I'm tired of finding my pics have been 'borowed' for commercial use

DaniDani Registered Users Posts: 807 Major grins
edited July 4, 2006 in SmugMug Support
I like my current photo site... I get unlimited storage space and unlimited traffic, hotlinking/posting, even selling for $30 a year plus I like the layout... but anyone can just right click or do a screencapture a take my photos. And take they do! I found two shots just last night that had been taken by a band called 'Nazerine', they had added their band name to the pics and were using them for advertising, cd covers, flyers, their myspace website and who knows what else. They didn't even bother to crop the copyright off one. I've sent a complaint to my photo site about this theft being allowed, plus sent letters of copyright and use violations to all the bands websites. How many other photos of mine are being used to this end? All because my current site does not add a simple 'right click defeat' to their site. Unless they do something I'll have to hide my photos in private albums, which defeats the purpose of having a photo sharing site.

Is smugmug much different? Or will I have to buy a pro account (something I can't afford) to get any type of protection?
Dani

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2006
    Dani:

    http://adhaney.smugmug.com/

    check your gmail naughty.gif
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  • DaniDani Registered Users Posts: 807 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2006
    lol!! you devil you! you didn't have to do that!

    Thanks Andy iloveyou.gif :sweet
    Andy wrote:
    Dani:

    http://adhaney.smugmug.com/

    check your gmail naughty.gif
    Dani

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2006
    Dani wrote:
    lol!! you devil you! you didn't have to do that!

    Thanks Andy iloveyou.gif :sweet
    This will cost you TWO plumcakes this Christmastime - the usual one you send to me, and one to SmugMug HQ deal.gif
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  • DaniDani Registered Users Posts: 807 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2006
    done! just remind me when the time comes mwink.gif

    Andy wrote:
    This will cost you TWO plumcakes this Christmastime - the usual one you send to me, and one to SmugMug HQ deal.gif
    Dani

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  • macaddictmacaddict Registered Users Posts: 73 Big grins
    edited July 2, 2006
    I don't get it. What was the resolution?
    Dave :):

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2006
    macaddict wrote:
    I don't get it. What was the resolution?
    Long story. We'd originally made a gift to Dani, for a special event. She returned the gift and so I set her up with a one-year SmugMug account.
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  • DaniDani Registered Users Posts: 807 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2006
    you know you're just doing it for the plum cake rolleyes1.gif


    I keed I keed! :D
    Andy wrote:
    Long story. We'd originally made a gift to Dani, for a special event. She returned the gift and so I set her up with a one-year SmugMug account.
    Dani

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2006
    Dani wrote:
    you know you're just doing it for the plum cake rolleyes1.gif


    I keed I keed! :D
    Well, there's that, too :eat
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  • DaniDani Registered Users Posts: 807 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2006
    wow.. lots of stuff to relearn and learn anew!
    Dani

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2006
    Dani wrote:
    wow.. lots of stuff to relearn and learn anew!
    Yep. And I've given you Bigwebguy and DavidTO's phone numbers, beepers, etc for round-the-clock support naughty.gif
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  • DaniDani Registered Users Posts: 807 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2006
    not much but a start I guess....

    rolleyes1.gif
    Andy wrote:
    Yep. And I've given you Bigwebguy and DavidTO's phone numbers, beepers, etc for round-the-clock support naughty.gif
    Dani

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  • eoren1eoren1 Registered Users Posts: 2,391 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2006
    How did you do that?
    So it looks like when I go to this smugmug page and right click on any photo, a copyright pop-up window comes up (interesting that it beats my pop-up blocker...). How did you do that - I don't see anything in the customize area to allow this.
    Thanks,
    E
    Andy wrote:
    Dani:

    http://adhaney.smugmug.com/

    check your gmail naughty.gif
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2006
    eoren1 wrote:
    So it looks like when I go to this smugmug page and right click on any photo, a copyright pop-up window comes up (interesting that it beats my pop-up blocker...). How did you do that - I don't see anything in the customize area to allow this.
    Thanks,
    E

    Hi E,

    It's a feature available to Pro Subscribers:
    http://www.smugmug.com/help/image-protection
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  • ebwestebwest Registered Users Posts: 416 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2006
    As I read the help files, I guess this is only a Pro account option. Too bad.
    E.B.

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  • DaniDani Registered Users Posts: 807 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2006
    Hey Andy,

    the next day I got an email from my other photo hosting site... they've now enabled right click protection... lol

    see... bitching does work sometimes mwink.gif
    Andy wrote:
    Hi E,

    It's a feature available to Pro Subscribers:
    http://www.smugmug.com/help/image-protection
    Dani

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  • razerrazer Registered Users Posts: 86 Big grins
    edited July 4, 2006
    Am i right in saying this is only available on a pro account still?
    www.razer.smugmug.com
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2006
    razer wrote:
    Am i right in saying this is only available on a pro account still?
    Yes. See my post #14 just above:
    http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=337328&postcount=14
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