Mauritius100
where do our photos go?
In the past phototheft was usually limited to small size and low resolution images, like the first three in the collage. Although I found it irritating I couldn't be bothered to do much about it and occasionally I was even amused by it.
Photo 1
An underwater statue in the lagoon of Mauritius and placed there in the last few years turned up in many places on the internet identified as a 13000 year old statue in the Arabian sea.
Photo 2
Was claimed by someone claiming to be a professional photographer
Photo 3
This has been posted on very many photosharing sites (eg tumblr, pinterest, socializer, google+,, imgfave, wesharepics to name just a few) without my permission ever being asked. People posting may have attributed the image to me and linked here but when people reblog on such sites the attribution is lost. And the photo then spreads further. This one has been used by commercial diving organisations in Sulawesi, Bali, Syechelles, Maldives, Turkey, Thailand .... and that's just from looking for sites in the English language.
Now the situation seems more complicated and worse. Flickr seems to have opened a door to our photos at higher resolution. Jellyfields ( www.jellyfields.com) is one site that has exploited that, copying photos from flickr onto their servers and making them available for download. Others may also have done so or other companies may be getting photos from Jellyfields. Flickr is looking into this situation but you might want to check for your Flickr user name on the search bar on the Jellyfields site and see if any of your photos are listed. If so they do respond to email requests to take them down. If anyone wants any help with this, do let me know.
Here are some uses of my photos that I have found since finding my photos at Jellyfields. No longer is this poor quality, small thumbnails ... and I am not amused by where these photos are /have been used.
Photo 4
This photo is being used by an American company which sells tropical fish ( something which I strongly object to, especially with a fish which rarely survives in captivity and does not apparently breed in aquariums).
Photo 5
This one is on a Porn site ( another type of site which I don't wish to be associated with or support in any way).
Photo 6
This one has been sold in the online store of a well known software company as a wall paper for mobile phones.
Today I sat down and filled in my first DMCA take down notices. And thought some nasty thoughts at Flickr for not protecting our photos better.
where do our photos go?
In the past phototheft was usually limited to small size and low resolution images, like the first three in the collage. Although I found it irritating I couldn't be bothered to do much about it and occasionally I was even amused by it.
Photo 1
An underwater statue in the lagoon of Mauritius and placed there in the last few years turned up in many places on the internet identified as a 13000 year old statue in the Arabian sea.
Photo 2
Was claimed by someone claiming to be a professional photographer
Photo 3
This has been posted on very many photosharing sites (eg tumblr, pinterest, socializer, google+,, imgfave, wesharepics to name just a few) without my permission ever being asked. People posting may have attributed the image to me and linked here but when people reblog on such sites the attribution is lost. And the photo then spreads further. This one has been used by commercial diving organisations in Sulawesi, Bali, Syechelles, Maldives, Turkey, Thailand .... and that's just from looking for sites in the English language.
Now the situation seems more complicated and worse. Flickr seems to have opened a door to our photos at higher resolution. Jellyfields ( www.jellyfields.com) is one site that has exploited that, copying photos from flickr onto their servers and making them available for download. Others may also have done so or other companies may be getting photos from Jellyfields. Flickr is looking into this situation but you might want to check for your Flickr user name on the search bar on the Jellyfields site and see if any of your photos are listed. If so they do respond to email requests to take them down. If anyone wants any help with this, do let me know.
Here are some uses of my photos that I have found since finding my photos at Jellyfields. No longer is this poor quality, small thumbnails ... and I am not amused by where these photos are /have been used.
Photo 4
This photo is being used by an American company which sells tropical fish ( something which I strongly object to, especially with a fish which rarely survives in captivity and does not apparently breed in aquariums).
Photo 5
This one is on a Porn site ( another type of site which I don't wish to be associated with or support in any way).
Photo 6
This one has been sold in the online store of a well known software company as a wall paper for mobile phones.
Today I sat down and filled in my first DMCA take down notices. And thought some nasty thoughts at Flickr for not protecting our photos better.