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JMG-Galleries - Jim M. Goldstein Photography: Who Is Stealing Your Photos Online?

  • Edie · 1 year ago
    I'd like to try it, Jim! Thanks for the offer.

    Edie
  • Donncha O Caoimh · 1 year ago
    I'd love to try it. Maybe I can find a few more of the sites that used my "Aflac duck" photo from a few years back.

    BTW - have you tried the wp-super-cache plugin? That may help with the load on your server, and on the new server too of course. More info and download link at http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-super-cache/
  • ahockley · 1 year ago
    As a photographer and blogger I'm always looking for solutions such as these; if you have an invite code I'd love one.
  • luca · 1 year ago
    I'd love one, thanks.

    luca dot filigheddu at gmail dot com

    Luca
  • Raoul · 1 year ago
    I'd like an invite, please. Thanks!
  • dawn · 1 year ago
    I'm very interested in trying it out. I do Google searches, have Google alerts, and a few other things, but I'm sure there are a few that slip through the cracks for me, too.
  • Tony Rath · 1 year ago
    Jim,

    About time a tool like this is developed. Would be interested in trying it out. Thanks.

    Tony
  • Esther G. Ure · 1 year ago
    I would be very interested in trying it out. What a fantastic bit of information!
  • cmiper · 1 year ago
    Thanks for the article and review. I would be interested in an invite While I do post all of my photos under CC BY-NC I still find them being used against CC often enough that this would be handy.
  • Phill Price · 1 year ago
    Hi Jim - I'd love to try out the service, if there are any invites left?
  • Mark Anderson · 1 year ago
    I would love to test it out. Send an invite my way as well.
  • cmiper · 1 year ago
    Do you see the email address that is required for posting? Just in case not: cmi.per at gmail.com

    Thanks again.
  • Enrique Aguirre · 1 year ago
    Good to see that you are keping yourself busy despite the broken toe!

    If you still have an invite left, I would love one.

    Thanks!

    PS: Long time no see... we should meet up some time.
  • Mark Zanzig · 1 year ago
    Me, me, me! :-)

    Jim, if you could get me an invite, that would be great.

    One word of caution, though: the worst offenders will probably NOT found by the search as TinEye still needs to somehow spider the web. If they do and behave like good bots, they respect robots.txt rules. But the heavy infringers usually block bots from the areas where the infringement happens.

    But I agree that such a service is a very positive step into the right direction, enabling us to defend our copyrights in an increasingly competitive market.
  • Tom · 1 year ago
    Sounds interesting. I'd love an invite too. Thanks!
  • paul s · 1 year ago
    I would like an invite as well, this could truly be a remarkable product when fully developed.
  • Ponder · 1 year ago
    I would also love an invite, I'd really like to try this out. Thank you!
  • Dave · 1 year ago
    Don't know how many times I've had to hunt down people stealing my images. I'd love to try it.

    Thanks,

    Dave
  • jason · 1 year ago
    interesting article, would love to a invite for tineye, not that iam expecting to find many people who have stolen my images ( i hope)

    cheers

    Jason
  • Tom Steele · 1 year ago
    I'd like an invite - thank you.

    tsteele93 A T yahoo . youknowwhat
  • Della Huff · 1 year ago
    Hi Jim,

    I would love to try the service. I've had a few negative experiences with individuals and companies using my photos without permission. It's very frustrating. One thing that I'd add to your argument is that image theft can put photographers at some legal risk, too, when they're licensing images for exclusive usage and image thieves infringe on that license. Anyway, TinEye sounds like a great technology and I'd love to test it out. Thanks!
  • Avelino · 1 year ago
    I don't think my stuff is of the caliber for theft, but I'd love to try it out and see if I've got a reason to be more cautious.
  • Sherri Meyer · 1 year ago
    Jim,

    Great post. I would also love to be added to your list.

    Thanks,
    Sherri
  • Jim Goldstein · 1 year ago
    Now that my blog is back working the way it should I wanted to relay an update that I still have invites. If you're not commenting because you're assuming I'm out think otherwise.
  • s4to335 · 1 year ago
    Hey Jim...put me on your list. Thanks.

    Steve
  • Claudia · 1 year ago
    Hi Jim, thanks for the tipp. I'd definitely like to check it out. Would you please also end me an invite?

    Thanks,
    Claudia
  • Gary Simmons · 1 year ago
    Very interesting.... I would love an invite to Tineye, if you don't mind.
  • Ron Niebrugge · 1 year ago
    Hi Jim,

    I'm out of the office right now, but I would love to give it a try when I get back.

    Thanks!

    Ron
  • looey · 1 year ago
    Hey Jim,

    Please send me an invite. Everyone once in awhile, I'll have a photo with a suspicious number of hits and it always leaves me curious as to where it's ended up.

    Thanks,

    looey
  • matt sallee · 1 year ago
    jim -

    this is interesting. love to try it.

    matt
  • Brad Mangas · 1 year ago
    Hi Jim, sign me up too. Thanks
    Brad
  • Kurt Triebe · 1 year ago
    Hey Jim-

    Very interesting technology, indeed. I'd love to have an invite to the service if you have any left... I'm curious if any of my images are being used "out there" without my permission.

    Thanks!
    Kurt
  • Sterling Franken-Steffen · 1 year ago
    Good find. Any invites still available?
  • Jyoteen Majmudar · 1 year ago
    I would love to give it a go. thanks Jim.
  • Mike Postorino · 1 year ago
    Sounds like an interesting bit of technology. I would love to give it a try. Thanks!
  • Embrace Life Wedding Photograp · 1 year ago
    Jim -

    Thank you for sharing this. If you still have an invite left, I'd love to give this a try.

    Thanks a lot.

    - Adam George
    Embrace Life
  • bruce eichman · 1 year ago
    thank you! sounds like an unfortunate, yet necessary, bit of technology...love to give it a try should you have an invite left...thanks again
  • Steven Vore · 1 year ago
    I'm definitely interested, it's a common discussion and "problem" that we all share.
  • Tim Marsh (TRM) · 1 year ago
    Wow, one of the reasons I don't post a lot of my work. However this tool would possibly open that up so I could share more of the killer photos I have to solicit folks for prints, etc.

    Thanks for bringing this to our attention Jim!
  • Don Hall · 1 year ago
    Jim, I'd be interested in trying the search product.

    Thanks

    Don
  • Ilse · 1 year ago
    I would like to try it.

    Ilse (gorgopis)
  • Bill Woolf · 1 year ago
    Interesting, I would like to try it. Than you for the information about this new technology.
  • Ben · 1 year ago
    Hi Jim,

    I'd appreciate an invite if there are still any available.

    Cheers,

    ben
  • Flemming Gade · 1 year ago
    Hi Jim,

    Looks quite interesting!
    I'd love to try it!

    Have a great weekend
    Flemming
  • Mark Higgins · 1 year ago
    Hi,

    Can I have an invite please, this tineye tool looks amazing...

    Cheers

    Mark
  • Mati Milstein · 1 year ago
    I'd like to try TinEye if you have an invites left. Thanks much! Very interesting...

    Ciao,
    Mati
  • urbanbohemian · 1 year ago
    The service sounds great, if you (or any other commenters by now) have an invite code, I would love to try them out.
  • Jim · 1 year ago
    I'm out of invites at the moment. As soon as I get more I'll be sure to pick up on inviting those that comment here. Sorry Brian I ran out just before you commented.
  • Anthony · 1 year ago
    I'd love to have a go at the service if/when you get more invites.
  • Jim · 1 year ago
    Just got more invites... leave a comment and I'll relay one to you if you're interested.
  • Andrea McLaughlin · 1 year ago
    I would love to have a TinEye invite. BTW it's such a great name!
    Thanks!
  • Lisa · 1 year ago
    Hey, Jim. This is a great thing. Finally, right? I'd love an invite if you still have one.
  • Brooke · 1 year ago
    Wow! Amazing!! I would lovelovelove to try it!!
  • Geoff · 1 year ago
    Jim, I'd like to try this out if you still have any invites. Thanks, Geoff.
  • Scott Van Dyke · 1 year ago
    Thanks for the info Jim...if there are anymore I would love to test..I understand if you are max out.
  • Jim · 1 year ago
    Just in case people are arriving to this post late I still have invites.
  • Lisa · 1 year ago
    Got the invite. Thanks, Jim!
  • Toby Smithe · 1 year ago
    Hey, still got any invites? I'd be very glad if one appeared my way :)
  • cj99si · 1 year ago
    Looks like im too late, I would like to try it though. Thanks for the info!

    -Corey
  • Funda Hemimoglu · 1 year ago
    l would be very very happy to see your pictures taken all over this nice world.
    Thank you if you'll do.
  • Funda Hemimoglu · 1 year ago
    Sorry, l have some more to add;
    Congratulates on your work, you know you are best. You are young and have lots of years full of success.
    l must give my especial thanks by your link to one of your friends; Mr. Dan Calistrat ,whom l got your name; he is great too.
    Good Luck(Salute from Turkey)
  • Dan Gonyea · 1 year ago
    I'm a concert photographer who has been fighting with several users on Ebay and online in general who are stealing and selling my photos. Cease and desist letters always seem to work well, but the trick is to find these people in the first place. I'd love to get an invite if that is at all possible. Thank you for posting this; I've been waiting for something like this for quite a bit.
  • melissa · 1 year ago
    Any invites still available? would love to give it a try.
  • Charmaine · 1 year ago
    I sent u an email about the invite before, and you told me to drop a line here =] I'd love to try TinEye, so it would be great if you could send me an invite. Thanks again, Jim! =D

    - Charmaine
  • Jorge · 1 year ago
    This is by far the most interesting thing I've read so far this year. Very promising! Send me an invite if you have any left. Thx
  • Sarah · 1 year ago
    If you still have any invites left, I'd be very grateful for one. I'm nowhere near professional photography standard, but I have two flickr images that seem to have massive hits, and although I google them, I fear they are being used but not coming up in google searches. Especially when my stats reveal search terms like "free wizard image" and "free mountain image" have come up!

    Thanks a lot for your help, and the article was a really insightful read.
  • DRoOpY · 1 year ago
    Wow, this is very ineteresting... hook me up if you can!
  • Adam Nollmeyer - AcmePhoto · 1 year ago
    Who would want to steal images, you know with the lowering cost of digital cameras.. ;-)

    TinEye looks pretty great, I can't wait to try it. Now they should just partner with somone to email / invoice people who "borrow" work without asking.

    Adam in Phoenix.
  • Charlene · 1 year ago
    It sounds like magic! The internet is great but has so many negative aspects.
    I've started to upload smaller sizes and including a copyright on images with the hope that it is too much trouble to get it off.

    I'd love an invitation to try it

    Charlene
  • jon · 1 year ago
    This sounds really good. Would love to try it if you could possibly send an invite. Thanks

    jon
  • NaveenKumar · 1 year ago
    Hi,

    I would like to try TinyEye.

    Would be glad to receive an invitation from you(if you are still left with invitations :D)

    Thanks,
    NaveenKumar.
  • Petra · 1 year ago
    Hi, This sounds like a great tool! Thanks for bringing it to our attention. I'd love to try it out if you still have invites.
    Thanks!
    Petra
  • S M · 1 year ago
    Great post. I wonder if a new google search tool would possibly be more effective due to increased scope/cache? Would love to try TinEye if invites are still available.
  • Terry Karney · 1 year ago
    I'm interesed in trying it. I've applied for an invite, but if you have one going spare, I'd be more than willing to try it out and let you know what I think.
  • nicole armand · 1 year ago
    I am interested in an invite also.
    Thank you,
    Nicole
  • Tony · 1 year ago
    Realizing that I've come into this party a month late, if you have any invites left, I'd love one. While I dont think I'm nearly important enough to steal from, this sounds facinating.
  • Cindi · 1 year ago
    Sounds like a very handy tool! I'm late to the party too, but I'd love an invite if there are any left to be found.
  • Aaron · 10 months ago
    Not sure if you have any invites left, but if you do I'd love to try it. I do portrait photography and would love to know who's "borrowing" my images (http://dmphotogallery.com/).

    Aaron
  • Arlene · 5 months ago
    TinEye does not always work. Each photographer has to remember to put some unseenable codes in the pics before they upload it in the internet. I heard tineye can recognise the pics if the photographers did so (eventhough the pics are re-named by the thieves).

    The safest way to protect your pics from being used illegally by someone else is to put watermarks allover it.

    Does anyone know a more powerful tool than tineye ?
  • iancpenguin · 1 month ago
    Between this and the watermark explanations, you've helped me a lot today in putting my foot out the door. I knew I needed to watermark, but I wouldn't have thought about the copyright things either, just like you said you didn't.