Stolen pic on someone's website

Clear Shine

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I was wondering what you guys would do. I have a guy that has stolen my gutter pic off of me and is using it on his website. Those of you who know me, know it is my pic. I have even let Bob from Pressure Tek use it for the F-13 pic. You can even find it on my website www.clearshineclean.com/gutter-cleaning.html or go on Pressure tek and see it. Anyways, I found it on a guy's website and sent him an email telling him he needed to take it down ASAP and if he wanted to buy it, we could discuss that. His reply to my email was "Lol. No, that picture is my own." I have had this pic for several years and have other angles and pictures of this job to prove it, but yet this clown thinks it's his somehow. I called him this morning and left him a message and he hasnt called me back.

His website is www.midtownservicesolutions.com and basically has told me to go suck an egg. What would you guys do?
 
Ask some of the hundreds of active members here to contact him also...
 
WOW! How did he do a gutter cleaning that ended up the same as yours?

Welcome to the party. I find pics of mine all over the internet. The only difference is that the people using them have asked me and I normally say ok.

I wouldn't know anything about having my web content taken without my permission. :rolleyes:
 
If you guys have issues water mark your pics........A member on here has given me lots of pics over the past 2 yrs. No biggie......Now I return the favor to new guys needing basic pics. .......Is it right to just take without asking? no.....but really, I could care less if its not my competition(pics only not text). I have a lot of other things to worry about than someone that lives 300 miles away trying to start a business.
 
If you guys have issues water mark your pics........A member on here has given me lots of pics over the past 2 yrs. No biggie......Now I return the favor to new guys needing basic pics. .......Is it right to just take without asking? no.....but really, I could care less if its not my competition(pics only not text). I have a lot of other things to worry about than someone that lives 300 miles away trying to start a business.

That guy who lives 300 miles from you may live 3 miles from me.

The theft of the picture is wrong, and the use of the picture to "show" that he's experienced in an area that he may not be is just as wrong.

Watermark everything.
 
I learned not to care?

If he was within 50 to 100 miles I may be a tad tiffed but who cares anyway, I know its yours but its not worth getting yourself off track, concentrate on your business.

It happend to me last week, I found a guy that had 2 of mine and some wording, haha he even left my business name in the wording, so I had the last laugh!
 
I learned not to care?

If he was within 50 to 100 miles I may be a tad tiffed but who cares anyway, I know its yours but its not worth getting yourself off track, concentrate on your business.

It happend to me last week, I found a guy that had 2 of mine and some wording, haha he even left my business name in the wording, so I had the last laugh!

:dance::dance:

been there, don't care
 
If you guys have issues water mark your pics........A member on here has given me lots of pics over the past 2 yrs. No biggie......Now I return the favor to new guys needing basic pics. .......Is it right to just take without asking? no.....but really, I could care less if its not my competition(pics only not text). I have a lot of other things to worry about than someone that lives 300 miles away trying to start a business.

Lou, are you saying you give someone else's photos away to new guys? Thats the way I am reading it. I dont have an issue of sharing my photos, thats not the problem. Several of the guys here on the boards I HAVE GIVEN PERMISSION to, I have let use them, but they are my friends and they have helped me out. But to blatantly steal someone's photos, and then tell me that it's his? That I have an issue with....in my area or not. So, by you posting this lou, your saying that all the new guys in your area can go to your site and take your photos for your site and they can just reference your post here (giving them permission) and they can be legal in doing it.
 
I learned not to care?

If he was within 50 to 100 miles I may be a tad tiffed but who cares anyway, I know its yours but its not worth getting yourself off track, concentrate on your business.

It happend to me last week, I found a guy that had 2 of mine and some wording, haha he even left my business name in the wording, so I had the last laugh!

Russ, I am not worrying and I already know what I am going to do to fix the problem. Wont take very much time and lets just say he wont be happy in a few days :)
 
Jeremy, I am taking one of your pics for my site. It's all good!
 
Lou, are you saying you give someone else's photos away to new guys? Thats the way I am reading it. I dont have an issue of sharing my photos, thats not the problem. Several of the guys here on the boards I HAVE GIVEN PERMISSION to, I have let use them, but they are my friends and they have helped me out. But to blatantly steal someone's photos, and then tell me that it's his? That I have an issue with....in my area or not. So, by you posting this lou, your saying that all the new guys in your area can go to your site and take your photos for your site and they can just reference your post here (giving them permission) and they can be legal in doing it.

If you guys have issues water mark your pics........A member on here has given me lots of pics over the past 2 yrs. No biggie......Now I return the favor to new guys needing basic pics. .......Is it right to just take without asking? no.....but really, I could care less if its not my competition(pics only not text). I have a lot of other things to worry about than someone that lives 300 miles away trying to start a business.

Do you guys read?........I said its not right to take pics.

And No I don't give out photo's that have been given to me. I have plenty of my own now.
 
hey here is the one that took mine! HAHAHA look down half way, you will see my building was pics with me cropped out then 2 of my guys washing a shopping center, read the paragraph to the right and you will see the "Prokleen" name he forgot to erase.

Hilarious! http://www.sunlightcleaningsvc.com/PressureWashingDivision.html
 
Stealing my S***

I've had it happen to me to. People that don't do a good job will use your pic's if you put them out there. I emailed him and hope to here something back. I'm proud of the work that I do and when someone else claims it as their own that really piss:nono: me off.

Hope you figure it out.

Eric
 
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