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susbell
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:21 pm
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Who do I contact about this matter?
I found my image in use by someone passing it as her own. And she has licensed prints of it all over
http://www.buy.com/prod/patricia-pinto-aged-tree-i-12-x-12-poster-print/221052180.html
My image
Now she can not say she took the same image herself because I superimposed the two images and they line up perfectly. And I can still see some of my added texture lines in her image. She just added more texture.
Texture lines
What can I do about this?
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suwanneeredhead
Joined: 28 Jul 2005
Posts: 1153
Location: Dante's Peak
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susbell
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:12 pm
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Thanks Stacey! I bookmarked the page
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hhltdave5
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
Posts: 24100
Location: Our Stock, Food & Portrait photography books at www.rindersmithphotography.com
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susbell
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:33 pm
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Thanks! I sent all the info to that email. Not sure much can be done about it though :-(
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ruxpriencdiam
Joined: 07 May 2009
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Location: Third Stone from the Sun
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:50 pm
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| susbell wrote: | | Thanks! I sent all the info to that email. Not sure much can be done about it though :-( |
Not sure where you are from but a bit of info for you.
http://www.photoattorney.com/
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cogentmarketing
Joined: 27 Jan 2011
Posts: 1017
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:05 pm
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I would contact her directly and tell her she cannot resell your image and give her the opportunity to remove it. You will probably have more success that way. If not then you always have the option of other avenues. Her email is here:
patricia@pintopatricia.com
Her website indicates she is a professional artist, sculptor and illustrator - not the usual scum bag type that simply steals images and reposts them for sale as their own.
Her web site is here:
http://pintopatricia.com/
You might want to also consider she might have used your image as the basis for her artwork not knowingly thinking she was contravening any best practice.
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felix_casio
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1774
Location: www.felixtm.com
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:49 pm
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maybe they bought a license to reprint your image.
lots of buyers use stock images for a raw basis for derivatives then resell as prints, or on calenders or coffee mugs.
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helix7
Joined: 24 Apr 2007
Posts: 1790
Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:28 pm
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From the product page:
| Quote: | | This licensed image was printed on premium heavy stock paper and is ready for framing or hanging. |
It sounds like she believes the image is appropriately licensed for this use. Could it be?
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daynamore
Joined: 01 Feb 2010
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:34 am
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I'm dealing with a very similar issue. I just found one of my images altered and for sale on another stock site. I contacted Shutterstock and they said they are investigating it...thank goodness. It was so discouraging to find though. I think they would remove it if I contacted them (because, besides the fact that I own the copyright, it involves a child's picture which they don't have a model release for). However, the site shows that between the two versions they have available, they have received almost 2000 hits, which makes me think they've already sold many. I'm not sure I would be satisfied with just having it removed.
I'm curious about how you plan to resolve your issue and what advice anyone might have for me.
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dustine
Joined: 10 Jan 2009
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Location: You're in my viewfinder...
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:21 am
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Oh my gosh, she's a fabulous artist if you take the time to look at her stuff. Especially her horses!
I'm sure she feels quite the way we all do concerning copyright, being a pro fine artist. I'm guessing she is a member of Shutterstock or another site where you have the image and purchased it.
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daynamore
Joined: 01 Feb 2010
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:39 pm
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I don't think the manner in which she got hold of the image or how good of an artist she is give her the right to sell any version of your image as her own. If she were concerned about copyright, she wouldn't have violated someone else's. Besides, I prefer your original by far.
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dustine
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:29 pm
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| daynamore wrote: | | I don't think the manner in which she got hold of the image or how good of an artist she is give her the right to sell any version of your image as her own. If she were concerned about copyright, she wouldn't have violated someone else's. Besides, I prefer your original by far. |
True, I missed that she was selling them as her own art. That is just plain wrong and makes all of her work suspect!
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daynamore
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dustine
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:53 am
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I really like that page..they hit it on the head!
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