Flickr, large size, image theft, unknown source and lots of anger

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LongLensPhotography

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It couldn't get any better with flickr now. I just posted another thread about one of my oldest photos getting stolen and used all over the www. I couldn't find any more 'stolen' by tineye, but it couldn't even find ones that I intentionally gave away to my boss' website, or my personal site for example.... I have many 'unknown source' views, and they target some nice generic stock style photos.
Today came a big shock as I discovered links from facebook to my large size content. Yes the LARGE size, and available for EVERYBODY! :bat:Everything I have is now available at large size, same goes for my "contacts" (including some well established and leading photographers). I don't think that was the case recently; downloading is disabled through privacy settings.
I am not bothered about my mate looking at larger size of crappy oxford photo, but other things at 1024px can be printed and sold as postcards, put on the web and so on. This could be ££££ loss.

What could I do about this horror? Would I want to watermark photos very heavily and upload only small size? What do I do about the existing content? ...about flickr themselves and their imaginative way of sabotaging their users?
 
if you are so worried about it lock out the large sizes to non contacts/friends, or even them if you don't trust em.
 
Make your images all rights reserved and I believe no-one can download them then (not directly through flickr anyway) .Its only when you change the commons licence it allows downloads.
And also in the settings you can set who and who cant download when there are no creative commons licences on the photos.
 
Do you need the large resolution photographs to be online? (on flickr or anywhere). I only upload 800pixel shots, so the full size is just that.
 
By the way your full resolution images don't seem to be accesible to me (via flickr).
 
I would always post a smaller size rather than watermark as some watermarked pics just look so awful (ruined by the watermark) they should not be on the web at all :eek:
 
TCR4x4 said:
Make your images all rights reserved and I believe no-one can download them then (not directly through flickr anyway) .Its only when you change the commons licence it allows downloads.
And also in the settings you can set who and who cant download when there are no creative commons licences on the photos.
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They are all 'all rights reserved' and have the appropriate setting for downloading.
 
I can't save your pictures at full res, I don't get the option too.

Where are your pictures being shown ?
 
Jimmy_Lemon said:
Do you need the large resolution photographs to be online? (on flickr or anywhere). I only upload 800pixel shots, so the full size is just that.
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I don't really need them, but back in the day I used it as a 2nd line of backup, and it saved me twice when I had to get the file really quickly while at work.

I see the point of only have 800px, now how would I change 1000 or so photos?

Oh and I did say LARGE (1024px long side) but not Original. Availability of original would be a complete disaster. Large size can be used successfully by unscrupulous postcard printers, papers or on web sites, ebay, etc.

I suspect this must have end up somewhere by now. It has too many unknown views and very specific google searches

Red wine glass on white (COPYRIGHT) by BristolPhotos - Daugirdas Tomas Photography, on Flickr
 
"Download Settings" are a con, as if someone can see an image on their PC they have already "downloaded" the image.

Firefox users can easily disable silly "right click protection" settings by using the appropriate browser add-on.
 
Don't put stuff on Nickr, simple.

My work gets seen by my clients only - I still use a paper portfolio and go and see folks, in the flesh, instead of hiding behind a computer keyboard and virtual portfolio.

The modern generation are losing the ability to interact with each other because they meet mostly "on line" instead of "in the pub". Teenagers are afraid to go out. When I was 16 I was out on my ear and earning my own living and standing on my own two feet travelling the world. A couple of months before my 16th birthday I bought a flight to Karachii and then travelled Pakistan, INdia, Malaysia and on to Japan. Those pictures set me up. That was when libraries still worked though.:thumbs:

Even so, you won't find any of my stuff on the web anywhere. It is safe then.
 
Yip - Just downloaded your 1024 x 683 pixel image (also deleted it)

Is it perhaps pro account users that can access the larger images?
 
Selected your large image, then right clicked to view selection source,

gave me:-
<div id="allsizes-photo">
<div class="spaceball" style="height: 1024px; width: 683px;"></div>
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/4164298290_8ca0d5ff8e_b.jpg">
</div>

copied the address "http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/4164298290_8ca0d5ff8e_b.jpg" into browser and there was the image, not really much security there. I guess only upload smaller images?

(edit) Any tried this with other image storage sites?

(edit2) Nothing to stop anyone using a screen capture like Greenshot and just saving them.
 
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If you are worried about people stealing your images from the internet then the answer is very very simple indeed....


Do not post your images on the internet in the first place.



Yes it is as simple as that
 
I use pbase. You can upload originals then it makes 3 smaller versions, thumbnail, medium at 400 largest size and large at 800. There are options to delete original once uploaded. However, it's much easier and quicker to just upload 800 max size first. Everything I put up now is watermarked and even though I only have a really minimal charge for my rugby images, it's surprising how many I find on facebook etc
 
In the Safari browser from Apple it's a very simple task to bypass the download restrictions on Flickr and many other sites by simply opening the activity window and clicking the relevant file there, no add-ons required.

As other posts have said, upload at a lower res on don't upload at all.. I'm in general not a fan of watermarks as many detract too much from the image in question.
 
Yep watermarks can really suck! What amazes me are the number of people who will post a pic for "critique" with a filthy great watermark across the middle. I'm OK with a discreet one in the corner, but I hate these semi transparent monsters people use without realising that they make the image look pants.
 
If it's online and worth nicking, somebody will pinch it. Upload only small (not really worth pinching) images and watermark them - a decent pic will shine through a watermark and it should be enough of a pain for the tealeaf to remove the mark that they won't bother.
 
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