stolen again

akshath    says:

Another view of the same ad

Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Tushant Arora says:

oH! That's an awful thing in India!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Sr!v!dya    says:

Not again !!!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

dannycg says:

o ooooo.... what to do AK you are too good photographer.
see i dont have that problem
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

YogeshHere    says:

i agree with danny...
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Seema K K    says:

This is really really saD! A big hoarding without ur knowing..

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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Hayath    says:

Go screw them !!!

dont let them go, start off by sending a legal notice thru some lawyer
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Vinu    says:

hmmm ... can BWS as a community do something?? Blogger's outreach?
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

samyukta_basu says:

Post this on Blog'a'loreans list and request all members to blog about it... Vinu may be you should do it coz non members can't post..

Report to media.. Bangalore Mirror is very supportive in this regard...the BM guys are also on Blogalorean list they'd notice am sure..
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath    says:

thank you guys for your support appreciate it very much

@samyukta_basu for now planning to keep this off the media; till i get a reply from them for my snail mail.

update: have got few more sightings of this ad
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

$udhakar    says:

I see original size of all_sizes (800X549) is available in your photo stream. Is it sufficient resolution to print on such a big hoarding? How much extrapolation can be done to achieve that?

I am sorry about this Akshath, this is your second incident. If my guess is right, some body stole your stream or hacked and sold it some agency and in turn agency sold to different people. How come widespread of only your photos? I just want to think in different angle. Nothing more than that.

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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath    says:

Chandamama original size of most of the images i upload is 1024x702; and people can use professional extrapolation s/w like 'Genuine Fractals Print Pro' to enlarge the image to a reasonable size; further large hoardings do not need to be high res images since they are viewed from distance.

I still feel these guys have picked it from flickr; and only other place they may have picked it up is from the place where i give for printing.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Archaean (Pratip) says:

Yesterday I saw the same hoarding opposite to Lido, just beside Van Gogh Photo Framing.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath    says:

Thanks Pratip for the info; found one more near CMH Road (KFC)
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath    says:

more...




Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Harry the Hero ! >:) says:

akshath, I know a guy who is senior correpsondent with this magazine. please mail me at hrish dot thota at gmail dot com and I will give you his contact details. I fully support you. This is very wrong on their part.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath    says:

thanks Harish appreciate the support;

I have sent them a mail; looks like they r responding will keep this tread updated as things happen.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Harry the Hero ! >:) says:

sure akshath.. keep me posted!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

framoid says:

Hey Akshath,

This is soo wrong in the part of a new magazine...They s houldn be proving their 'so called'; creativity with someone else''s effort.... I did see it somewhre, but don remember, I will let you know ASAP ok......

I will post this on my blog as well........... this has to come to notice! Creativity doesnt come easy....
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath    says:

framoid: thanks Hari Prasad for the support; I went through your blog and appreciate the support.

@everyone: I have a update on this; I received written reply yesterday from 'The bengaluru pages / azuremedia';

".. the creatives for our hoarding were done out of Mumbai with the advertising done by Idea Domain, a Mumbai based advertising agency. Please direct all your queries to Idea Domain regarding the photograph..."

apparently they purchased my image from Idea Domain advertising agency in Mumbai.

Mr. Rajendra Mohoni of Idea Domain, had called me some time back in this regard; and said his company was ready to pay for the image; I asked them that I would need them to send me in a written apology and only then I would send them a bill for my image. After this the response from there side has been bad and they have not responded to my phone calls. I have sent them a letter in writing asking them to reply back in 7 days; failing this I would be initiating legal action on them.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Harry the Hero ! >:) says:

hmmm ya I thought as much that it would be mistake of the ad agency. my friend from Bengaluru just told me that they pay Rs.500 per image printed and they give proper credit too.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Harry the Hero ! >:) says:

any update on this akshath?
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath    says:

hay Harry; talks with the ad agency has broken down. I am initiating full-fledged legal action against 'The bengaluru pages / azuremedia' for using my image without prior permission.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Harry the Hero ! >:) says:

ah ok.. keep me posted!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

$owmya    says:

wats happening to this aki???
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

anandyaligar says:

wat happened to this
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Through my lens....    says:

hope you got then nailed akash. Very sad these agencies.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Twilight Fairy    says:

goodness!
u shd be suing them for the amount they made in using ur picture for advertising! get a %age share in claims..

here's my case -
flickr.com/photos/twilightfairy/2720464496/

I also need to take legal action
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

archanasr    says:

This is really sad...I have written to you about my case...any feedback/input will be much appreciated.

www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/28088988 94/
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Dilip Muralidaran    says:

freaking hell, this is ridiculous.

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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Iyappan K    says:

wondering to know what is the final outcome ? it will be useful to others aswel
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )