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Because that’s not Pixsy policy. I’ve just had a case turned down for the same reason and they suggested I send a takedown notice instead.Why not?
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Because that’s not Pixsy policy. I’ve just had a case turned down for the same reason and they suggested I send a takedown notice instead.Why not?
Because that’s not Pixsy policy. I’ve just had a case turned down for the same reason and they suggested I send a takedown notice instead.
Can't you do take downs via pixys? Sure theres an option for it?Because that’s not Pixsy policy. I’ve just had a case turned down for the same reason and they suggested I send a takedown notice instead.
If the account is accurate, the image was downloaded in good faith from an apparently legitimate source that explicitly claimed it was available under a CC0 licence.Whilst she’s clearly been naive (and without excuse as an artist herself) if the image is in use for a personal blog then she shouldn’t be chased for money. I suspect that’s why Pixsy backed down rather than accepting her free image site suggestion.
Yes they have that option as part of the premium package. As I don’t yet have thatbthey simply Ltd linked me to a diy how to.Can't you do take downs via pixys? Sure theres an option for it?
Yes but I would question the validity of such statements otherwise it’s the easiest get out of jail free card and Pixsy would cease to exist.If the account is accurate, the image was downloaded in good faith from an apparently legitimate source that explicitly claimed it was available under a CC0 licence.
Guilty until proved innocent?Yes but I would question the validity of such statements otherwise it’s the easiest get out of jail free card and Pixsy would cease to exist.
I don’t know I’m not an ip lawyer.Guilty until proved innocent?
Well, I signed up yesterday and imported about 500 images. Ended up with about 15 pages of matches!
Being a property and interior photographer, most of these matches were Rightmove, property agents and property blogs, but I was surprised at how many Indian retouching firms were using my photos as examples of their own work. Lots of strongly worded emails have thus been sent and they all seem to have removed them now.
I did find two American real estate firms using my photos though. Need to come up with a plan of action for those.
I was surprised to find articles from the Mail Online, The Times, and Telegraph showing my images though, which was a pleasant surprise.
Something like Pixsy that combines mass trawling of images with legal muscle and active recruitment of clients is potentially open to abuse, though (rather like those firms of ambulance-chasing lawyers who have a similar business model). It's easy to imagine someone who isn't selling images by conventional methods being tempted to bait the hook after making some easy cash via Pixsy. There's nothing to stop an unscrupulous photographer uploading a popular image to Pexels and hoping someone will bite. This just requires a disposable email address, and the images can easily be deleted afterwards. Alternatively, there's nothing to prevent a third party uploading somebody else's work to Pexels without the knowledge of the original photographer, perhaps out of mischief, or even to give themselves plausible deniability for their own copyright infringement. This all raises the question of exactly what steps an image user can (and should) reasonably take to check the copyright of an image they've obtained from an apparently legitimate source.
Just don't ask me about the Hatton Garden job.Did you plan the brinks-mat robbery by any chance
To resurrect an old thread, I would like to find out if any of my images are being used. I have images on Flickr, and tried to follow the reverse search method by copying the URL into Google images. However, I am not sure I am doing this correctly as it keeps saying image not supported. Do I open the picture up from the album/photostream? If so, then I cant click on it as it just wants to zoom in. Where do I find the URL code? Thanks.
PS you can also use Google image search by uploading your image(s) here https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=EN click on the little camera and the box that opens lets you select to put a URL in or upload an image.
That's what I was trying to do but it kept coming up with unsupported image. Where do I find the correct URL on flickr?
Copyright is automatically assigned to the photographer but it makes sense to try to protect that copyright by, for example, embedding copyright into the image.So is there anything we need to do or do we just autpmatically hold copywrite?
Thank you.Copyright is automatically assigned to the photographer but it makes sense to try to protect that copyright by, for example, embedding copyright into the image.
Most good cameras have a section in the menu to record these details.
around a year or so ago i was alerted to a firm called pixys.com who would seek out cases of image theft for you ,yes you can do it yourself if you have the time knowledge and inclination ,but once you have a match on there system and its being used on a commercial source site ,they will take action on your behalf .initially i was very sceptical that it would work .
but i signed up anyway and let them go ahead they take 50% of any payout but half of something is better than half of the nothing that i would have got on my own .
so far this year they have done 5 cases for me the latest against a international travel company .my cleared payments this year have amounted to nearly 2 grand .so if you have looked and hesitated don't think about it its not a scam it really does work
It's called pixsy.comWow such great info Thank you I will definitely check them out
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It's called pixy.com
yes that amazes me as well , there seems to be a world wide network of image theft and they all seem to know there way round it ,its only when big companies get involved that there's a chance of a payout but sometimes we strike luckyI'm waiting for a couple of cases to be resolved by Pixsy.
It is amazing how many instances they found of my images being used without consent, but sad that with so many they couldn't do anything about for various reasons.
I registared with Pixy following on from Jeff's @the black fox 's success.It is amazing how many instances they found of my images being used without consent, but sad that with so many they couldn't do anything about for various reasons.
It’s a hard slog sorting them out submitted another 4 this morning . And found one Japanese site that sells lenses using about 30 of my images ,unfortunately the t*** had hotlinked them which pixys cant action
It’s a hard slog sorting them out submitted another 4 this morning . And found one Japanese site that sells lenses using about 30 of my images ,unfortunately the t*** had hotlinked them which pixys cant action