Mel Brackstone


Mel Brackstone

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Mel Brackstone
January 2, 2009

From Russia with love

I found this when checking my stats from my home page.

On the same blog are features for RichieDean and UncleWiggley as well as a new friend from OE, Ben Goossens

And that’s just in the most recent blogs!!

  • John Conway

    John Conway

    they could have at least the decency to link back

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    would be nice, but at least they specified our names, which are quite searchable, I guess

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    actually…..they must have a link somewhere, because I have a number of stats coming from that site to my own….so it must be there…...

  • NordicBlackbird

    NordicBlackbird

    Happy New Year to you, Mel – the planet loves your work! :)))
    xoxo

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    Thanks so much Nat, hope you and yours have a wonderful new year!!! xx mel

  • Juilee Pryor

    Juilee Pryor

    hey that looks great but did you know about it….? it’s hard to tell what is going on being in Russian…..? great exposure though….. your shots look excellent….:)

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    I didn’t know, Juilee, and I hit the translate in google option, so you can read it….thanks

  • shanghaiwu

    shanghaiwu

    ben goossens…...........not sure if he really has time to be lonely/love so many of his images/there are some amazing creative minds out there/a lesson for us all/thanks for passing this on

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    His work is amazing, for sure! thanks for looking, shanghaiwu

  • John Conway

    John Conway

    ah, well that’s good then :-)

  • clarkey

    clarkey

    Someone has excellent taste, Mel, to choose so many beautiful images from each of you. But, I guess it would be nice if they asked permission first.

  • shanghaiwu

    shanghaiwu

    checked “this”
    you should never be surprised at whoever is viewing and enjoying your work /that is what networking is all about/getting it out there to the world through REDBUBBLE and other such powerful sites/we are so fortunate to be part of this groundbreaking way of exhibiting…......

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    I agree, it’s gratifying to know that people from all over get a chance to see our work, let alone appreciate it. I’ve had links from other blogs, but this is the first time I’ve found other artists from the bub in the same articles….

  • jemimalovesbigted

    jemimalovesbigted

    well, flattery for sure. how do you feel about it? not that I didn’t know already, but seeing your work all spread out like that on a blank canvas was fabulous, and reminded me of how wonderfully talented you are! if you are not happy though, make sure you say something about it. x

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    I don’t mind, Lisa, especially since they have a link to my home page there somewhere….it must be there, because I picked up this site from my stats recorder…..I click on the link in my stats and it takes me to the place the visitor has come from….

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith

    Isn’t it gorgeous? And you so deserve it.

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    Thanks Smithy! I forget about some of my older work, good to see it again!

  • Jim Worrall

    Jim Worrall

    and there’s more borrowed pics from redbubble here still with our names on the photos

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    gawd…..there’s no links back to redbubble from there!

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    Thanks Jim, Richie has contacted Redbubble, and I’ve complained to photobucket. She has them for SALE!! with our names on them! Sheeeesh

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    Hi Jim….here’s an update
    …..photobucket has removed my images, because I proved they were mine. All other artists who recognise their work need to do the same. Email abuse@photobucket.com with the url of the offending image, and the url of the original, your name, email and contact address, and a statement like this ” I hereby state that the information in this notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the copyright owner, and that copyright HAS been infringed.”

  • Geoff Coleman - Landscapes

    Geoff Coleman...

    Well they certainly have taste that is for sure – fantastic Mel!

  • shanghaiwu

    shanghaiwu

    have fallen in love with Richie Dean

  • richiedean

    richiedean

    We’re being ripped off …............ run your mouse over this image Mel

  • richiedean

    richiedean

    I’ve contacted the Bubble about it and given them a link to the site …..
    hopefully it will be sorted !!

  • richiedean

    richiedean

    Thank you shanghaiwu, you obviously mean my work dont you ….. :))

  • Nvision Ink

    Nvision Ink

    The world’s finding out about your great work!!

  • Patricia L. Ballard

    Patricia L. Ba...

    It’s great that they see the value in your work, be careful not to get ripped off. It’s a constant struggle on the internet.

  • Andrew Bosman

    Andrew Bosman

    That’s cool and also kinda freaky…..

  • Rosalie Dale IPA

    Rosalie Dale IPA

    This is more freaky than cool I suspect … especially the lady Richie has found who puts her name to your work …

  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone

    Thanks everyone, I’ve sent a complaint to photobucket.

  • georgiegirl

    georgiegirl

    The Russian website does have links back to two of your sites… your home and your other home
    It looks like an online magazine or features editorial blog. Fantastic that you’ve been featured… they images are fairly large but it’s as if they’re showing you off with such pride!!!
    We have a Russian friend here “Vlad”: of VladStudio I’ll bubblemail him and see if he can spare a few minutes to help out!
    Bad news about photobucket… don’t they protect the copyright of others?

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    Thanks Georgiegirl, I knew the links must be there somewhere :) I’m flattered to be chosen in such awesome company! I did run it through the google translator, but missed the links.

    Photobucket attempts to cover copyright but takes no responsibility for what their members post. They have removed my images, but they want proof from the owners before they’ll remove any others!
    Cheers!

  • georgiegirl

    georgiegirl

    Vlad’s link is here. I seem to have stuffed up my linking!!! A google translator? There’s no end to google is there!! What will they think of next!!

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    Thanks :D

  • Jim Worrall

    Jim Worrall

    Thanks for the feedback Mel. I’ll write an email to photobucket to get my material removed from there too.

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    no worries Jim. Good luck! How’d you find them in the first place?

  • Jim Worrall

    Jim Worrall

    I found them by using the “exact phrase” function of google and entered the name of my image. If your images have very distinct names then only a few hits are returned by google.

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    ahhh….thanks Jim!

  • Corina Daniela Obertas

    Corina Daniela...

    Check TinEye:http://tineye.com you can register on this site and check everytime if your pictures appears on other sites….Maybe is not working at 100% now, they are at the beginning with their database, but already able to check between some billions images…

  • Mel Brackstone replied

    Thanks Corina, I’ve used tineye for quite awhile now, but it didn’t find any of my images at photobucket….even when I knew they were there.

  • Corina Daniela Obertas

    Corina Daniela...

    TinEye

  • Corina Daniela Obertas

    Corina Daniela...

    Yes, maybe Photobucket is not yet in their database, or maybe is protected…

  • Olga Zvereva

    Olga Zvereva

    Hope you already found the link to your site.
    If not, then look under last image on the page for “Подробнее здесь и здесь.”
    Click on any “здесь”.
    Please, feel free to ask me questions about russian language.

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