Just wanna share this with you guys. I haven't tried this yet but from what I've read, "tin eye" is very promising.

Introducing TIN EYE (http://tineye.com/login)

One of the greatest challenges facing artists when it comes to protecting their work is finding infringements.

This is difficult because search engines, including image search engines, are designed to look for text, not pixels. Though you can look up the title of an image, the filename or even metadata within the image, if that information was changed by a site reusing your work, it has traditionally escaped detection.

Though the technology has existed in various forms, there has never been a search engine available to the public that could take an image and look for other ones like it. That is, until TinEye (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=9b7c0046c313d1d204372d7658e5026b&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tineye.com).

Tineye works differently than any other image search engine. It doesn’t ask you for words or even a description. Instead, you upload an image and it returns results similar to that picture. It is fast, easy to use and, most importantly, effective.

Related Links

Arstechnica (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=948b9355c4a436630e993e8017a7682a&url=http%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Fnews.ars%2Fpost %2F20080819-tineye-image-search-helps-ferret-out-copyright-ripoffs.html) - Another test case
The Inquisitr (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=7deb0a90ad3f587c409b1c2f32e3c4d3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquisitr.com%2F2466%2Ftineye-tracking-your-images-pixel-by-pixel%2F) - An overview of Tineye
Anniebee’s Posterous (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=31d5fcf1568ef46053555c40f6129cf6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanniebee.posterous.com%2Fthank-you-tineye) - An example where Tineye worked)
Daily Tech Report (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=c6238a40410e63d3301d4df6d0707e80&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdaily-tech-report.com%2F2008%2F08%2F19%2Ftineye-is-looking-to-become-the-google-of-image-based-searches%2F) - Another Tineye overview

Source: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/08/19/tineye-protecting-images-preventing-orphans/

Wow!!! This is quite useful for us here. Especially those who have been victims...

Just wanna share this with you guys. I haven't tried this yet but from what I've read, "tin eye" is very promising.

Introducing TIN EYE (http://tineye.com/login)

One of the greatest challenges facing artists when it comes to protecting their work is finding infringements.

This is difficult because search engines, including image search engines, are designed to look for text, not pixels. Though you can look up the title of an image, the filename or even metadata within the image, if that information was changed by a site reusing your work, it has traditionally escaped detection.

Though the technology has existed in various forms, there has never been a search engine available to the public that could take an image and look for other ones like it. That is, until TinEye (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=9b7c0046c313d1d204372d7658e5026b&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tineye.com).

Tineye works differently than any other image search engine. It doesn’t ask you for words or even a description. Instead, you upload an image and it returns results similar to that picture. It is fast, easy to use and, most importantly, effective.

Related Links

Arstechnica (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=948b9355c4a436630e993e8017a7682a&url=http%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Fnews.ars%2Fpost %2F20080819-tineye-image-search-helps-ferret-out-copyright-ripoffs.html) - Another test case
The Inquisitr (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=7deb0a90ad3f587c409b1c2f32e3c4d3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquisitr.com%2F2466%2Ftineye-tracking-your-images-pixel-by-pixel%2F) - An overview of Tineye
Anniebee’s Posterous (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=31d5fcf1568ef46053555c40f6129cf6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanniebee.posterous.com%2Fthank-you-tineye) - An example where Tineye worked)
Daily Tech Report (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=c6238a40410e63d3301d4df6d0707e80&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdaily-tech-report.com%2F2008%2F08%2F19%2Ftineye-is-looking-to-become-the-google-of-image-based-searches%2F) - Another Tineye overview

Source: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/08/19/tineye-protecting-images-preventing-orphans/

I registered. Thanks for the info.

make this a sticky!

thanks to this, i was able to find the single person who's been copying several pics from my flickr and multiply photos. ----- my GF.

make this a sticky!

thanks to this, i was able to find the single person who's been copying several pics from my flickr and multiply photos. ----- my GF.

done! made it to a sticky.

Nice, really useful app...

This is fantastic!

oh my, thanks for the share bro!

Astig. Wonderful share.

Very nice!

Two thumbs up!

thanks.. it enlightens me now.

nice share! I'll try this out as well :)

thanks for the info.........

Thanks! very useful!

thanks allan for sharing!:Grin:

okay 'to...

nice find! thanks!

cool. this might be useful! thanks for sharing!

yes this is very useful indeed. the only downside for now is their small index. couldn't even find blogspot images. :)

now that's an excellent share. thank you very much!

Just wanna share this with you guys. I haven't tried this yet but from what I've read, "tin eye" is very promising.

Introducing TIN EYE (http://tineye.com/login)

One of the greatest challenges facing artists when it comes to protecting their work is finding infringements.

This is difficult because search engines, including image search engines, are designed to look for text, not pixels. Though you can look up the title of an image, the filename or even metadata within the image, if that information was changed by a site reusing your work, it has traditionally escaped detection.

Though the technology has existed in various forms, there has never been a search engine available to the public that could take an image and look for other ones like it. That is, until TinEye (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=9b7c0046c313d1d204372d7658e5026b&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tineye.com).

Tineye works differently than any other image search engine. It doesn’t ask you for words or even a description. Instead, you upload an image and it returns results similar to that picture. It is fast, easy to use and, most importantly, effective.

Related Links

Arstechnica (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=948b9355c4a436630e993e8017a7682a&url=http%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Fnews.ars%2Fpost %2F20080819-tineye-image-search-helps-ferret-out-copyright-ripoffs.html) - Another test case
The Inquisitr (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=7deb0a90ad3f587c409b1c2f32e3c4d3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquisitr.com%2F2466%2Ftineye-tracking-your-images-pixel-by-pixel%2F) - An overview of Tineye
Anniebee’s Posterous (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=31d5fcf1568ef46053555c40f6129cf6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanniebee.posterous.com%2Fthank-you-tineye) - An example where Tineye worked)
Daily Tech Report (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=c6238a40410e63d3301d4df6d0707e80&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdaily-tech-report.com%2F2008%2F08%2F19%2Ftineye-is-looking-to-become-the-google-of-image-based-searches%2F) - Another Tineye overview

Source: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/08/19/tineye-protecting-images-preventing-orphans/

Thanks for sharing this sir Allan..I believe this will be very helpful for all of us,,:)

very very useful....

Thank you for sharing. :)

Just wanna share this with you guys. I haven't tried this yet but from what I've read, "tin eye" is very promising.

Introducing TIN EYE (http://tineye.com/login)

One of the greatest challenges facing artists when it comes to protecting their work is finding infringements.

This is difficult because search engines, including image search engines, are designed to look for text, not pixels. Though you can look up the title of an image, the filename or even metadata within the image, if that information was changed by a site reusing your work, it has traditionally escaped detection.

Though the technology has existed in various forms, there has never been a search engine available to the public that could take an image and look for other ones like it. That is, until TinEye (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=9b7c0046c313d1d204372d7658e5026b&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tineye.com).

Tineye works differently than any other image search engine. It doesn’t ask you for words or even a description. Instead, you upload an image and it returns results similar to that picture. It is fast, easy to use and, most importantly, effective.

Related Links

Arstechnica (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=948b9355c4a436630e993e8017a7682a&url=http%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Fnews.ars%2Fpost %2F20080819-tineye-image-search-helps-ferret-out-copyright-ripoffs.html) - Another test case
The Inquisitr (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=7deb0a90ad3f587c409b1c2f32e3c4d3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquisitr.com%2F2466%2Ftineye-tracking-your-images-pixel-by-pixel%2F) - An overview of Tineye
Anniebee’s Posterous (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=31d5fcf1568ef46053555c40f6129cf6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanniebee.posterous.com%2Fthank-you-tineye) - An example where Tineye worked)
Daily Tech Report (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=c6238a40410e63d3301d4df6d0707e80&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdaily-tech-report.com%2F2008%2F08%2F19%2Ftineye-is-looking-to-become-the-google-of-image-based-searches%2F) - Another Tineye overview

Source: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/08/19/tineye-protecting-images-preventing-orphans/
Thanks for the info, very helpful and useful indeed. Gotta make this thread alive again as this would help alot of photogs.:)

thanks for sharing

when i was starting in the graphics industry in the 90's...the alpha channel was all we had:BlackEye::BlackEye::BlackEye:

thank you for sharing :)

Even creative commons can't ensure you'll get paid these days.

Dustin Diaz's photo used by Virgin magazine with different "owners" credited (http://www.flickr.com/photos/polvero/3827638082/)

thank you so much for providing this.

This probably was not stolen on line, but it was still stolen somehow. I am trying to find out how.

One of my students asked me if I knew that John's "bulb" photo was on display at one of the bigger photo labs in Megamall. I went to check it out. Nice print. No credits. No permission. I took photos of the display (hanging from a large format printer) with my cellphone and then talked to the store manager. He said he would call the office to find out about how they got the print. Instead of waiting for him, I called the advertising manager whose number I had on my phone book. He said he's familiar with John's shot, and said that the print came from the company that manufactures large format printers (like the one on display at their store). He volunteered to surrender the print to me. I told him that I still need the name of the person from the other company that gave them the print, as he may be giving copies to other stores nationwide or having other unauthorized usage. Tomorrow, I will write a formal letter of complaint to both companies. Unauthorized use of photographs must stop.

Bookmarked it. I've been waiting for this kind of technology from Google but I guess I'm mistaken. Anyway, great share, thanks!

thanks for sharing....

This is great. Two thumbs up.

I thought this is a thread to expose people stealing our photos. Is there such a thing yet? :-D

This probably was not stolen on line, but it was still stolen somehow. I am trying to find out how.

One of my students asked me if I knew that John's "bulb" photo was on display at one of the bigger photo labs in Megamall. I went to check it out. Nice print. No credits. No permission. I took photos of the display (hanging from a large format printer) with my cellphone and then talked to the store manager. He said he would call the office to find out about how they got the print. Instead of waiting for him, I called the advertising manager whose number I had on my phone book. He said he's familiar with John's shot, and said that the print came from the company that manufactures large format printers (like the one on display at their store). He volunteered to surrender the print to me. I told him that I still need the name of the person from the other company that gave them the print, as he may be giving copies to other stores nationwide or having other unauthorized usage. Tomorrow, I will write a formal letter of complaint to both companies. Unauthorized use of photographs must stop.

This is sad. Did you find out who the person(s) were?

great share

This is great!!
Just registered.
Thanks for sharing

thank you for sharing.

very useful.

Very Informative

great!

very useful! thanks for the info!

All of the ppl who steal my work still credit me as the one who took the photo. It still does not mean it is OK as the way they use it is not aligned with my personal beliefs.

I also like to be compensated. ;-)

for now, no need to worry people stealing my pics, the only great thing about being a newbie:

Tineye has been around for a while, but even better, Google has now launched the same and is obviously going to be better given their cache. The extensions are available for Firefox and Chrome.

All of the ppl who steal my work still credit me as the one who took the photo. It still does not mean it is OK as the way they use it is not aligned with my personal beliefs.

I also like to be compensated. ;-)


Unless you copyright the image properly, you can't ask for any legal help with the issue. At best you can threaten someone but if they tell you to piss off unless you get the image copyrighted as your own, you can't do jack. Putting your name an a C next to it unfortunately still doesn't copyright the image, it only serves as a warning.

Unless you copyright the image properly, you can't ask for any legal help with the issue. At best you can threaten someone but if they tell you to piss off unless you get the image copyrighted as your own, you can't do jack. Putting your name an a C next to it unfortunately still doesn't copyright the image, it only serves as a warning.

what do you mean by "copyright the image properly"
As I know it (please corret me if I am wrong), if you took the shot, the image's copyright is yours (automatically).

what do you mean by "copyright the image properly"
As I know it (please corret me if I am wrong), if you took the shot, the image's copyright is yours (automatically).

While you own the copyright to your images at the moment of creation, it would still be better to have them registered with the Copyright Office (at the National Library) to help you prove that the images are indeed yours.

what do you mean by "copyright the image properly"
As I know it (please corret me if I am wrong), if you took the shot, the image's copyright is yours (automatically).



It's not really that simple coz how can you prove you've taken that shot? That will work if you just want to threaten someone to take the copied shot down. However if you want to move into any legal action, the courts etc will not just 'take your word for it'. For this there needs to be valid legal copyright information available for the photo.

:)

Just wanna share this with you guys. I haven't tried this yet but from what I've read, "tin eye" is very promising.

Introducing TIN EYE (http://tineye.com/login)

One of the greatest challenges facing artists when it comes to protecting their work is finding infringements.

This is difficult because search engines, including image search engines, are designed to look for text, not pixels. Though you can look up the title of an image, the filename or even metadata within the image, if that information was changed by a site reusing your work, it has traditionally escaped detection.

Though the technology has existed in various forms, there has never been a search engine available to the public that could take an image and look for other ones like it. That is, until TinEye (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=9b7c0046c313d1d204372d7658e5026b&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tineye.com).

Tineye works differently than any other image search engine. It doesn’t ask you for words or even a description. Instead, you upload an image and it returns results similar to that picture. It is fast, easy to use and, most importantly, effective.

Related Links

Arstechnica (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=948b9355c4a436630e993e8017a7682a&url=http%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Fnews.ars%2Fpost %2F20080819-tineye-image-search-helps-ferret-out-copyright-ripoffs.html) - Another test case
The Inquisitr (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=7deb0a90ad3f587c409b1c2f32e3c4d3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquisitr.com%2F2466%2Ftineye-tracking-your-images-pixel-by-pixel%2F) - An overview of Tineye
Anniebee’s Posterous (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=31d5fcf1568ef46053555c40f6129cf6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanniebee.posterous.com%2Fthank-you-tineye) - An example where Tineye worked)
Daily Tech Report (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=100057415547&h=c6238a40410e63d3301d4df6d0707e80&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdaily-tech-report.com%2F2008%2F08%2F19%2Ftineye-is-looking-to-become-the-google-of-image-based-searches%2F) - Another Tineye overview

Source: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/08/19/tineye-protecting-images-preventing-orphans/

great guide, those texts are call alt tags, if you search for a phrase like "jumping grasshopper" google displays images you set on your alt tags. watermarks works well too for anti infringements.

thanks again

This is a nice app.

TinEye's very unreliable these days, check out the tool that I mentioned on this article about finding stolen photos (http://bit.ly/q5K191).

Sir, just a question. Is it safe to post my pictures online w/o any watermarks? or is it better to put watermarks in it? (because I don't really do a lot of PP) thank you

TinEye's very unreliable these days, check out the tool that I mentioned on this article about finding stolen photos (http://bit.ly/q5K191).
thanks for sharing david.

This is one of the cons of uploading. If it's too important to you, I guess the rule is don't upload it.

Sir, just a question. Is it safe to post my pictures online w/o any watermarks? or is it better to put watermarks in it? (because I don't really do a lot of PP) thank you

you will never know who's stealing your pics bro so I do think it's best to put a watermark in it....

:)

just to be on the safe side....