My Stolen Photographs

[Karen]

Anyone who sees their dog's swiped pictures used by someone else on dogchannel, they should email or PM me, and I can send an email myself, and give you the email address the person from dogchannel gave me for such incidents!

[Morag Bates]

I have also now had a message from The Dog Channel, to say that they have deleted that person's profile, and all the photographs that she had stolen, 21 in all.

They have also sent her a reprimand.

I am very touched that you have all given me help and support, thank you, I feel quite relieved now.

[Catlady711]

This is unfortunately a sad consequence of posting pictures on the internet, particularly Flickr.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Many, too many, people think a photo 'sharing' site means they can use pictures for whatever reason they want, where ever they want with no regards to copyright.

Best thing you can do is post small sizes (72dpi) and watermark every image you post. It won't stop it, but may make your picture less attractive to someone wanting to steal it for their own use.

The only other option to guarantee your pictures won't be stolen is to never post them online or email them to anyone, but we all know that isn't any fun.

Sorry to hear your pictures were stolen.