divewizard
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I became curious a few weeks ago when LAtaco.com added me as a contact on flickr. I noticed a few days later that the web site is linked from the Huffington Post, so I went to check it out. and found one of my pictures being used. I did a IP lookup on the doain name and then a whois on the IP to see who own the block. I sent the owner of the IP block a DMCA takedown notice and my picture was removed the next day.
This evening I starting dropping copies of my images into Google image search and finding my images being used with out my permission on quite a few web sites.
I just spent the last hour sending out DMCA takedown notices to various ISPs becasue I found more of my images being used without my permission. The google search is quite good becasue it found cropped versions of my photos with my © removed.
Here is an example of one of the notices:
DMCA Takedown Notice
This is a good faith request for you to take down the website http://atlosangeles.com [50.61.226.54] which is using my original image Crusty Crab without my permission. It appears on http://atlosangeles.com/category/food.aspx & http://atlosangeles.com/2012/02/default.aspx
The photo was taken from my Flickr account. The original can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/divewizard/6549673713
My name and copyright appear both in the lower right hand corner of the original photo and in the embedded EXIF information. I am the photographer and copyright owner of the photograph of Crusty Crab.
Under penalty of perjury I state that all of the information contained in this notification is accurate.
Thank You,
Chris Grossman
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This evening I starting dropping copies of my images into Google image search and finding my images being used with out my permission on quite a few web sites.
I just spent the last hour sending out DMCA takedown notices to various ISPs becasue I found more of my images being used without my permission. The google search is quite good becasue it found cropped versions of my photos with my © removed.
Here is an example of one of the notices:
DMCA Takedown Notice
This is a good faith request for you to take down the website http://atlosangeles.com [50.61.226.54] which is using my original image Crusty Crab without my permission. It appears on http://atlosangeles.com/category/food.aspx & http://atlosangeles.com/2012/02/default.aspx
The photo was taken from my Flickr account. The original can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/divewizard/6549673713
My name and copyright appear both in the lower right hand corner of the original photo and in the embedded EXIF information. I am the photographer and copyright owner of the photograph of Crusty Crab.
Under penalty of perjury I state that all of the information contained in this notification is accurate.
Thank You,
Chris Grossman
address
phone #
signature scan