Notice of infringement
Currently: Annoyed.
So I signed into Flickr a few days ago, and notice I have new comments. I go to check out the comments and notice that one user had faved a few of my photos (including this one) and left a comment on one of them. "Oh cool," I thought. I like to see what other users do, so when someone faves my stuff, I like to check out their stuff too. So I click on her page, and what do I see? This! She uploaded my photo without permission or credit! I was livid. As a photographer, I don't mind if you admire and share my material, but please ask first and give credit where it's due! I left her a polite comment on her page with my photo to ask to be given credit. Simple request, right? She replies back to my comment here (third comment). We then carry on our "conversation" on this page, with me double-posting my comments on the offending page... She deleted two of my comments from the offending page! How rude! She doesn't seem to be a native English speaker (even though she claims to speak English on her website), so she probably doesn't understand the nature of Flickr, nor does she understand what she's doing is wrong.
I have since noticed that most of the images on her Flickr page are actually other people's photos. I have notified the ones I could track (since she faved them AND posted it on Flickr, I was able to find them through a link on her page), and two of them have replied thanking me for letting them know. Both have also sent her polite emails asking her to give credit or take down the photos from her site, and one suggested that I file a Notice of Infringement with Yahoo (who owns Flickr) along with him. I have since done so.
I understand that she may not understand what she's doing, but it still makes me mad. I'm glad that the other photographers agreed with me, or else I'd feel like quite the jerk. Sheesh. People these days!
.:Update:.
She has removed the offending material! Woo!! Looks like all it took was a few legitimate artists to ban together. :D
So I signed into Flickr a few days ago, and notice I have new comments. I go to check out the comments and notice that one user had faved a few of my photos (including this one) and left a comment on one of them. "Oh cool," I thought. I like to see what other users do, so when someone faves my stuff, I like to check out their stuff too. So I click on her page, and what do I see? This! She uploaded my photo without permission or credit! I was livid. As a photographer, I don't mind if you admire and share my material, but please ask first and give credit where it's due! I left her a polite comment on her page with my photo to ask to be given credit. Simple request, right? She replies back to my comment here (third comment). We then carry on our "conversation" on this page, with me double-posting my comments on the offending page... She deleted two of my comments from the offending page! How rude! She doesn't seem to be a native English speaker (even though she claims to speak English on her website), so she probably doesn't understand the nature of Flickr, nor does she understand what she's doing is wrong.
I have since noticed that most of the images on her Flickr page are actually other people's photos. I have notified the ones I could track (since she faved them AND posted it on Flickr, I was able to find them through a link on her page), and two of them have replied thanking me for letting them know. Both have also sent her polite emails asking her to give credit or take down the photos from her site, and one suggested that I file a Notice of Infringement with Yahoo (who owns Flickr) along with him. I have since done so.
I understand that she may not understand what she's doing, but it still makes me mad. I'm glad that the other photographers agreed with me, or else I'd feel like quite the jerk. Sheesh. People these days!
.:Update:.
She has removed the offending material! Woo!! Looks like all it took was a few legitimate artists to ban together. :D