Copyright and photo theft
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Not everyone checks their email regularly so they might not have gotten the notice, and easier for him to just let the delete stand in the case of theft
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DMCA is the way to go provided that the person is located in a country in which these laws are enforced strictly.
Also always watermark and resize large resolution pics before uploading.Im using this tool called Mass Watermark to bulk watermark and resize my pics.May be take a look
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@roughseasinthemed
This may help > free watermarking tools http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/19/watermark-your-blog-images/ -
@roughseasinthemed
Quoting justjennifer who is excellent when it comes to image support. Her site is here > http://gammagirl.wordpress.com/There are some interesting discussions about using watermarks in this post on The Daily Post. Have a look: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/photography-workflow-two/
For the nuts and bolts of how to make a watermark: http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/getting-started/add-watermark-photos.html That is for PSE, but the principle is the same for any kind of image editing software.
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@ auxclass
He finally did wake up and clearly pegged something was wrong as he has now taken down the photo. It was no longer visible anyway as WP had disabled it leaving him with a large box with a question mark inside.
Instead he has written in its place:(One picture removed by request—Copyrighted!)
Not strictly true, given that WP disabled it before he removed what was left.
Meawhile as I was perusing backwards to find the post a mere three days ago, he had written a lot of new posts. Or rather, he had reblogged a lot of other peoples’ posts. Why am I not surprised? His blog is mostly other peoples’ work. I’ll be keeping an eye on him though. I doubt he’d be stupid enough to tell me he had ‘borrowed’ one of my photos again.
@ James
I do © all my pix not because I think people will steal them (although they clearly do) but out of principle. Someone told me ages ago to downsize so I’ve been doing that for years now.
This was a pretty naïve example, given that a) he told me he had taken my photo and b) he’d not even attempted to get rid of the © and my initials. I use the software that came with my Canon camera.
While © slapped all over a photo should indicate to most people with a few brain cells that it is not available for common use, I think it is also worthwhile people having a statement or a page about their blog policies regarding re-use of text/photos.
I’ve got a page of T&Cs but a simple statement on the sidebar can serve just as well. At least that way, no-one can say you hadn’t made your ownership and copyright clear.
I’d certainly urge anyone to use the DMCA procedure based on my experience. It was painless, fast and effective.
A good result from volunteers on this forum who replied to question quickly and helpfully, and a good one from Automattic who responded to my submission within a few hours and subsequently disabled the photo link.
I just hope anyone else who steals my photos is helpful enough to tell me :D
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@ TT
Hi,
I did think about you when I first wrote this, given our previous discussions on copyright. I hadn’t seen your responses when I replied to the previous two.
I suspect I can watermark with my camera software, I’ve just been too idle to do it that way and just slap on the © plus initials.
I’ll have a look at the links and the discussion. I know there are at least three views on the topic
1) Some people don’t care – I’ve got one comment on my blog, and I thought she was joking when she said she thought it was nice if people used her photos – aaaagh!!
2) Others aren’t sure, but they are swayed against it because they think writing on the photo detracts from it.
3) Finally, people like me, think this is MY work and you don’t get to use it without permission and/or payment. Easier done than policed, but slapping © all over photos and writing up how we operate (as we both do) shouldn’t be that difficult to understand.
Haven’t I noticed you’ve introduced a © clause after your first par?
Thanks for your response and the links.
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@ RC
I’d have to look at the percentage of reblogs and his ‘poems’. It’s not totally reblogging. Plus I don’t want to look as though I am on a crusade against him. I’ve got what I wanted thanks to the help on here. I’ll check out the ratio though, and come back on that.
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OK, I’ve looked at three days worth of posts, as that’s all I can be bothered to do.
Day 1
9 reblogs, 3 own postsDay 2
17 reblogs, 8 own postsDay 3
17 reblogs, 2 reblogs of his own, 10 own postsBased on that, although there are a ridiculous amount of reblogs, he does write his own work. I don’t think you can justifiably call it spam, as he is putting up some of his own work too. Not as much as he reblogs, but there is still enough there, I would say to warrant that he is not just reblogging.
So I’ll draw a line under it.
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That’s dangerously close though, so I’m gonna move this up the chain of command to staff.
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They’d probably want to go through more than three days worth of posts but that was me done. Who publishes 25 or more posts a day? Uh?Incidentally, there are very few comments on it apart from the odd ‘thanks for the reblog’. A strange blog without a doubt.
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Glad things worked out well for you
Some people also don’t’ understand “copyright” I have a notice on my site and the notice said “copyright 2001 – 2013” (I forgot to move the date up the first of the year) – and got a note from a person yesterday about using one of my Posts in their newsletter and adding a couple of items to my list (an article on first aid kits) and the noted “the copyright expired in 2013” – I need to answer back this morning, but had to think a bit what to say and how to explain that using the entire Post is a bit much
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Thank you ac.
I do appreciate the time put in on here by volunteers who answer anything from ‘how do I upload photos?’ to something like my query, which to me was a serious one that I didn’t know how to deal with.
That’s an interesting example as I read a post recently that did exactly that. They linked back to the original site and then copied the text across word for word. I thought, ‘oh that’s a good read’ and then read the link and realised it wasn’t their text at all. I don’t think that’s acceptable.
When I link to another post or occasionally do a reblog, I will add my own words to say why I think it is a significant issue. Is that really so difficult rather than repeating someone else’s work?
I blogged about the photo theft yesterday, and for the most part, the majority of my commenters agreed that it should not happen. Two people said they weren’t bothered if someone took their photos.
So I suspect you are right, some people a) don’t understand copyright and b) others are flattered when someone considers their work good enough to steal.
I’ve been asked to write on a couple of blogs where the posts are all made up of guest posts, with no obvious link back to the original author. How stupid do people think I am?
Incidentally I’ve noticed other people including dates – do you think that is a worthwhile addition, and if so why?
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I don’t reblog much – but when I do I add a line or three on what I liked about the Post and why I think you should visit it
I am flattered with someone links back to my content, I am real upset when someone takes the whole thing – with or without a link back
The dates seem to be a convention that I see everywhere but I don’t know how required they are. Timethief & Raincoaster would know more about that than I
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Of course what I didn’t expect to find that the link to MY photo on MY blog has also disappeared.
Great WP. Thanks for disabling the unauthorised link but I am NOT happy to see that mine has gone as well. Please put it back. Thank you.
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Firstly congrats for winning the battle and secondly this situation could have been avoided. When we are on Internet, protecting every data is almost impossible. However, it is not impossible to get the credit of your task even if someone does not want to give you that, just like this case. Using watermarks in images, logos, signatures etc are basic methods to ensure that you are the credit holder of your work. Restricting image download and right click can also help host to avoid such situation. Apart from this, there are many software/services like Scrapesentry, Distil Network, Akismet etc which monitor traffic and spam on a site 24/7 and helps the owner to safeguard their data. Using Copyright, filing DMCA notice or Google complaints are some other ways to report such situation.
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PS rc, you have got my Snort of the Day Award, it usually gets awarded to blogs, sometimes comments, but this was too good to miss up. (SotD is the first funny comment that gets me snorting over the keyboard in the morning).
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Ah, thank you. I am honoured. Have you seen my Albanian comments thread? You might enjoy that.
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