Is any one using my images ( not that they are good enough yet)?

moonraker · 4 Apr 2011

Hi this has probably been asked before can you or is there a way to find out if any of your photos are being used with out your permission?

Byker28i · 4 Apr 2011

The usual thing is to use a reverse image search engine such as Tineye
http://www.tineye.com/

I'd be interested to know if there's a way of searching Facebook without having a facebook account.

or8it · 4 Apr 2011

Byker28i said:
The usual thing is to use a reverse image search engine such as Tineye
http://www.tineye.com/

Thanks for the link. I didn't know such a search engine existed. Unsurprisingly when I did a search of some of my photos it came back with 0 results found. Nobody thinks they're good enough. :LOL:

mich66 · 5 Apr 2011

I never get any results from using that either.. not sure if disabling searches on sites that use the API on my flickr photos has anything to do with it?

Mrs B · 5 Apr 2011

Doesn't work for me either and I know for a fact that some of my images are being used on more that one site..........ho hum.....

Oggy · 5 Apr 2011

This got me thinking and I tried Googling my photobucket account name and got a surprise.

2 of my pictures are being used illegaly. :nono:

They are both rubbish and I have no intentions of doing anything about it, but it proves the tactic works some of the time anyway.

scottcampbell · 6 Apr 2011

TinyEye is awful!

swanseamale47 · 6 Apr 2011

Mrs B said:
Doesn't work for me either and I know for a fact that some of my images are being used on more that one site..........ho hum.....

it doesn't find the ones I know are online of mine either.

incapete · 6 Apr 2011

Oggy said:
This got me thinking and I tried Googling my photobucket account name and got a surprise.

2 of my pictures are being used illegaly. :nono:

They are both rubbish and I have no intentions of doing anything about it, but it proves the tactic works some of the time anyway.

If you found them that way then does that mean that they are linking to the image rather than a saved copy?
In that case just remove/re-upload them to photobucket and you'll break their links.

Byker28i · 6 Apr 2011

scottcampbell said:
TinyEye is awful!

So is there any better way? I know some of mine are on facebook accounts.

Alastair · 6 Apr 2011

incapete said:
If you found them that way then does that mean that they are linking to the image rather than a saved copy?
In that case just remove/re-upload them to photobucket and you'll break their links.

I've found a few of my images using this method, often because people have credited my name but downloaded, copied and re-hosted the image.

Tineye is limited, but it's better than nothing. And I have found it useful when moderating a different forum as a means of identifying image plagiarism.