TheCream 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 I may be a little more wary about posting pics of my flies in the future. I just found out some dude had stolen a few of my photos and was passing them off as his work on his tying blog. Nothing real serious, obviously, but in my opinion it's a scumbag move. Guess it may be time to start watermarking all my photos. The blog in question has now been removed by the user after I emailed him and asked why he was stealing and using my images. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rolsen 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 That sucks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nate 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 Jeeeeeez if a guy is going to use someone elses pictures he could at least give credit where credit is due...a simple "These are not my flies but _______ over on FTF posted these the other day blah blah blah. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scott.bearden 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 There is an individual going around doing that with bamboo fly rods as well. Â There is a international fly tyer on here that once caught an ebay store hot linking to his photos to sell their products. He had a little fun at their expense by putting hilarious photos with the same name in their place on his server. They were unaware for a week or two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nate 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 Now THAT is funny..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riffleriversteelheadslayer 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 Man I wish someone thought my flies and photos were worth stealing hell I can't even give them away Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
switch10 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 Huh, interesting. I think I will look into watermarking mine as well... Too bad I have over 500 pics on my blog, which will take me months... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyFishin'Jam 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 i have heard of this happening before, crazy world we live in! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ian1104 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 Was it sur3-shot?!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kirk Dietrich 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 Man I wish someone thought my flies and photos were worth stealing hell I can't even give them away I was thinking the same thing after I thought how much of a desperate scumbag someone would have to be to do that. Sorry to hear that Jeff, glad you caught it though. Â Kirk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kudu 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 Sorry that happened man. You post some great stuff no wonder they wanted to use it. However, they should have asked your permission first and given you credit. I wish I had the computer skills to post a pic nevermind steal one and then reprint it. I hope you keep putting stuff on here though; I like looking at it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 Happens a lot more than you would think. Not even 2 weeks ago I was sent a link to another custom rod builders website by a friend that told me to look at his pictures because they looked familiar. Turns out he was using pictures of my work as well as a friends work on his rod business website to lure customers in. When confronted about it he said (and this is mind blowing to me) ...."He didn't know he was stealing because he never said it was his work, just showing examples of what can be done". That takes a lot of balls to say that. Needless to say he removed the pictures the very day we confronted him on it. Â Steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piker20 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 Just curious how you even stumbled on that? Were you lucky that you happened onto his blog or did an image pop up in a search you were doing for something else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 i too have had my photos appear on other sites/forums. a simple request to remove them or give me credit for my photo. they were removed. no harm no foul. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rolsen 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 One example of many, how to prevent hotlinking: http://www.htaccesstools.com/hotlink-protection/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
