I can see how it could be of benefit to go for a free account in the first instance to track usage (not that I really create anything worth stealing!)

That’s what I thought initially ,but my two biggest payouts 4 figure sums have been of stuff I don’t specialise in ,I.e a holiday snap used by a international travel company ,and a local snap at a fairground used by a American catering company ... had about 12 payouts now all in at least the hundreds

 

[jakeblu]

just spent a hour going through my images on pixsy.com still plenty of image thieves out there found about 20 but a lot are not eligible as they host it on things like Pinterest etc . did actually manage to submit 4 new ones ,you never know might get another payout ...
more worrying is a new thing popping up where stolen images are hosted/used by someone else on Facebook and Facebook won't allow access to see how or where there being used : some crafty bar stewards out there . .
I always check my pixsy account every 4 to 6 weeks for new stuff and if your on there the thing to look for is commercial use . as these are the ones that actually pay out ..

Can Pinterest legally host copyright images?

 

[Son_of_Thor]

That’s what I thought initially ,but my two biggest payouts 4 figure sums have been of stuff I don’t specialise in ,I.e a holiday snap used by a international travel company ,and a local snap at a fairground used by a American catering company ... had about 12 payouts now all in at least the hundreds

Well I've setup a free account and pointed it at my Flickr account out of curiosity....

 

[the black fox]

Can Pinterest legally host copyright images?

Yes it appears they can Steve , I think you can send a takedown notice ,but that’s fairly useless shut one down another springs up . In reality we can’t do anything about someone else “hosting “ our pics .
Found one last year a lens/camera seller in Hong.kong linking around 100 of my shots to sell 400mm f5.6 canon lenses .

 

[Son_of_Thor]

As suspected, no-one stealing my images! It clearly works though as it found images from Flickr I've posted here. Most of the matches I got were to other people's pictures of the moon. Looks a useful tool

 

[jakeblu]

Yes it appears they can Steve , I think you can send a takedown notice ,but that’s fairly useless shut one down another springs up . In reality we can’t do anything about someone else “hosting “ our pics .
Found one last year a lens/camera seller in Hong.kong linking around 100 of my shots to sell 400mm f5.6 canon lenses .

That must be infuriating.