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lana505
Joined: 07 Oct 2009
Posts: 90
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:30 am
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Check out freepik dot com, I'm certain you'll find your illustrations there. I just found my top sellers on free download offer there, and "free for commercial use".
I've reported them to copyrightinfringement@shutterstock.com and also wrote to their Contact form, requesting removal of my images.
What confused me most is their "sponsored files" section, where they advertise SS image library - I sure hope no one is paying an ad at such place, where just about everything is ripped off. |
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cyborgwitch
Joined: 19 Dec 2010
Posts: 461
Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:46 am
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That's just so disgusting. |
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lana505
Joined: 07 Oct 2009
Posts: 90
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:18 am
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Someone at Freepik dot com responded to my email. They removed my illustrations from their "free" section and informed me they are linking images from youtoart dot com - and what a motherload of stolen vectors that is!
Check it out to see if your illustrations are there too.
Copyrightinfringement@shutterstock.com apparently is no longer working. I guess we need to write to support to report the stolen artwork. |
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baz777
Joined: 03 Dec 2008
Posts: 3432
Location: No idea, I'm old!
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 1:35 am
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I found a few of mine on there after only a short search! |
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mythja
Joined: 09 Mar 2010
Posts: 1120
Location: http://www.facebook.com/mythja www.mythja.com
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 12:17 pm
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this is so wrong. it's like a stock site with search and everything - number of viewing and downloads, but free. awful |
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semmickphoto
Joined: 12 Feb 2012
Posts: 6482
Location: Stuck between a shutter and a hard place
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 3:00 am
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How do they steel them without watermark? They must have purchased them and then put them up for download.
The whole site looks like a copy of SS. Their whole site needs to be taken down. |
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ginarothfels
Joined: 14 May 2005
Posts: 194
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:52 pm
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I just found one of mine there. It may be difficult to tell if there are more. |
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aquafish
Joined: 10 Oct 2007
Posts: 81
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 11:12 am
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Loads of mine on there - they seem to be available for free all over the place what can you do? |
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lana505
Joined: 07 Oct 2009
Posts: 90
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:00 pm
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| aquafish wrote: | | what can you do? |
Not much, it seems. I wrote to the youtoart dot com site some three weeks ago - twice - with a list of my illustrations they stole, requesting they take them down immediately. No response whatsoever. I also wrote to SS support, listing each of the stolen images from my SS port alongside the same image on the pirate site.
Someone from SS responded saying I need to send them what I already did (list of images in my SS port and the corresponding stolen ones at the other site) and all the emails I sent to the site in question. I thought the information I provided support with would be sufficient (i.e. my SS portfolio image ID with a link to my image here, and the same stolen image over there), especially since I already did all the work, claimed my copyright, requested removal of my images from the site owner directly and went through 190 pages (out of 800+ pages!) of the pirate's loot, listing each of illustrations stolen from my SS port. I'd rather spend time creating then browsing pirate sites and writing endless emails for nothing.
If SS doesn't care about these huge leaks of income and their library being available one click away for free, I guess we shouldn't either. Thieves must be happy and encouraged to keep plundering Shutterstock for other people's work.
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baz777
Joined: 03 Dec 2008
Posts: 3432
Location: No idea, I'm old!
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:01 pm
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| aquafish wrote: | | Loads of mine on there - they seem to be available for free all over the place what can you do? |
I've given up! |
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toots7777
Joined: 06 Apr 2009
Posts: 4528
Location: Tenerife, Canary Islands
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 6:37 am
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| baz777 wrote: | | aquafish wrote: | | Loads of mine on there - they seem to be available for free all over the place what can you do? |
I've given up! |
Me too. Can't be bothered anymore. |
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