Two handy image sites for stolen images
Through my cyber travels i have come across many photographers work that has been stolen and used without their knowledge
And just recently i have found a site that tracks back photos and shows where they are being used on the net
http://tineye.com/
you simply enter the image address (URL) or choose an image from your HD and the site looks for it in their archives
it even works for images that have been cropped after being stolen or partially photoshopped this is a good example
http://tineye.com/search/0ac89241ed4c8ccd104094f6412ded2e0acfc2d7
The original is the profile pic of someone who friend requested me on Facebook as something seemed odd/funny about it I put the image through Tineye.com
and you can see the results
Another image site which you might like (if you use flickr) is
http://clipyourphotos.com/FP
they serch through the Flickr Front page history for your photos that might have been featured there that you missed
any way I hope these are useful for people
Cheers Richard
ANewKindOfWater
Cool – I’ve used tineye.com before to identify images someone listed in an architecture contest. At this point it would be almost flattering if someone had plagiarized me, but sure feelings would change if that were true.
Richard Keech
it is useful although they haven’t archived enough of the net to be really useful yet
One of my photos on another site was getting loads of views each day (vastly more than any of the others) unfortunately tineye couldn’t find it anywhere else
FlowersEtc
Thank you for the tip and information
Richard Keech replied
No worries
Glad you found it useful
Esther van de ...
Fantastic information, thank you so much for sharing !!
Richard Keech replied
I hope to never need to use Tineye.com but its good to know its there
SylviaHardy
Thank you so much Richard for sharing this extremely useful information.
Richard Keech replied
Not a problem
T. Wall ~Throu...
Thanks Richard, useful info for sure!
Richard Keech replied
No worries T.Wall