I Was Stealing Your Images And You Took Them Down? WTF?
can you believe this guy. I am not sure where the email originated from or who got it. Found it floating on the web, thought it was interesting enough to share.
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lennyjpg, nopomike, robertdx, Bret Konsdorf, and 87 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Eric Andersson (36 months ago | reply)
...Odd.
spaz_attack5000 (36 months ago | reply)
I really hope this is not real.... If it is, then this guy is the biggest jackass ever.
lewisfilms (36 months ago | reply)
Wow, that's wild.
Denis Hawkins (36 months ago | reply)
man, this better not be real.
heartlessgamer (36 months ago | reply)
Or the person contracted with the website owner to host/use images... but this is the Internet, so lets just assume not :)
sberube (36 months ago | reply)
Really??
james eugene frank (36 months ago | reply)
no problem...just give me the address to your business where the fruits of your labor reside and I'll come over and help myself...I'll even invite my lawyer cause he also likes free stuff......
ManishG2u (36 months ago | reply)
What was this jackass up to?
Technically also if he inserted low resolution image, they cannot diasppear?
Wierd!
pepepaco19 (36 months ago | reply)
be careful, intimidations its a kind of illegal too. he could get your lawyer behind him too.
Bret Konsdorf (36 months ago | reply)
what a douche bag
Benn Glazier (36 months ago | reply)
I received a letter like this in about 1998. I couldn't believe it. I wish I had of changed the images to something unsavoury in hindsight.
jipsee70 (36 months ago | reply)
this is hilarious...& a bad joke right?!!!
Bec Thomas Photography (36 months ago | reply)
Un-freaking-believable
Photoslinger (36 months ago | reply)
This is really funny.
Aguirre Creative Group (36 months ago | reply)
obviously not real...nice way to frame the issues of image copyright and usage though...
CAMEL007 (36 months ago | reply)
sounds like a dumbass to me
BKM_BR (36 months ago | reply)
This guy is crazy.
Brittany Chretien (36 months ago | reply)
Some people have no ethics. At all.
DisGuyLa (36 months ago | reply)
i'd find out what pictures he was linking to and upload some porn.. haha
CLF Fearless? Leader (36 months ago | reply)
Wow! If I got an email like that I'd send them a bill.
Honest my fanny!
ali.a2 (36 months ago | reply)
:)))
keithyL (36 months ago | reply)
At my workplace, we have a very useful function that emails us whenever there is a dead page/image/file on our site, and occasionally we would find that others were using images from our site (only when we re-named/deleted them). We were always amazed at the trust they put in us to not put up something "embarrassing" that would appear on their site.
Dave Pape (36 months ago | reply)
One of the most valuable skills an Internet user can develop is spotting from someone's attitude, grammar and spelling mistakes that they're 13 years old. :)
jd.piche (36 months ago | reply)
business owner owned. didnt think to just copy the images onto his own desktop and host them himself? some sites change images that they find are getting linked to some vicious shit
looks gd (36 months ago | reply)
LOL what a noob
blazer0x0r (36 months ago | reply)
Fake just like everything on FML
tchochkes (36 months ago | reply)
My guess is that it isn't real. Instead it's a response from someone who is sick of their images being stolen - and it's brilliant.
-s
sg.avyaya (36 months ago | reply)
This is ridiculous.
What a fool he is to state that 'He is a honest businessman'
rob-kellas (36 months ago | reply)
I love it!
firoze shakir photographerno1 (36 months ago | reply)
I could write
a poem on this
what he stole
was already his
deleting pictures
that all his clients miss
something surely is amiss ..
nice one
Drew__ (36 months ago | reply)
Let him contact his lawyer.... then go to court... then bring up punitive damaged.. hehe
FireFish45 (36 months ago | reply)
This is funny.
But what's not funny is that the link to this image changed.
Seriously, do you know how many of my blogs and social sites I had to go and update the corrected Flickr link to this picture? Before you go and move your pics around on Flickr, why don't you take a minute and think about us 'other' users who are like mosquitos who need your blood to live. Do you want me to wither up and die? Common Man! So do us both a favor before I throw doodie at you in a moving car. Get that old Flickr link back up and operational or else you'll have to take over all of my social profiles across every major social site.
Poop.
.Shukri (36 months ago | reply)
Hahahaha! This guy is either seriously stupid re:copyright, or this is some fine satire you're dishing out. Either way, thanks for a great laugh :)
Oh, and lawyer up yourself so you can get your royalties!
mexer (36 months ago | reply)
hahahah! Wicked!
Ragnell (36 months ago | reply)
Is apparently real. Here's the entire conversation between the two guys.
www.shapelessmass.com/index.html/?p=578
sophizz (36 months ago | reply)
Lolol
Richard- (36 months ago | reply)
I find it interesting that you took this image off the web (as others have, it's been floating for a week) but you've got it copyrighted. Maybe you should consider changing the settings on this image. I'm sure it was a simple oversight on your part...
Tim Howard (36 months ago | reply)
That's just made my day.
TheStanto (36 months ago | reply)
old..
jonjonz (36 months ago | reply)
anyone who things this is fake, has led a sheltered life.
emrahgunduz77 (36 months ago | reply)
"honest businessman" ? he is an idiot...
Hank Fox (36 months ago | reply)
The proper reply is "I'm terribly sorry, I had no idea I was putting your business at risk. I'd like to come and offer my personal apology, and thank you for liking my images so much. If you would please give me your address, I'll come right over. Again, I sincerely apologize, and I hope we can put this behind us as soon as possible."
Then when you get his address ... (ahem).
There was another story like this a year or so back, in which the guy wasn't even bothering to steal the images. He was HOTLINKING to pictures on someone else's site. When the original user found out, he simply changed the images to pictures of Hitler and porn and stuff, and added something like "Try to be a little less stupid when you steal somebody else's work." The altered pics showed right up on the thief's site, complete with editorial comments.
wittlangstaff (36 months ago | reply)
That guy is just BEGGING for a goatse.
David Barnett (36 months ago | reply)
You should rick roll his customers
croz1007 (36 months ago | reply)
Some people don't get it. I wish this guy's info was posted. I'm sure if he did it to this person he is doing it to others. Would be nice to be able to block the guy.
I guess the good thing anyone can do it copyright their images and mark them as not downloadable. Sure they can still find ways around it, but such is life. Another thing I have heard others do is only post the lowest resolution image possible on here and then if someone likes it they can contact them to make arrangements to use the better image.
ArleyM (36 months ago | reply)
Ooh that's fun! Put the pictures back, and a week from now change them all, keeping the filenames.
DENelson83 (36 months ago | reply)
Hotlinkers...
badillin (36 months ago | reply)
I almost sure i saw this in an old cracked.com article...
It was an article about plagrarism or something... in the same article was a story about a Mexican paper stealing one of their articles too... (sex related)
Couldnt find the links sorry...
Valerio_B (36 months ago | reply)
I protect my images by sending money to the Nigerian General upon request. I've been promised 1000% return!
ExNihil (36 months ago | reply)
Funny.