So this company called Visordown stole my photograph...

beansbaxter · 07-13-2008, 03:19 AM

Well, I guess I'm the victim or the something I dont know what...

This online magazine, who works directly/coincides with TWO the magazine from the United Kingdom, cropped off my watermark, and well see for yourself:

The £300,000 gold plated chopper - Visordown Motorcycle news : General news

And the original photo I took:

PNWfx- powered by SmugMug

Not sure what to think....

MotoPhotog · 07-13-2008, 06:23 AM

dude that sucks. and how the hell did u find this!

thomb · 07-13-2008, 08:47 AM

Heh, I just posted a comment on the pic, then saw you'd already got a thread going on it. That should annoy a few folks.

SeattleVet · 07-13-2008, 11:45 AM

Beans:

Contact the website and send them a "Cease & Desist" letter, letting them know that you are the photographer and copyright owner of the image in question. If they want to keep it up, they can start negotiations with you for your fee.

I ran into this a few months ago when an orchid vendor was using one of my images on their site. I contacted their 'web contact', and followed it up with an email to the owner of the company. I never heard back from either of them, but my image was removed very quickly.

Most companies do NOT want to get into a copyright battle. It costs them a lot of money to try to defend, and they will almost certainly lose. Try a nicely worded email to start out with, perhaps asking for a license fee for their use.

eric · 07-13-2008, 04:03 PM

sue them. American way.

beansbaxter · 07-13-2008, 05:05 PM

Screenshots taken, Cease and Desist letter sent to the website's web editor and the parent media publishing company who owns the website.

beansbaxter · 07-13-2008, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MotoPhotog

how the hell did u find this!

I have software that can search for duplicate images on the web.

balut · 07-14-2008, 12:35 AM

damn that sucks. ive seen that bike on a special mag by yamaha, a guy at work bought a raider and they havent him a magazine and that bike was featured.

anyways, i hope u get recoginition of that photograph beans.

xqsme · 07-14-2008, 10:07 AM

Damn those bloody fools..!
Hope you'll get credit for that.

Photohog · 07-14-2008, 07:17 PM

It worked - the picture is gone!

beansbaxter · 07-14-2008, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Photohog

It worked - the picture is gone!

I took screenshots of everything before I reported it.

I sent out the email and yep it's gone. I offered them a few different options, even saying for a small fee I will allow them a license to use the photo.

I received no response back, but they did remove the photo.

I'm not really mad or happy about it.. meh I dont know what I am. Interesting stuff...

WarriorDriver · 07-15-2008, 01:21 PM

where does one get such software?

William · 07-15-2008, 01:34 PM

What a trip. How often do you think this sort of thing happens?

I'm surprised that they didn't negotiate some sort agreement with you, or at lweast give you credit for the image. Weird.

beansbaxter · 07-15-2008, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarriorDriver

where does one get such software?

I can email it to you... I wrote the software myself but the only limitation is it only works with one photo at a time. What I've been working on now is a plugin for SmugMug so it checks one photo, goes to the next photo, rinse and repeat. Once I get that to go, I'm going to get it going for all folder in SmugMug, etc.

If you want the program for one photo at a time, let me know. The rest is in beta for a couple more weeks.

William · 07-15-2008, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beansbaxter

I can email it to you... I wrote the software myself but the only limitation is it only works with one photo at a time. What I've been working on now is a plugin for SmugMug so it checks one photo, goes to the next photo, rinse and repeat. Once I get that to go, I'm going to get it going for all folder in SmugMug, etc.

If you want the program for one photo at a time, let me know. The rest is in beta for a couple more weeks.

That has great potential to make you a very rich man should you ever decide to market / sell it. What a great concept.

07-13-2008, 03:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
beansbaxter Administrator Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 523 Blog Entries: 4 From: Seattle, WA My Camera: Nikon D300	So this company called Visordown stole my photograph... Well, I guess I'm the victim or the something I dont know what... This online magazine, who works directly/coincides with TWO the magazine from the United Kingdom, cropped off my watermark, and well see for yourself: The £300,000 gold plated chopper - Visordown Motorcycle news : General news And the original photo I took: PNWfx- powered by SmugMug Not sure what to think.... __________________ “The camera’s only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.” -- Ken Rockwell beansbaxter.com is my blog.

07-13-2008, 06:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
MotoPhotog Senior Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 212 From: Federal Way, WA My Camera: D300 & D200	dude that sucks. and how the hell did u find this! __________________ http://darrenbeattyphotography.com

07-13-2008, 11:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
SeattleVet Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 86 From: Seattle My Camera: Konica/Minolta Maxxum 7D	Beans: Contact the website and send them a "Cease & Desist" letter, letting them know that you are the photographer and copyright owner of the image in question. If they want to keep it up, they can start negotiations with you for your fee. I ran into this a few months ago when an orchid vendor was using one of my images on their site. I contacted their 'web contact', and followed it up with an email to the owner of the company. I never heard back from either of them, but my image was removed very quickly. Most companies do NOT want to get into a copyright battle. It costs them a lot of money to try to defend, and they will almost certainly lose. Try a nicely worded email to start out with, perhaps asking for a license fee for their use. __________________ -- WARNING: Do not look into laser beam with remaining eye! You can see some of my images at http://seattlevet.smugmug.com

07-13-2008, 05:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
beansbaxter Administrator Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 523 Blog Entries: 4 From: Seattle, WA My Camera: Nikon D300	Screenshots taken, Cease and Desist letter sent to the website's web editor and the parent media publishing company who owns the website. __________________ “The camera’s only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.” -- Ken Rockwell beansbaxter.com is my blog.

07-14-2008, 10:07 AM	#9 (permalink)
xqsme Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 81 From: Portland My Camera: Nikon D300 / D3	Damn those bloody fools..! Hope you'll get credit for that. __________________ My Photos:Here

07-13-2008, 08:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
thomb Junior Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 16 From: Free Ballard!	Heh, I just posted a comment on the pic, then saw you'd already got a thread going on it. That should annoy a few folks.

07-13-2008, 04:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
eric Senior Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 281 From: Seattle	sue them. American way.

07-14-2008, 12:35 AM	#8 (permalink)
balut Senior Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 236 From: bellingham, wa My Camera: canon eos 40d	damn that sucks. ive seen that bike on a special mag by yamaha, a guy at work bought a raider and they havent him a magazine and that bike was featured. anyways, i hope u get recoginition of that photograph beans.

07-14-2008, 07:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
Photohog Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 101 From: North Bend My Camera: Konica/Minolta 7D	It worked - the picture is gone!

07-15-2008, 01:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
WarriorDriver Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 44 From: Lynden My Camera: Canon 30D	where does one get such software?

07-15-2008, 01:34 PM	#13 (permalink)
William Junior Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 28 Blog Entries: 1 From: Seattle, WA.	What a trip. How often do you think this sort of thing happens? I'm surprised that they didn't negotiate some sort agreement with you, or at lweast give you credit for the image. Weird.

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