Comments on: Best pictures - ever! http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/ The Photocritic DIY photography projects blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:08:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: The Repair Man http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-182698 The Repair Man Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:32:12 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-182698 Unfortunately, this pseudo-legal "opt-out" principle has been abused by many, many web sites. The web sites that come to mind right away are archive.org, which archives your site over the years if you don't disallow it to do so (ex: http://web.archive.org/web/20040524234955/http://camerarepair.com/). That's the most flagrant abuser. And let's not forget that Google, yes GOOGLE, will cache your content and images unless you tell it not to. One should not have to opt out legally. Jaimie http://www.camerarepair.com/ Unfortunately, this pseudo-legal “opt-out” principle has been abused by many, many web sites. The web sites that come to mind right away are archive.org, which archives your site over the years if you don’t disallow it to do so (ex: http://web.archive.org/web/20040524234955/http://camerarepair.com/). That’s the most flagrant abuser. And let’s not forget that Google, yes GOOGLE, will cache your content and images unless you tell it not to. One should not have to opt out legally.

Jaimie
http://www.camerarepair.com/

]]> By: Canvas Art Man http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-139008 Canvas Art Man Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:41:33 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-139008 I prefer something like flickr grab - http://www.flickrgrab.com/interesting/today/ which shows some amazing latest images from - yep, you guessed it - Flickr! A great way to find excellent photographers. The other site mentioned gets a big thumbs down :-( I prefer something like flickr grab - http://www.flickrgrab.com/interesting/today/ which shows some amazing latest images from - yep, you guessed it - Flickr! A great way to find excellent photographers.

The other site mentioned gets a big thumbs down :-(

]]> By: Paul http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-134179 Paul Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:19:54 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-134179 If you have a photo ripped off from Flickr be sure to notify the folks there (at Flickr). Was the OP being facetious in regards to "best picss ever" being a good name for what the site contains? I agree with Nate -- 80% are "complete crap." If you have a photo ripped off from Flickr be sure to notify the folks there (at Flickr).

Was the OP being facetious in regards to “best picss ever” being a good name for what the site contains? I agree with Nate — 80% are “complete crap.”

]]> By: Brenda http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-131048 Brenda Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:03:44 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-131048 I'm a friend of Jules and Michael's and this site and people like this are leeches. They suck what they can from other people for their own benifit. Hope you get what's comming to you. Karma is a great thing. Bren I’m a friend of Jules and Michael’s and this site and people like this are leeches. They suck what they can from other people for their own benifit. Hope you get what’s comming to you. Karma is a great thing.

Bren

]]> By: Michael & Julie_anne http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-130807 Michael & Julie_anne Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:27:31 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-130807 They are indeed stealing the images. The following photo taken by my wife of our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, has been stolen from her Flickr site. http://bestpicever.com/pic-382-Time-for-a-hair-cut-please Original image location: http://www.flickr.com/photos/julesangel/767728127/ An email demanding it's removal has been sent (an invoice for it's use may follow) Many thanks to the blog reader who alerted us. Regards, Michael & Julie-Anne They are indeed stealing the images.
The following photo taken by my wife of our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, has been stolen from her Flickr site.
http://bestpicever.com/pic-382-Time-for-a-hair-cut-please

Original image location:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/julesangel/767728127/

An email demanding it’s removal has been sent (an invoice for it’s use may follow)
Many thanks to the blog reader who alerted us.
Regards,

Michael & Julie-Anne

]]> By: joanium http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-130213 joanium Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:36:11 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-130213 I like Flickr's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/?" rel="nofollow">last 7 days of interestingness</a> function. Each time I refresh, I see a bunch of great photos. These are, of course, properly attributed, published with consent, and an example of the collective creativity of the online community. I like Flickr’s last 7 days of interestingness function. Each time I refresh, I see a bunch of great photos. These are, of course, properly attributed, published with consent, and an example of the collective creativity of the online community.

]]> By: Juan http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-130152 Juan Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:25:02 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-130152 Not to mention a lot of the pictures are photoshop modified photos (see http://bestpicever.com/pic-636-Escalator-to-fitness and http://bestpicever.com/pic-517-Flamingo-tongue-snail and http://bestpicever.com/pic-860-Liquid-panty-remover) that have been posted on the popular site worth1000.com, where the own picture authors post their works and show off their ability with the program. Judging by the content and some half-cropped copyright notices, they're not paying royalties for displaying most of these pictures, and may in fact be stealing them. Loads of rubbish, in my opinion. Not to mention a lot of the pictures are photoshop modified photos (see http://bestpicever.com/pic-636-Escalator-to-fitness and http://bestpicever.com/pic-517-Flamingo-tongue-snail and http://bestpicever.com/pic-860-Liquid-panty-remover) that have been posted on the popular site worth1000.com, where the own picture authors post their works and show off their ability with the program.

Judging by the content and some half-cropped copyright notices, they’re not paying royalties for displaying most of these pictures, and may in fact be stealing them.

Loads of rubbish, in my opinion.

]]> By: Digitial Camera Repair http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-129969 Digitial Camera Repair Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:21:04 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-129969 The user interface on the site could use some improvement, otherwise the photos are creative and inspiring. Digital Camera Repair http://www.precisioncamera.com/digital-camera-repair.html The user interface on the site could use some improvement, otherwise the photos are creative and inspiring.

Digital Camera Repair
http://www.precisioncamera.com/digital-camera-repair.html

]]> By: nate http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-129918 nate Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:47:19 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-129918 as a side note, 80% of the "best pics ever" are complete crap as a side note, 80% of the “best pics ever” are complete crap

]]> By: Fuzzphoto.eu http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-129747 Fuzzphoto.eu Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:17:04 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-129747 Yup, lawsuit waiting to happen. That's for sure! BTW, Haje Jan, a month ago I sent you an email regarding theft of your (and my) content on http://diyphoto.org/ Digital theft is more common than you wish to know. Yup, lawsuit waiting to happen. That’s for sure!

BTW, Haje Jan, a month ago I sent you an email regarding theft of your (and my) content on http://diyphoto.org/

Digital theft is more common than you wish to know.

]]> By: Simon http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-129532 Simon Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:22:30 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-129532 Nate, you are right. More importantly, copyright law doesn't work on an opt out principle. If I found these scumbags had used any of my photos, I would take them to the cleaners. They are obviously exploiting photographers, so they would be getting a big, fat invoice, along with a legal challenge to cease and decist. I can't believe the cheek of it... Nate, you are right. More importantly, copyright law doesn’t work on an opt out principle. If I found these scumbags had used any of my photos, I would take them to the cleaners. They are obviously exploiting photographers, so they would be getting a big, fat invoice, along with a legal challenge to cease and decist. I can’t believe the cheek of it…

]]> By: nate http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-129522 nate Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:42:37 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-129522 it is a slimy site. they give an "opt out" abuse email, but what are the odds you'll ever find your photos if they are there? it is a slimy site. they give an “opt out” abuse email, but what are the odds you’ll ever find your photos if they are there?

]]> By: Daniel http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-129384 Daniel Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:47:09 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-129384 Oh, and take a look at this URL: http://pileofphotos.com/view/20/High-speed-bullet-photography Does that first photo look a bit familiar to you? The hyperlink on the image goes to this very site, and your associated blog post is at http://www.photocritic.org/2006/high-speed-photography/ Oh, and take a look at this URL: http://pileofphotos.com/view/20/High-speed-bullet-photography

Does that first photo look a bit familiar to you? The hyperlink on the image goes to this very site, and your associated blog post is at http://www.photocritic.org/2006/high-speed-photography/

]]> By: Daniel http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-129381 Daniel Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:41:06 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-129381 Well, at least one of the photos has a copyright overlay, which means it probably didn't come from a stock service: http://bestpicever.com/pic-291-Shedding-dragonfly It's at the photographer's site here: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6022129 The image at http://bestpicever.com/pic-839-Were-toast appears to be taken directly from http://dirtymicrobe.com/products/toast/139/252 Also there's a Calvin and Hobbes comic, which is also likely being displayed without permission: http://bestpicever.com/pic-676-Where-babies-come-from The same people who made this site also made pileofphotos.com, which appears to be a similar concept and contain a similar level of probable copyright infringement... On the contact page, there is an email address listed to report copyright violation, but it certainly seems like most of the site's contents fall into that category. Well, at least one of the photos has a copyright overlay, which means it probably didn’t come from a stock service: http://bestpicever.com/pic-291-Shedding-dragonfly
It’s at the photographer’s site here: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6022129

The image at http://bestpicever.com/pic-839-Were-toast appears to be taken directly from http://dirtymicrobe.com/products/toast/139/252

Also there’s a Calvin and Hobbes comic, which is also likely being displayed without permission: http://bestpicever.com/pic-676-Where-babies-come-from

The same people who made this site also made pileofphotos.com, which appears to be a similar concept and contain a similar level of probable copyright infringement…

On the contact page, there is an email address listed to report copyright violation, but it certainly seems like most of the site’s contents fall into that category.

]]> By: Simon http://photocritic.org/best-photos-ever/#comment-129423 Simon Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:41:18 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/best-photos-ever/#comment-129423 Hey, don't you work for T3? I would say that these two pictures look strangely similar: <a href="http://bestpicever.com/pic-320-A-geek-stole-the-girl" rel="nofollow">on bestpicever.com</a> and on <a href="http://www.t3.co.uk/t3girls/t3girls/gabriela" rel="nofollow">T3.co.uk</a>. Do T3 license the images? If not, you may want to write them an e-mail or send some lawyers at them! Hey, don’t you work for T3? I would say that these two pictures look strangely similar: on bestpicever.com and on T3.co.uk. Do T3 license the images? If not, you may want to write them an e-mail or send some lawyers at them!

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