Copyright

[Stock-Photos]

<p>Photo.net users who post their images to photo.net (or anywhere on the Web) should consider searching:<br>

<a href="http://pixdaus.com/">http://pixdaus.com/</a></p>

<p>for their images. (I'm not blaming photo.net for this...)</p>

<p>I found one of my images there using the tineye plug-in with my copyright notice stripped off:</p>

<p><a href="http://pixdaus.com/mt-washington-cog-railway-cog-railway-funicular-new-hampsh/items/view/239428/">http://pixdaus.com/mt-washington-cog-railway-cog-railway-funicular-new-hampsh/items/view/239428/</a></p>

<p><a href="../photo/8556306">http://www.photo.net/photo/8556306</a></p>

<p>I sent them my complaint but who knows if or when they'll take it down.</p>

<p>It seems the operators of these types of sites make their money by pilfering images belonging to others from the Web and encouraging their users to do it. Their site would be nothing without the infringing content.</p>

[stp]

<p>Yeah, I've seen several of mine there. I feel that they've been helped indirectly (my photo is but a decoration), but I also feel I've not been hurt directly or indirectly (I don't work to sell my photos). However, such sites do hurt those who expect their photographs to provide financial gain, and my lack of desire to do anything about Pixdaus using my photos might be hurting other photographers. Sites like this shouldn't be allowed to exist, yet I'm not doing my part to make that happen.</p>

[john_h.1]

<p>"Upload, Share, and Be Recognized"</p>

<p>more like Copy, Upload, Share and Not Recognize.</p>

[danmarchant]

<p>Like most similar sites their terms are pretty clear - no posting content that infringes other parties copyright etc. They also provide info on what to do in order to get them to remove the infringing material and even provides details of the info you need to provide when filing a DMCA take down notice. http://pixdaus.com/pixdaus/help/policy/</p>

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<p>I sent them my complaint but who knows if or when they'll take it down.</p>

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<p>Did you just send them an email or did you send a properly formatted DMCA take down notice? They only have to act if you send a properly formatted DMCA notice.</p>

[davebryce]

<p>Looks like they move some what fast as this is what I got trying to look at the links </p>

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[denniswms]

<p>700 pixels on the long side is not much for people to work with and as I have said before- never publicly post an image that you haven't already been paid for.</p>

[Spearhead]

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<p>never publicly post an image that you haven't already been paid for.</p>

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<p><br />Makes it a little bit hard to sell stock, doesn't it? Odd suggestion for those of us who get a lot of stock inquiries.</p>