BUSTED Image Theft: My Heart painting used on a book jacket?

This all feels like a bad bad joke. People just swiping my images and using them to promote their company or use for a cover of a book jacket.

Again, I did NOT give permission, nobody contacted me, nor have I been payed for the use of my work.

As you can see on this site, The Forum Company, my signature is visible on the painting in the corner, c.bayrak 09. I will say that at least they didn't try to hide the signature or change the jpeg info. I did send an email requesting they remove it as soon as I found it.

However on the book cover below

  they, Mensagens com Amor, not only  covered my signature up, they changed the image file to his name, uh huh, really!

Add caption

You want to let them know what you think of them for taking artists images 

here is their facebook page. 

Have at it. 

I have already sent them a message.

Image Theft: Skull Painting on MySpace Page

It's great how musicians and their record companies want to copyright and protect their music and product. They are selling the playlist, but hey, notice that playlist image? 

It is MY photograph being used without permission on their website item #4

Nobody asked ME, and hey you gonna

 PAY ME for MY work?

Yes, I have the original photograph of my painting, and yes the online version has my signature embedded in it.

Hey neglected music (the famous getdown) if you are NOT going to pay me, please remove the image from your website. 

Copyright Infringement: NIPIC user claims my graffiti alley image is his

Discovered this this morning.

Ripped off again,Yes, another example of my photograph (online version embedded with my signature) that is being used, this time in NiPic and uploaded by  lihaiqiang on  April 15th, 2010 with  no attribution to me, or where it was taken, or what link it was taken from. It has already been downloaded by 12 people. If you do a right click and look at the elements it deosn't seem to have any reference data that signifies who what or where.

I have sent a message this morning to NiPic and I am hoping they will do the right thing  and remove my image from their website.

My graffiti image was featured in London Street Design Magazine April 10th 2010 

50 Cool Street Art Shots

NOTE

While I have always known placing images online put's one at risk, and was able to keep track of that, it wasn't until I started doing a  reverse image search on google a couple of week or so ago that I  discovered an astonishing amount of theft of my work.

NO I am NOT flattered. Getting ripped off isn't flattering at all.

Until I get things sorted I have deleted my flickr account,removed images from picasa, and put most of my blog entries here and other places into draft. 

Zearle Youthful Folly Album Cover is my photograph of my painting

UPDATE: May 17, 2013

The image has been removed for viewing by the website until the issue is resolved.

Meantime I really don't know how many of the cd's were sold or distributed.

I was doing a search today and discovered Zearl Youthful Folly  used my  painting of my daughter for their album cover.

Anybody recognize this painting, YES, it's mine, and so is the photograph of it. The reason it is blurry is because the original posted image on my blog entry about it was small dpi. It is a painting that I did for peeps in the park.

 Astonishing that YET again I find a painting of mine ripped off and used without permission, no compensation, NOTHING.

Zearle BIO

He stated here, " took some Street Art pictures I could find on Google. I assume Street Artists will not sue me…hopefully. If yes, you can find my contact details here."

YES I DO MIND

Can you PAY me please or this another case of just take images and screw you, then deal with my lawyer. 

I have contacted the lawyer and have had no response yet.

COPYRIGHT FACTS
All artwork/photographs published and unpublished are copyright to the owners of the work.They are NOT free simply by virtue of being on the internet.

US Copyright Office - copyright basics

Just because there is not a © on the image does not mean it is not copyrighted.

For more information of copyright Facts and Misconceptions visit here.

Image Theft: Blingee and ETSY and Another Michael

It seems like it's just open season on screwing artists,so here is my image again amd again and YET again  being used without my permission. 

So I did a blog entry in 2007 and included this image of my painting

and here it is manipulated for use on 

just one kiss pictures

Blingee's community page for anyone to alter and use for ecards etc.
SIGH!

and check this out

and the description says
" Embellished with DETAILS PAINTED BY HAND and small findings to add texture."

Yea, uh huh, , right you steal my image from either here 

 then claim it is your own, notice my signature is on there,  it says cbayrak 09
UPDATE
So apparently the seller bought the image from a French Graphic Designer in Belgium, although she would not share who or the website. So taking it down or offering me a percentage on sales means squat if the designer is free to keep selling it elsewhere.
THe seller told me the designer wasn't being malicious, and didn't do it on purpose.

5/16/2013  10am and the new message on Etsy from the seller; 
"By the way, that particular image is freely available on the net, just like millions of others, which is where she says she's found it. She didn't know it was a painting."

How many times has this designer sold my image, and all those who bought it and profiting from it? 

Will I be getting reimbursed for each sale, will I be getting licensing fees for each use by those who purchased the image from this designer?

NO apparently NOT, but hey she didn't do it on purpose and wasn't being malicious, ahem!

NOTICE ON COPYRIGHT
Copyright attaches as soon as the original work is created, and applies to both published and unpublished works.
International Copyright Law

AND

Why my image is listed on this site, Another Michael  is a mystery to me. No credit or link that shows this is MY work.

and of course no compensation to me for it's use that may have incurred as a result of being included in this the Another Michael online portfolio.

and it also links to LIV night club.

By the way, this skull painting was included in a group show in New York in  2008 at APW

UPDATE
Above image of my skull has been removed from the Another Michael website

Graffiti Artists and Photographers are being RIPPED OFF

UPDATE

Company got in touch with me and will be looking into this. I appreciate the prompt and courteous response. 

Image 39 is MY photograph

Taken March 17th 2009 Graffiti Alley Ann Arbor Michigan

You might notice that my video was uploaded 2010 includes the above photograph

and my photo was included in LSD (London Street Design) Magazine article April 2010
 50 Cool Street Art Shots

The CD using my image is being sold for 40.00 at Service Photo here

I am thankful that the company zone image sent me a link to where they got my image, no apology or sorry (happy they removed my image from their gallery slide show), but at least I found the source.  

I am hoping this company, Savage Universal, that states they value quality and innovation is not pleased that someone included a copyrighted image of my work in their dvd collection and they will do the right thing.


Blog Article about my PHotograph 

Gallery uses ripped off photograph to sell as School Picture Background

UPDATE
This gallery sent me a link to a dvd where they got my image. Unfortunately they bought a  CD from a company that has my image on one of their products that violates my copyright. As professionals in the photography business I am hoping the gallery understands my anger at having my work exploited.The image has now been removed.
thank you Zone Image


This is really LOW when a photograph gallery steals your image to sell School Picture backgrounds. Slide 45 at Zone-image valleyfield 

Here is the original version

As you can see the gallery altered my photograph which might beg the question how do I know it's MY photograph. Easy, when I prepare images for the web I embed my signature in a way that blends in with the photograph. Both images have my signature incorporated in them. 

I am sure this gallery likes getting PAID for their services, prints etc,but apparently it's okay to rip me off and I get NADA for MY work, my photographs. 

So check out the slide show and see if YOUR work, that you are trying to earn a living with, has been stolen.
Please feel free to share 

If you need help in dealing with image theft check out this website called Picture Defense.

Meanwhile one company Radio Station Hot 89.9 gets really nasty with photographer Barbara Ann Studios. Story on PetaPixel

Hall of Shame Photo Stealers

The Ugly Side of Photography -When other photographers steal your images - article by Marmalade Photography

Oh the IRONY!  Print Designer claims copyright on her print images, BUT she makes art off images she found online ahem! 
story on A Photo Editor

Customized Monopoly Game for Yellow Springs, Ohio

Thanks to Bob Swaney from Corner Cone who instigated the idea and Brian Housh who has overseen the project and pulled together a huge community effort Yellow Springs Ohio is going to be getting it's very own customized Monopoly Game.

Fellow artist Kathy Moulton designed the board which is wonderful. Can you see the knit knot tree?  There is even a Get out of Jail Free Card with my pic of local officer Al Pearce helping us to yarnbomb  on Xenia Ave:) 

I can't wait to see all the wonderful cards and the customized game pieces when the game is launched in June.  I helped with the portrait image for the money for friend and biz owner of Constantina's Soul and then the design team at Bing Design got to work.

YS-OPOLY FB Page

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It's my Birthday today so time to buzz and get a bit fun in. Take care all.