[pov] "anonymous" photographer & photo theft
- From: "Viv Ilo E. Veith" <viv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:10:46 -0400
Yahoo John! The anonymous stuff always bothers me. I had done some checking
on that photo too - all to dead ends but you just gave me a lot of new ways to
research things like this.
A related issue that bothers me a lot is the difficulty of protecting photos
from being stolen from my blog. As funny as it is, I am not too worried about
my own photos; I am more worried about the ones I buy because I figure most of
those photographers are trying to make a living by their photography or at
least have it as a side business. I buy a lot of the images at places like
123rf and istockphoto so the photos do not have a watermark - which is the way
I want them. However, I also notice that when I check my blog stats many
people come to my site via google images and I am sure that many of those folks
are lifting the images. Someone suggested putting a clear gif over the photos
and I might try that when I move my blog over to a new host (self-hosted
wordpress).
Attributions for those photos? I would love to do attributions but on most of
the sites all you get is a username and I simply do not have the time to
research who those people really are. It is hard enough for me to make time to
blog; never mind research the photographer's name when it is hard to find.
Viv Ilo E. Veith
vividlyclear.com
On Oct 25, 2011, at 10:49 AM, John Sage wrote:
> On 11-10-24 05:43 PM, Rondi Lightmark wrote:
>>
>
> I was very intrigued by "anonymous photographer" since this (to my eye,
> anyway) looks like it was shot by a professional -- someone who might
> actually care about what happens to their photos.
>
> First off there's nothing but the most generic information in the EXIF data.
> Dead end there.
>
> OK. By the bill it's a pigeon or a dove. Off to iBird Explorer; it's not a
> North American pigeon.
>
> OK, so: it's clearly got what I'd call an "orange breast". Off to Google.
>
> Google "orange-breasted pigeon".
>
> Hit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-breasted_Green_Pigeon
>
> OK: Google Images for "orange-breasted pigeon".
>
> Hits. The specific image is down about seven rows, at least at the moment I
> did the search.
>
> Link to:
>
> http://animalworld.tumblr.com/post/4720524840/orange-breasted-green-pigeon-and-chicks-treron
>
> "Reblogged from 123zero"
>
> "123ZERO-TUMBLR
> I reblog absorbed in the interval of work..."
>
> So 123Zero probably got the image somewhere else...
>
>
> Back at
> http://animalworld.tumblr.com/post/4720524840/orange-breasted-green-pigeon-and-chicks-treron
>
> "ORANGE BREASTED GREEN PIGEON and Chicks (Treron bicincta) - ©Rik Seet"
>
> ©Rik Seet links to:
>
> http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=284621
>
> but there's nothing about "Rik Seet" here, apparently the image was really
> posted by "jchip8"
>
> Comments addressed to "jchip8":
>
> "Postings of pictures taken from the internet without any comment of
> what/where/when should be banned. This becomes a child playground for morons
> who want to post as much as possible."
>
> and
>
> "don't you think that 708 pics in 25 days is too much ?? do you really think
> people like your pics, you do not even have 50% of popular pics.
> Pixdaus please, stop this masive posters !!"
>
> A compulsive photo thief. So, dead end.
>
>
> Googling for "Rik Seet" or "Rik Seet photographer" turns up only references
> back to this one image. So, dead end.
>
>
> Anyway. Interesting.
>
> I guess this is why I watermark all the images I put up anywhere, and am
> moving toward including full EXIF data, at least as far as ownership and
> copyright goes...
>
>
> - John
> --
> John Sage
> FinchHaven Digital Photography
> Box 2541, Vashon, WA 98070
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> Web: http://www.finchhaven.com/
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