One to report and block.
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One to report and block. He’s stolen my photo and posted it to his Facebook account without my permission or crediting me. I’ve reported him to his server and reported him to Facebook.
@Emmacox immediate block from me
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@Emmacox immediate block from me
@astronomerritt why are people like this? It’s a newish photo that’s I’ve drafted on my website I’m currently revamping.
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@astronomerritt why are people like this? It’s a newish photo that’s I’ve drafted on my website I’m currently revamping.
@Emmacox @astronomerritt I looked at his timeline and he’s got a lot of form for doing this. He never asks - just tells them he stealing their work. Not that many followers either. Earned himself a block from me also.
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@Emmacox immediate block from me
@astronomerritt @Emmacox Ditto. Wait for him to claim he didn’t know it was stealing.
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@Emmacox @astronomerritt I looked at his timeline and he’s got a lot of form for doing this. He never asks - just tells them he stealing their work. Not that many followers either. Earned himself a block from me also.
@HarriettMB @astronomerritt urgh! I think he’s taken it down now (I can’t think Facebook is that fast in dealing with my copyright report).
Why are people like this?
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@astronomerritt @Emmacox Ditto. Wait for him to claim he didn’t know it was stealing.
️@tantramar @astronomerritt @Emmacox The idiot probably thought he was helping! Sure, stuff on the net gets redistributed but FFS at least credit the creator.
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@tantramar @astronomerritt @Emmacox The idiot probably thought he was helping! Sure, stuff on the net gets redistributed but FFS at least credit the creator.
@alan @astronomerritt @Emmacox I’ve had people steal my work — photos, mainly — republishing them on their own websites to drive physical traffic/sales. When confronted, they typically plead ignorance. Unconvincingly. I’ve had it happen in this area: they really don’t like getting phone calls about it.
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@astronomerritt @Emmacox Ditto. Wait for him to claim he didn’t know it was stealing.
️@tantramar @astronomerritt I wonder if he does go about in real life and snatches peoples wallets and car keys, exclaiming, ‘Stealing this!’
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@tantramar @astronomerritt @Emmacox The idiot probably thought he was helping! Sure, stuff on the net gets redistributed but FFS at least credit the creator.
@alan @tantramar @astronomerritt yes, and ask first.
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@alan @astronomerritt @Emmacox I’ve had people steal my work — photos, mainly — republishing them on their own websites to drive physical traffic/sales. When confronted, they typically plead ignorance. Unconvincingly. I’ve had it happen in this area: they really don’t like getting phone calls about it.
@tantramar @alan @astronomerritt I can imagine they don’t. I do have a watermark in that photo, which I doubt he even noticed. I know it’s easy enough to digitally remove them, but it’s one of the few measures I have.
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@alan @tantramar @astronomerritt yes, and ask first.
@Emmacox @alan @astronomerritt Sure but you might not say yes!
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@alan @tantramar @astronomerritt yes, and ask first.
@Emmacox @alan @astronomerritt When I called the guy who stole one of my QuickTime VR panoramas and put it on his website — and this was a guy I’d met in person! — I opened with “where do I send the invoice for $10,000?” That got his attention.
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@Emmacox @alan @astronomerritt Sure but you might not say yes!
️ #ArseholesGonnaArsehole@tantramar @alan @astronomerritt as I’m Cornish I’d call him a tuss.
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@alan @astronomerritt @Emmacox I’ve had people steal my work — photos, mainly — republishing them on their own websites to drive physical traffic/sales. When confronted, they typically plead ignorance. Unconvincingly. I’ve had it happen in this area: they really don’t like getting phone calls about it.
@tantramar @astronomerritt @Emmacox Oh the number of people who genuinely believe that anything on the internet is effectively public domain is truly absurd.
I put stuff that's 1024px or less up with an obvious watermark and explicitly make it CC-SA-NC licensed. Anything bigger than that does not get uploaded to a public site (and very few "private" sites as well, just suppliers).
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@tantramar @alan @astronomerritt I can imagine they don’t. I do have a watermark in that photo, which I doubt he even noticed. I know it’s easy enough to digitally remove them, but it’s one of the few measures I have.
@Emmacox @alan @astronomerritt The guy I called out — once he was done stammering and oh, but, uh, I… — he pointed out my logo in the QTVR file as justification, almost as if I should be paying him for the exposure. I said it was there so I could prove people like him had stolen it.
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@Emmacox @alan @astronomerritt The guy I called out — once he was done stammering and oh, but, uh, I… — he pointed out my logo in the QTVR file as justification, almost as if I should be paying him for the exposure. I said it was there so I could prove people like him had stolen it.
@tantramar @Emmacox @astronomerritt Yeah, I checked with my landlord. He doesn't take exposure as a form of payment. Can I add your name to the lease instead?
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@Emmacox @alan @astronomerritt When I called the guy who stole one of my QuickTime VR panoramas and put it on his website — and this was a guy I’d met in person! — I opened with “where do I send the invoice for $10,000?” That got his attention.
@tantramar @alan @astronomerritt ha! I’ll remember that.
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@tantramar @astronomerritt @Emmacox Oh the number of people who genuinely believe that anything on the internet is effectively public domain is truly absurd.
I put stuff that's 1024px or less up with an obvious watermark and explicitly make it CC-SA-NC licensed. Anything bigger than that does not get uploaded to a public site (and very few "private" sites as well, just suppliers).
@alan @tantramar @astronomerritt I’m doing a big website revamp with new artwork and photographs. I think I might have to up the watermark before I make these new pages live.
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@alan @tantramar @astronomerritt I’m doing a big website revamp with new artwork and photographs. I think I might have to up the watermark before I make these new pages live.
@Emmacox @tantramar @astronomerritt I had someone say "your watermark makes the image ugly." I responded "not so ugly that you can't figure it out. Don't like the watermark? Buy the fucking image."
Seriously, the "hey, make it easier for me to steal your work" approach does not get a kind response.
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@tantramar @alan @astronomerritt ha! I’ll remember that.
@Emmacox @alan @astronomerritt It’s not as if he’d’ve paid it, but his hesitation in responding made it clear he knew he’d fucked up. And I’d been paid that much for commissioned QuickTime VR shots, so I wasn’t just pulling a number out of thin air, either.
