I started watermarking my photos after this post where I talk about people who had their photos stolen and abused.
Sometimes I wonder if I really need to watermark my photos. Do I think I am so special that people would actually want to steal my photos?
Apparently I am.
I saw an incoming link on my WordPress dashboard tonight and thought it was another new lovely reader who was giving me link love.
I clicked through so I could say “Hello!” and was greeted with this sight:
THAT WOULD BE MY BABY! From THIS POST!
So? I did what any mother would do. I got even.
I would give you the URL, but they are not worthy of the traffic.
Maybe it is petty, but that site owner is a petty thief. I may as well have fun with it.
I know that Jesus said to turn the other cheek. I am just turning two cheeks.
*Dodges lightning bolt*
In all seriousness, stealing is WRONG. If you want to use my photos, ask me. I’ll probably let you, especially if you give me credit.
But to hotlink a photo of mine and pretend that it is yours? Especially if it is a photo of one of my babies???
Watch your back. Momma bears can get pretty nasty.
It is NOT petty. That’s wrong and STUPID. (hotlinking? Dumbass) I love you even more for replacing the photo.
Now, I expect the link in my inbox by tomorrow morning. OR ELSE.
(Kidding. But also kinda serious.)
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Shitty situation.
Hilarious solution.
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OH MY GOSH!! That’s just awful!! I don’t know how you found the other site, but it scares me a little. I mean, people could be using my photos and I wouldn’t even know. How did you find it?? But I LOVE what you did to “fix” it!!!!
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I did the same exact thing. A photo of Meredith was hotlinked on MySpace. It was a totally innocent, fully clothed shot and the stupid kid was talking about her breasts. WHAT BREASTS.
I contacted MySpace and they said the person wasn’t in violation.
My “replacement” photo had the word pedophile and a$$hole in it.
Yea, I probably could have turned the other cheek too.
So, this person was acting as if Emily was HER baby?
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Good for you!
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I first discovered the joy of replacing hotlinked photos about 5 years ago when using eBay and it was common for a new or crooked seller to take another seller’s photos.
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Seriously! What was the post about? Did she actually claim this was her baby? Wouldn’t her family clue in or something? And what was her response to your “feedback”?
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sorry, I see you already answered my questions in the comments.
unreal.
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Thanks for this insightful post.. I realized how careful you have to be about getting photos from google (My main source for hair cuts and sometimes adding interests to my blog) when I realized how much traffic it was pulling into my blog after posting a photo of a cat I found in google photo search.
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I’m the one you’re all calling bad names. I read every one of your posts. I didn’t skip one. In my defense, it had nothing to with the child on a personal level. I didn’t claim she was mine, I didn’t even comment on her. It was just a “sleeping baby” to illustrate a point.
On the other, hand- you’re all right. And I earned the *dumbass*. Thank you for correcting my mistake. I wish I could say that I just didn’t know, but every baby picture is a picture of someone else’s baby. I should have thought and I didn’t. It should make you all feel immensely better that I want to go hold my own head under water for a while.
I’m going to go throw up now.
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Oh, and for the record, I’m mortified that most of my site hits are because of this whole fiasco. I would much rather remain in anonymity than have a bunch of justifiably outraged people checking out my indiscretion. So if you wanted to punish me further, you did it the right way.
I’m sorry.
And I’m sorry that I keep leaving all of these comments, but when I find I’ve wronged someone, I can’t let it go until I hear some sort of response back. I’ll continue stewing in my own juices now.
I emailed you to say that we’re cool…
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Wow Ange, that sucks. I can’t wait until you do your Foto friday on watermarks. I totally want to start using them. I couldn’t imagine seeing one of my babies on someone elses site.
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Dude! I’d be PISSED. Some people have nerve. You get ‘em momma!
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May the lightning miss you because I agree with you.
All they need is ask and give credit – why do they have to steal?
i think I’ll try to learn this watermarking thing … It’s a scary world this internet is…
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You did well in watermarking your pictures, and even better in dealing with that person. The few times that I have used somebody else’s picture to illustrate any of my posts, I went great lengths to make sure that the owner would authorize it first. And even after that, I would download the picture and then upload it again (so I don’t use their bandwidth) and I would make sure to include a caption indicating where I got the picture from. The picture would even have a hyperlink pointing to the original destination.
Any other way you do it, you’re stealing…
Other business: Congratulations on your second place in the Canada Bloggers Award! I will be going through your blog in the next few days, as I’m always open to making new blog buddies!
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I am shocked. WTF?
Sorry for my bad language but seriously? What are you thinking using someone else’s personal photo?
Way to go Angella, I think your actions were justified!
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Angella – I’m just now catching up….I haven’t read blogs in a few days. oh my gosh, I am shocked by all this!!! What I want to know though, is first, how did you find it? You said by your WordPress board? Was it like a site meter and you were just curious who was looking at your blog? And most importantly, how in the heck, can you change a picture on someone else’s blog?? Is that what you did?
I am assuming she copied and pasted your picture or was she linking to it so you cahnged the picture it was linking to? You know I;m pretty technically challenged, if you hadn’t figured that out!!
Anyway, I was just curious. That is really crappy. To steal a picture of EMILY!!! How could she?
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