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DeviantArt moves to stop your photos being sold as NFT’s without you knowing

May 18, 2022 by Alex Baker Add Comment
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The online art gallery DeviantArt is expanding its DeviantArt Protect tool in a bid to help artists and photographers figure out if their work has been sold as NFTs without their knowledge.

The software was added to DeviantArt last July 2021 and functions in a similar way to other image match detection programmes like Tin Eye or even Google reverse image search. The Protect software was originally intended to be just used within the site’s own interface and would allow users to see if someone had used their work to create derivative or overly similar artwork. Now it will be expanded to detect stolen works across the blockchains.

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Art bots will steal your photos on Twitter and put them on a T-shirt. Here’s how to troll them

Jan 13, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 9 Comments
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If you’re a photographer, it’s very likely that your images will get stolen, and even used on different kinds of products. Twitter user Hannah Douken recently discovered that “art bots” scan Twitter in search of artwork that will be put on T-shirts and sold without the artist’s permission. So, she decided to troll them and turn their own tactics against them in a hilarious and ingenious way.

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NatGeo photographer’s hard drives with rare animal photos stolen at airport in Bali

Dec 30, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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National Geographic Photographer and speaker Joel Sartore recently had his luggage stolen at an airport in Bali. He’d spent three weeks photographing some of the world’s rarest animals, And sadly, among other things, his stolen bag contained hard drives with all photos from the trip.

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Flickr teams up with Pixsy to protect photographers from image theft

Apr 9, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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According to a recent report, as many as 2.5 billion online photos get stolen every day. A new strategic partnership between Flickr and Pixsy aims to reduce this number. Or at least, to help you protect your work and take legal action. The two companies are about to make it easier for photographers to track their images, and if necessary, to take legal action in an effort to preserve the integrity and value of their work.

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Over 2.5 billion online images are stolen every day, Copytrack reports

Apr 1, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 4 Comments
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Unfortunately, it’s very common that photos published online get stolen and used without permission. But a recent report by Copytrack shows just how common it is. According to this report, more than 2.5 billion images are stolen worldwide every day.

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If the real world worked like the online-photography world of stolen photos

Dec 11, 2018 by Missy Mwac 15 Comments
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If the real world worked like the online-photography world of stolen photos posted to websites and ads:

<insert crying>
Why is everyone so mad? I never said it was MY car. And I didn’t know it was wrong. I mean, I saw a car that I really wished my car looked like, and it was unlocked and the keys happened to be inside and so I just used it to run errands and go to work and drive around town. And when people said, “Hey, I love that car!” I said “Thank you,” because I love it, too.

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Artist steals a whole set of photos for his $15,500 commissioned installation

Dec 11, 2017 by Dunja Djudjic 6 Comments
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In 2015, the city of Calgary commissioned artist Derek Michael Besant $20,000 CAD (around $15,500 USD) for a public exhibit. Two years later, the exhibition has been taken down because it turns out that Besant used copyrighted images without permission.

A traveler to Calgary noticed that one of the images in the installation resembled UK Comedian Bisha Ali. After Ali was notified, the deception began to unravel and the artist was exposed for fraud.

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Here are four ways to find your stolen photos online

Apr 28, 2017 by Dunja Djudjic 6 Comments
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If you are a good photographer and you upload your photos online, it’s inevitable that someone will steal them at some point. Although it’s in a way flattering that someone likes your photos, it’s by no means the way to express their liking.

If you want to check whether someone has stolen your photos and where they are, Anthony Morganti discusses four possible ways of doing it. Three of them are free and one is paid, and all of them can do a fair job in finding your images on online places where they don’t belong.

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A photographer tries to buy a print of his own image from the person who stole it

Apr 19, 2016 by John Aldred 21 Comments
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It’s a fact of life these days for photographers that our work may be stolen if we post it online.  No matter what level of photography we’re at, if you post enough images to the web, it’s simply become an inevitable consequence of sharing out work with the masses.

Sometimes it’s an honest mistake, somebody loves your image, likes it enough to share it, and just doesn’t about copyright or crediting the auther.  Other times, the infractions are a little more serious, and the intent becomes obvious, as Australian photographer Steve Arklay discovered.

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Photographer loses 20 photo shoots in an unfortunate car burglary

Sep 10, 2015 by Liron Samuels 22 Comments
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Backup, backup, backup – these are three of the best pieces of advice any photographer will ever receive.

Unfortunately for Iowa photographer Haleigh Wehr, her backup process was either lacking on non-existent, and the result is a devastating loss after her car was broken into on Wednesday night.

Items valued at thousands of dollars were stolen, according to KCCI, including two laptops and Wehr’s wallet, but the most painful loss does not carry a price tag – six memory cards containing over 20 photo shoots.

Thousands of photos of family portraits, weddings and newborn photos were gone, and Wehr had to contact each client explaining that they might never receive their photos.

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