funkyfacestudio

GODD, 8 months ago

THAT AINT RIGHT!!!

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

It’s also up to 10 pages now. Have you let the RB powers know yet??

funkyfacestudio, 8 months ago

No…I haven’t, I wanted to see what others think.

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

Lisa, it’s worthy of reporting it to RB powers to see what they think. It can’t do any harm to seek clarification from them on this issue.

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/search?displayurl=redbubble.com&idx=thing&page=1

funkyfacestudio, 8 months ago

I’m off to work in a few…if no one else does I’ll do it when I get back…I have trouble emailing so I might bubble someone at RB.

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

Try this, Lisa.

earswideopen@redbubble.com

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

Just direct them to this journal entry.

Faizan Qureshi, 8 months ago

They’re making collages using our images… what the hell is that site? :S

Thanks to bring this to our attention Lisa. You should email RB about this!

Faizan Qureshi, 8 months ago

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=257709
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=220689

Holy crap.. what the hell are they doing with my image? LOL

funkyfacestudio, 8 months ago

I bubbled peter, gotta go…..this stinks !

Steven Sandner, 8 months ago

nasty

PhotogeniquE IPA, 8 months ago

this is plainly copyright theft, without a shadow of a doubt. RB Admin needs to be told about this.

Funkyface – will you let them know?

Colin Tobin, 8 months ago

Not cool at all.

Wim Conix, 8 months ago

Thanks for reporting this Lisa !
I’ve checked the site, and they indeed think that everything published on the web is their property, even without crediting the owner/creator/copyright.
They are talking about trying to remove backgrounds as good as possible, of course by this they mean removing watermarks & signatures as well…
One thing that might be make you and others feel less anxious… with the previews provided at redbubble/deviantart/image-belle/... it is impossible to use them for high-quality prints… they must boost it up to unreal sizes, with bad quality as a result…
So anyone who buys something there is busted anyways… with bad quality for a lot of money…
How to do something about this… there’s hundreds of sites and individuals harvesting from the popular art/images sites, there’s always been… and they are hardly to track… i couldn’t find any address, telephone, names…
But I could track who registered their domainname (see end of comment)...

GOOD ADVICE to everyone publishing work online :
NEVER publish high-resolution images of your work in public galleries, not even with watermarks and/or signatures ! Even with right-click disabled (see image-belle.com) it is always possible do download them (e.g. with print-screen) ! Only use private, password-protected galleries to share them with customers/friends/... (see image-belle.com again).
In other words… stick to max. 600/700px largest side, these previews are not useable for commercial (print) purposes, without them boosting and ruining the image.

Hope this helps some people around here and elsewhere… feel free to contact me for more info…

Thanks again Lisa for noticing and reporting, I really hope together we can make this stop one day… not optimistic though we will…

Greetzz,
Wim

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pwruiz, 8 months ago

I can’t believe this shit!

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

They are taking the **.

It’s jumped from 10 to 12 pages in the last half hour!!

funkyfacestudio, 8 months ago

Can th BBB be contacted…concerning a website ?

Mundy Hackett, 8 months ago

This will be stopped once the powers at be are informed, I am sure. Has anyone noticed any images from other sites there?

pwruiz, 8 months ago

Faizan does it prevent this site from accessing your image if you select to HIDE it within your RB edit options? Not the best solution i realise, just curious…?

Crokus Label, 8 months ago

I am sooooooo MAD… this is not right…
I say we all get together on this… I want that place shut… total disrespect…
Now, I feel like retreiving all of my works from here… (not becasue of Redbubble, of course, ut because this is soooo wrong.)
Thanks Lisa for the heads up…
greatly appreciated…
I am favoritising this here so as many people as possible can see it…

I will not favoritise other things for now so it stays on top of my favorites…

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

I’m also going to post a journal linking to this one so more people get to see this.

I’m usually mellow, but this is NOT ON

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

Mundy

It appears no one is safe – They’ve just taken from everyone from Vogue to Flickr

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=249667

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/search?query=redbubble&displayurl=redbubble.com

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=209393

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

I belive these are all the images from our site in question

mick, 8 months ago

now i begin to wonder,i had a look,its not rite….....im going to do more searching for my own curiosity

Suni Pruett, 8 months ago

This pisses me off…...and they should clearly be stopped…...

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

Feel free to drop them a line

mickeyb, 8 months ago

its a joke. rubbish….can anything be done

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=210937

Suni Pruett, 8 months ago

thanks stuart! I did,....and it really wasnt pretty! ohhh that irks me so very badly…....!!!!!!!!!!

EarthquakeBee, 8 months ago

Oh Funky… I work for many years in the music industry and piracy is just the same… there’s no legal protection really.. what’s the thing, having to register legally (hence, pay for) the work that you create… and still it wont stop anyone from stealing. This stuff makes me sad.. I’m gonna go check that site you mention and Im gonna make some questions to people I know that are involved in copyrights. if I find something worthy I will let everyone know…

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/search?displayurl=redbubble.com&page=1&query=redbubble

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

OK i was a paparrazi for a while and part of my training was learning the law ,this is how it stands, if the image was taken on your equipment by you ,you own the image ,this is black and white . there is no grey area, your image can only be used with your concent. THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW ,THREATEN THEM WITH A LAWSUIT.

sanyaks, 8 months ago

Lisa, thank you for bringing this to all of our attention…. I can’t believe them guys doing this… hopefully they don’t go too far..

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

eg Every image on redbubble is owned by the artist not Redbubble we give redbubble the consent to use and sell them.

Crokus Label, 8 months ago

I have directed everyone here… I sent a message to all of my groups and in my journal… so as many people as possible can see that…

We MUST take action asap…

I feel sick…

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

INFACT I WILL THREATEN THEM WITH A LAWSUIT !

Heather Loster, 8 months ago

thanks for the tip. that is a nasty way to get what you want done. did you report this to redbubble?

EarthquakeBee, 8 months ago

CHECK THIS OUT
http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

I have also directed people here

gordontant, 8 months ago

THIS HAS TO BE REPORTED TO RB PATER AND JAMES IMMEDIATELY

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

this is how it stands, if the image was taken on your equipment by you ,you own the image ,this is black and white . there is no grey area, your image can only be used with your concent. THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW ,THREATEN THEM WITH A LAWSUIT.

wanda lechene, 8 months ago

man thats not right i have seen all the photos before.
redbubble needs to take away the right click button off so no one can copy the photos
you can easyly do the with you mouse right click. hey they have a feedback on there site.

Linda Tenenbaum, 8 months ago

I don’t know if this is possible, but on my personal website, my webdesigner put a clear image on top of all my work, so if someone tries to copy it, all they get is a blank jpg.
RB wants us to upload large files so they can be printed on large canvases, but can’t the pics online be lower res thumbnails? or watermarked?
LL

gordontant, 8 months ago

Peter , I even found one of Kelly’s there… see this

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

It’s currently 1:29am Melbourne time, so Peter and James may not be aware.

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

WHY DOESNT EVERY PERSON ON THIS PAGE TREATEN TO SUE THEM ,ALL OF US INDIVIDUALLY ,THAT WILL PANICK THEM I GARUNTEE, IMAGINE GETTING 30 TREATENED LAWSUITS IN ONE DAY !

gordontant, 8 months ago

Darren, there has to be someone watching the site in the office?

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

HOLY shit gordon Thieving bastards

gordontant, 8 months ago

Im sending an emrgency email to RB

Dave Pearson, 8 months ago

Oh, how fun, this image of mine is on there and has been used in a derivative work

Someone’s ignoring my licence.

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

Melbourne office is closed. I tried ringing.

Recorded message suggested an email to;

insafehands@redbubble.com

http://www.redbubble.com/contact

gordontant, 8 months ago

I HAVE EMAILED RB AS URGENT ATTENTION

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

Right. This is now on the hot list. More people can find out about this

gordontant, 8 months ago

UK OFFICE ISNT…

gordontant, 8 months ago

I have looked and they seem to acknowledge the person they took it from , but they didnt ask so this is the main problem….

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/search?displayurl=redbubble.com&idx=thing&query=redbubble&sort=-updatedon

PhotogeniquE IPA, 8 months ago

just emailed

insafehands@redbubble.com

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

The fact they crop the copyright tag off worries me. They know they shouldn’t be doing it

gordontant, 8 months ago

uk office is a direct number to Aus… emailed to insafehands too

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

Polyvore Terms of Service

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/tos

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

i have just sent them this message YOU ARE BREAKING ALL COPYRIGHT LAWS BY SHOWING ARTISTS WORK WITHOUT THERE CONCENT,I SUGGEST YOU REMOVE THEM BEFORE YOU ARE FACED WITH 30 OR MORE LAWSUITS

DarrellMoseley, 8 months ago

Thats a excellent Ideal, I have always beleive there is more power in a group, than in just one person, Group Lawsuite? I stand for whats right! Thanks for telling us, about what you found! What is RedBubble doing about this? I do hope they will move to help protect the artist, so wee can continue to share our work, without the fear of others stealing our art!!

PhotogeniquE IPA, 8 months ago

we can use their own feedback form to flame them?

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/feedback

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

Hmmm, point 6 seems to look well enforced Darren

gordontant, 8 months ago

Mugsy is gonna go off the wall i just seen his chains in there

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

they cannot ask red bubbles permission to use the pics they have to ask the artists directly

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

Which reads:

Download any file that you know or reasonably should know cannot be legally obtained in such manner;

Daniela Weil, 8 months ago

My work from Red Bubble it’s there, they have to be stopped!

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

Keep spreading the word and they’re going to have 15,000 people on their backs

Dave Pearson, 8 months ago

For what it’s worth, I’ve signed up (it’s free) and have used the account to send a message to this person and informed them that they need to remove the work that is a derivative of my work.

Took just seconds to do.

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

Good idea Dave

Paul Tupman, 8 months ago

This is Terrible.. and indeed Peter, a group lawsuit would worry the crap out of them and if thats what it took, from all who have had work stolen, then why not? All work should definately be given the best possible protection and copyrights observed!

gordontant, 8 months ago

EVEN Antoines is there

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

Thanks Lisa for pointing this out

I apologise for the massive hit to your activity box.

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

I gave them my email address so i will let you all know the response, come on guys stop talking and hit them back with there own feedback form .

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

I can’t believe what I’m seeing on that site. There seems to be many images ‘borrowed’ from numerous sites.

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

As I saw earlier Darren, no one seems to be safe – I don’t know how long it’s been running and how they’ve got away with it for so long

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

i have a legal advisor for my company and i just ran this by him and he says they are definatly in breach of copyright

gordontant, 8 months ago

This is the feedback I sent them

Your members/site is holding Illegally obtained Images according to your own TOS, you must REMOVE ALL REDBUBBLE IMAGES FORTHWITH.

Antoine Dagobert, 8 months ago

good to hear that Pete!!

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

if this doesnt get resolved i will get him to contact them !

Colin Tobin, 8 months ago

From their TOS:
”. . . you hereby grant us, our affiliates, and our partners a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, nonexclusive, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, transfer, transmit, distribute, and publish the sets you have created using the Website”

So are they are trying to say they have license to use anything that is created with our work?! They need to be stopped.

Paul Tupman, 8 months ago

re: Stuart.. can a Forum not be set up for this to avoid massive activity on Lisas page?

gordontant, 8 months ago

Peter, I gotta shoot now, text me any news?

Antoine Dagobert, 8 months ago

I sent them also one!we should all drop the a line!this is way out of line!

gordontant, 8 months ago

YES IT CAN

Antoine Dagobert, 8 months ago

I found 2 of my images there..the mirror and the old things!on page 12

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

Paul

It may, but as this is now on the hot list, I guess that gives it more exposure

gordontant, 8 months ago

Antoine there is also the one of the garden and the pool in there

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

The more the merrier.

Feel free to drop them a friendly hello here

gordontant, 8 months ago

ALL I WOULD SAY IS THAT LISA , RENAMES IT STOLEN IMAGES FROM RB

Antoine Dagobert, 8 months ago

Gordon can you provide me the link??

Kimberly Palmer, 8 months ago

Quite a few of my images there as well. :(

Helene Kippert, 8 months ago

One of mine as well

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

This is mickey mouse its means jack shit and they must know it…...... you hereby grant us, our affiliates, and our partners a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, nonexclusive, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, transfer, transmit, distribute, and publish the sets you have created using the Website

Paul Tupman, 8 months ago

I just copied and pasted the same message Gordon wrote and emailed them.. it took 30 seconds.. I think everyone should do the same…

Daniela Weil, 8 months ago

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Daniela Weil, 8 months ago

This is how they do it!

Darren Stones, 8 months ago

Gotta go guys – it’s very late here in Melbourne. Shutterstock, Flickr, istock, etc have images there, too.

Lisa, thanks for alerting us to this. A sad thing for us, but just a glitch. I’m sure the RB team will act on this quick smart.

Catherine Crim..., 8 months ago

none of mine are on their i dont think… but i used their feedback form as well… is was definately to the point.. i think all of rb needs to contact them

AlienVisitor, 8 months ago

It looks like the user name of the person who as most of the images is “inksquirt”.
Not sure if this is traceable.

David.

Mugsy, 8 months ago

Thanks for this…... These A…holes have about 7 of my images up there (Jeez…they must be desperate!)

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

Gotta go myself now. Keep hounding them from me

PhotogeniquE IPA, 8 months ago

just used their feedback form to send this:

I am part of the RedBubble community of artists and photographers and you are using images from this community without the permission of the copyright owners i.e. US!. In this you are breaking not only the law, but your own TOS (quote) “Download any file that you know or reasonably should know cannot be legally obtained in such manner”.

Please remove all images and all references to Red Bubble, and immediately post an apology.

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

THIS IS BULLSHIT TOO….......Everything here has been created by other people using the editor.

Daniela Weil, 8 months ago

Nicholas Averre, 8 months ago

Totally bang out of order!!! thanks for highlighting this Lisa. Have sent a feedback email to them objecting.

Daniela Weil, 8 months ago

I agree!
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=258232
Look what was done with my picture… and yours!

Faizan Qureshi, 8 months ago

“Paul Ruiz
Faizan does it prevent this site from accessing your image if you select to HIDE it within your RB edit options? Not the best solution i realise, just curious…?“

Well, yes but that’s not really a solution. That’s like running away from the problem instead of solving it. Photogenique’s email might actually have some effect on it and if it doesn’t, RB definitely has the power to bring them down.

Imagine if we sue them…. hahaha..

Kimberly Palmer, 8 months ago

Here’s one of mine: http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=200424
That would be our classic camaro, but i didn’t have people in the shot.

Kimberly Palmer, 8 months ago

But I did find several others they made too.

Catherine Crim..., 8 months ago

check this out… when u go to inksquirts polyvore pg..there is another website…might be worth a look seeing of work is there to
http://www.squidoo.com/monarcopia

Dave Pearson, 8 months ago

Well, having created my account and having sent a private message on that site to the person who used one of my images in one of their works, I got the following reply:

“Thank you for the message-this is actually all of my own photographs used from my personal collection-images that I have taken and have a hard copy of. I do not intend on infringing copyright regulations. Best regards.”

So that’ll be a big fat lie then.

Shanina Conway, 8 months ago

Unbelievable…wonder how long this has been going on! They’re even using work from istockphotograph!

Catherine Crim..., 8 months ago

they can print out a freakin hardcopy

Maria Dryfhout, 8 months ago

RB needs to protect us better. On other sites it is impossible to right click for our protection. This should be the case here…. Something needs to be done.!Small images can be used in many places. I wonder who the thief is…. and how many.

Kimberly Palmer, 8 months ago

I noticed one of my images they made with other images…. someone had commented on it 15 days ago…. so at least 15 days.

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

dave tell them your see them in court and tell him to bring his hard copys that will shake em

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

if they print out a hard copy its not going to be the same as the original file which you have dave

Graeme Pettit ..., 8 months ago

All members need a Bubblemail about this, just in case they miss the posting. Hate to do it, but all images now going private until it is resolved.

Catherine Crim..., 8 months ago

“Red Rose on Blue Fabric Background” Wall Art by mjsphotos…

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couldnt get the pic to shows who origianlly saved it and who has used it

Dave Pearson, 8 months ago

*@Maria Dryfhout: * Disabling “right click” wouldn’t solve this problem.

AlienVisitor, 8 months ago

The user name “inksquirt” led me to this site….

http://www.squidoo.com/monarcopia

David.

Antoine Dagobert, 8 months ago

unbelievable Dave!!!

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

ask him some questions like what camera was the pic taken on and at what settings,ask him if he knows the original file size.

Catherine Crim..., 8 months ago

so that shows they have taken from RB and been altering

Gracey, 8 months ago

They also have images from istock, jupiter images, facebook, flickr, feature pics, 123RF, stockxpert and other stock sites. Any of you using any other sites might want to double check their listing.

How do they get away from lifting images from places like gap and sears without getting sued?

Dave Pearson, 8 months ago

Ahh, but, after I reply to inksquirt, pointing out that they’re mistaken and that I really do have the original image, and that I know where it was taken, etc… I get this:

“Dear Mr. Pearson,

I apologize, I was referring to another set of mine (this one is not composed solely of my own images, unlike several other of my sets). Everyone on this site, however, uses external images to create beautiful sets (not art), which are shared within the Polyvore community. Personally, I do not use these sets for commercial purposes and do not really know what you mean by referring to it as derivative-if you could explain further as how everyone’s sets on Polyvore could be constituted as derivative if not used commercially. Best regards.”

Jeff Burns, 8 months ago

This is not cool at all!

Catherine Crim..., 8 months ago

no its not. this is crazy

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

TELL HIM DAVE THAT THE FACT HE HAS PUBLISHED YOUR PICS WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT IS IN BREACH OF COPYRIGHT LAWS AND TO REMOVE THEM

Dave Pearson, 8 months ago

Well, the image that was in breach of how I licence my images has now been removed

One down, a few hundred to go.

I suggest that, aside from everything else, people create themselves throw-away accounts over there and file abuse reports on images that shouldn’t be there. Dropping firm but polite messages (and I mean that, being abusive won’t help anyone) to those who are misusing the images might also be a good idea.

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

whether or not he intends to use them commercialy or not makes no difference

Faizan Qureshi, 8 months ago

Right click is never a solution… even with it being disabled, you can click on an image and drag it to your address bar and you can save it from there!

Dave Pearson, 8 months ago

@PeterBooth: Actually, that’s not quite true. The image in question is available under the Creative Commons’ by-bc-nd licence so non-commercial, non-derivative reproduction is permitted. What isn’t permitted is the creation of a derivative work. As you’ll see above, that person has now removed the work as per my wishes.

See here for more information on how I generally do things.

Dave Pearson, 8 months ago

That should, of course, have been “by-nc-nd”, not “by-bc-nd”.

Deborah Parkin, 8 months ago

Hi .. I have registered an account with polyvore and contacted the user directly requesting the image he made is removed. I have also reminded him of the terms of service specifically clause 6. It may be a good idea if a few of us took this action.

Lucindawind, 8 months ago

they are stealing from many sites I see !!!

PhotogeniquE IPA, 8 months ago

I’ve just done the same as Deborah – I await a reply.

Steven Sandner, 8 months ago

Polyvore

“Ethereal Garden” Wall Art by Paul Vanzella – RedBubble
Saved 17 days ago
by inksquirt
Viewed once so far

-bloody hell!

Julie Langford, 8 months ago

I see lots that I recognise on there in their normal raw format. also loads that have been used in montages – one in particulare is a bit hard to miss

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=233029

AlienVisitor, 8 months ago

I have just sent them 32 feedback messages.

David

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

i see Dave you have your own copywright piece saying that you are allowing them to be used but in a non commercial manner thats cool but generally people can not publish work whether it be on the internet or books etc without the artists consent. I wouldnt allow any of my images be used for anything at all without consent,i run a company that uses alot of different images from different sources and i have a legal advisor that deals with this stuff,you have given the consent in your copy right piece.

Kimberly Palmer, 8 months ago

I keep checking to see if RB comments here. I hope they can do something for us!

Michael Oubridge, 8 months ago

Thanks for the heads up Lisa just logged on but will check site out

J.K. York, 8 months ago

i sent them an e-mail saying action will be taken. but i think we need to have a more invasive watermarking system that can’t be cropped off so easy.

Steven Sandner, 8 months ago

i proposed a optional watermark idea way back, but it got buried… link

wanda lechene, 8 months ago

i have also email theme

Master Yoda, 8 months ago

so the fact that he is not using it commercialy does count, but the fact that he made a derived image from yours is still in breach of copyright, anyway one for the Bubble well done dave

wanda lechene, 8 months ago

i have also email them

PhotogeniquE IPA, 8 months ago

THIS SET

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=260324

is using one of mine AND…

“Perth The City Of Lights” Wall Art by EOS20

“Moon Glo” Wall Art by pmistric

“Tropical sunset” by Clivia

Dave Pearson, 8 months ago

Indeed, nothing you say there Peter contradicts anything I’d say. I too don’t permit anyone the use of any of my images without my consent. My licence choices (it’s not always by-nc-nd, sometimes it is “All Rights Reserved”) detail what I permit (and, of course, I don’t actually upload the full-size images).

Thing is, when it comes to this sort of thing, the people involved don’t know about this and don’t care. They’re probably unaware of their responsibilities (and, of course, the hosting site is sailing a bit close to the wind on this too).

(Not aimed at you Peter…)

Thing is, getting annoyed or lashing out won’t help any. In this sort of situation one should generally apply a large dose of Hanlon’s Razor because that’s what it generally comes down to: stupidity.

Dave Pearson, 8 months ago

What I want to know is why people keep suggesting that watermarks have been cropped. Isn’t it more likely the case that the users of that site snarfed the smaller versions of the images on here anyway—the ones which don’t display a water mark?

Graeme Pettit ..., 8 months ago

Agree – a more invasive watermark would be a good solution. All mine now private only. Polyvore contacted also. I’ll wait and see how this pans out, but regretably, may be forced to cut and run if it isnt resolved fairly quickly.

Dave Pearson, 8 months ago

Pater also went on to say “so the fact that he is not using it commercialy does count, but the fact that he made a derived image from yours is still in breach of copyright, anyway one for the Bubble well done dave“

Exactly. The key issue here, for me (and only for me, other people here won’t be using my choice of licence—this only pertains to this image), is that the person in question created a derived work which is totally against the licence I’ve placed on that image (which wouldn’t even be obvious on RedBubble anyway as I don’t mention that here).

PhotogeniquE IPA, 8 months ago

maybe it is now time for this optional watermark

It certainly needs serious consideration.

WitheringMoon, 8 months ago

Right well im late to this party but im F*cked off they have stollen two of my images and im upset about it!!!!!! why arn’t our images more protected eh! very pissed

Dave Pearson, 8 months ago

Gah! Pater? Peter! Curse RedBubble’