smugmug images found on google site

mogue2mogue2 Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
edited August 24, 2012 in SmugMug Support
I accidentally found some of my copyrighted smugmug images on a google groups site that I don't belong to. How do I rectify this and how do I find out how they got there?
Thanks.


lucy

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  • TheOnlookerTheOnlooker Registered Users Posts: 168 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2012
    mogue2 wrote: »
    I accidentally found some of my copyrighted smugmug images on a google groups site that I don't belong to. How do I rectify this and how do I find out how they got there?
    Thanks.


    lucy

    It's not possible to track how the images got there, and depending on how they were added there, it may not be possible to take them down.

    If these images have been added using the Share > Get a Link method from your gallery, simply turning off External Links in your Gallery Settings would remove the images from the other site. But, if the photos have been added using screen shots, or any other type of screen capture, the only way they could be taken down would be you asking for them to be removed.

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  • AllenAllen Registered Users Posts: 10,013 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2012
    You can also make a 2nd copy of the photo and then delete the original rather then turning off external links.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2012
    mogue2 wrote: »
    I accidentally found some of my copyrighted smugmug images on a google groups site that I don't belong to. How do I rectify this and how do I find out how they got there?
    Thanks.


    lucy

    What gallery did they come from? Share a link here. Also, show us the link in Google where the photos are - then we can assist better.
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  • mogue2mogue2 Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited August 24, 2012
    TheOnlooker wrote: »
    It's not possible to track how the images got there, and depending on how they were added there, it may not be possible to take them down.

    If these images have been added using the Share > Get a Link method from your gallery, simply turning off External Links in your Gallery Settings would remove the images from the other site. But, if the photos have been added using screen shots, or any other type of screen capture, the only way they could be taken down would be you asking for them to be removed.

    -KevinW
    Support Hero


    Kevin,
    Thanks. I turned off External link but thought since I had set Yes to Protected and No to Easy Sharing this wouldn't happen. I've just contacted Goggle to have the images removed but haven't yet heard back.

    lucy
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