Is this my Image
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that most certainly does look like your pic. main points are the fact that the fog is the same aswell as the shadows being at the same angle. also, there is an object in the water on the left hand side.
is it a major company that wrote the guide? if so i would suggest that they should know better than to use other peoples images without permission so you can probably be quite forceful with them asking for the payment that you deserve.
if it is a small company you may want to approach gently with a "friendly" email stating that you believe they have used your image without permission. if they dont play then you can always resort to the more forceful approach.
is it a major company that wrote the guide? if so i would suggest that they should know better than to use other peoples images without permission so you can probably be quite forceful with them asking for the payment that you deserve.
if it is a small company you may want to approach gently with a "friendly" email stating that you believe they have used your image without permission. if they dont play then you can always resort to the more forceful approach.
I thought as much!! Thanks for your help - ooh - how cross am I!
There is no EXIF data, and it is quite a large specialist internet guide - obviously I won't name & shame, but the next question is.....how much do I charge???
Of course, I do have my original with all it's data intact!
There is no EXIF data, and it is quite a large specialist internet guide - obviously I won't name & shame, but the next question is.....how much do I charge???
Of course, I do have my original with all it's data intact!
Thinking about this, you may find that it is the company that built the site that pinched your image. I imagine that the client, ie the holiday company, would be seriously pissed off if they found out that their design bods had breached copyright. There is no excuse for this, but it does not prevent people from stealing work. An initial polite phone call to the marketing department of the holiday company - pointing out pretty much all that has been said on here thus far - would be a good first step.
Well it's the same pic, no doubt about it but how did they get hold of it?
Have you entered it into any competitions? Some of these have some small print that say the image becomes theirs once you have entered it. These unscrupulous people then sell them to ad agencies or picture libarys :-(
Have you entered it into any competitions? Some of these have some small print that say the image becomes theirs once you have entered it. These unscrupulous people then sell them to ad agencies or picture libarys :-(
It seems to me they have whipped it from my Pro Photobox gallery, used a screen print, then cropped it.
It hasn't been submitted for any competitions - I am very careful with my images, which makes it worse!
Still deciding the best approach - company is based abroad with no address on website, or in source code, or on a whois search!! All I can find is an email address!
It hasn't been submitted for any competitions - I am very careful with my images, which makes it worse!
Still deciding the best approach - company is based abroad with no address on website, or in source code, or on a whois search!! All I can find is an email address!
blondemoment said:
It seems to me they have whipped it from my Pro Photobox gallery, used a screen print, then cropped it.
It hasn't been submitted for any competitions - I am very careful with my images, which makes it worse!
Still deciding the best approach - company is based abroad with no address on website, or in source code, or on a whois search!! All I can find is an email address!
It hasn't been submitted for any competitions - I am very careful with my images, which makes it worse!
Still deciding the best approach - company is based abroad with no address on website, or in source code, or on a whois search!! All I can find is an email address!
You could always find out who has registered the website domain, get their address and write/email them from that. There are several sites around that you can type in the URL and they will then give you the contact details.
I would go to www.flickr.com/groups/ and do a search of the group discussion. There's always this kind of stuff going on and I'd be surprised if somebody else hadn't come across the issue before?
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