How Can I Protect My Images....

Someone has stolen my pix & is using them on sites I do not use. I've reported them but they are still up. This is very frustrating & maddening. What legal recourse if any do I have? ��

Which websites are they on? You can ask the provider/hobbyist community to flag them and at least get them down. I am happy to flag an ad or 2 on your behalf, just post a link here.

This happened to me before when I was a provider. It was pretty funny though I am 5'2" and she was advertising herself as 5'8", lol.

A few things.. 1) see above.. if you can legally prove you own the photos then a take down order can work

2) watermark them. If you use a PC to post then www.visualwatermark.com is a GREAT way.. and its cheap.. basic package is 20 bucks and can give you all the power to watermark photos quickly. the Premium (more fonts and templates and a tad faster) is only 40.

If you use a DSLR camera which can embed EXIF data (camera S/N, some copyright info etc. that offers a legal way to prove.. there might be some stand alone programs that can do that for you as well.

If you watermark them, place the mark in such a way that any attempt to remove it will fuck up the photo.

If there on a website you can email the host provider or owner.
how to get information owner/webmaster

Perform whois lookups for domain names and IP addresses at https://who.is/whois/
hopefully its not private.

find there email info and ask them to remove it.

Your photographer may need to file the notices below if you don't own the copyright to the photos.

1. After you follow jcdenton's advice, file a DMCA take down notice with the web host provider of the website that is using your pictures. If the web host is located outside of the USA, they will probably ignore your request.

http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/07/06...etter/id=4501/

2. If the webhost used cloudfare services, file a complaint here

https://www.cloudflare.com/abuse/form

3. If the website/web host comes up on a goole search, file a complaint with google

https://support.google.com/legal/ans...420?hl=en&rd=2

It's very difficult to prevent the images from being stolen. You can take some basic measures, such as disabling right-click in the browser, but someone who knows technology can get around that in seconds. It'll stop less sophisticated users, however.

You can also download free image editing software, such as GIMP. It's not a Pulp Fiction reference; it stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It's similar to Photoshop, but free. https://www.gimp.org/

GIMP is very powerful but it does have a steep learning curve. Thankfully it's pretty easy to use it to add a watermark.

Do a web search for "GIMP watermark image" and you will find all sorts of tutorials.

For those who don't speak the lingo, "watermark" means embedding a flag or statement into the artwork before the photo is posted on line.

Unfortunately, to be effective, the watermark must extend across more than a minimal portion of the photo lest the photo be ripped and the portion with the watermark cropped out.

The watermark should clearly identify the owner or the owner's website or email or phone or all of those. Best to go diagonally from a too corner to a bottom corner.

So most watermarks will definitely obscure a "nice" part of the photo which is the cost of securing the ownership.

It's crazy someone has to steal escorts pics. What the hell?

Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. Definitely embed a watermark on your photos.

There's a bunch of free tools that do this if you google them.

I always put my name and number on my pics that I use for BP and I've never had an issue with someone stealing my pics

Find a website on the comp & make a "watermark"
That means just find a font and color that u like and put
them across ur pics...

I downloaded an app on my I phone called I watermark and it was like $1.99 and it's great !! Super easy especially if your pics are on your phone as in the case of a selfie. Sorry that happened though- it sucks but kind of a weird backhanded compliment I guess? I never understand why people use fakes anyways....the dude will clearly notice... I'm sure some don't care either way though. I guess my take is if your self esteem is so shitty that you use other people's pictures then this is not the biz for them!

when you start to mark the photos - best practice would be to create some folders on your pc like this:
Website pics

then create sub folders with the name of the site you posted them on.

Visual WaterMark (the standard and premium package) will allow you to add marks to the photos. Once you have the general info added (name, contact info etc)
go back and add some smaller mark with wording like "post on Eccie.net" or something that would ID the site should the photo gets ripped off.

There are lots of techie guys on Eccie...do any of y'all know how to put a "digital watermark/tracer" on photos? That way the photo wouldn't necessarily have to have anything on it to obscure the image but it would still be marked as belonging to/originating from a certain person and you'd be able to trace all(well, many) of the places it's posted online.

Though even if that is possible it'd probably be best to go ahead and put a standard visible watermark on it as well just to keep honest people honest.

Allows you to trace where the photos is posted. Costs $100 is a plug-in for PhotoShop.

There are lots of techie guys on Eccie...do any of y'all know how to put a "digital watermark/tracer" on photos? That way the photo wouldn't necessarily have to have anything on it to obscure the image but it would still be marked as belonging to/originating from a certain person and you'd be able to trace all(well, many) of the places it's posted online.

Though even if that is possible it'd probably be best to go ahead and put a standard visible watermark on it as well just to keep honest people honest. Originally Posted by Leah Layada