[Closed] My turn to be a bit miffed - Some git nicking my pics!!!!

That sucks mate 🙁

Isn't plagiarism the sincerest form of flattery ?

Malt loaf tastes horrible anyway.

Sponging-Machine - Member
Malt loaf tastes horrible anyway.

Are you insane?

Isn't plagiarism the sincerest form of flattery ?

Yes, I suppose it is Simon. Good point. 🙂

Still miffed though. 😕

it's not right for them to do it, but it'll happen unless you alter settings on flickr to prevent it

Have you mailed soreen about it?

Use photo bucket instead, and make the photos private. Also, seems to link better to this site and isn't owned by BT

Making the photos private sort of defeats the purpose doesnt it?

I've just mailed Soreen - asking who took the photos

Their reply

Hi Keith,

Many thanks for your email. I’m not sure which photos you are referring to; I presume the Soreen snapshots on our website and blog? These photos are actually sent in by our fans, so if you have any Soreen snapshots of your own, please feel free to contact me directly and I can post them onto our site www.soreen.com.

Best regards,

Katherine

So Peter - apparently you're a "fan"

I would contact them and make sure you get some freebies. Some outdoor clothing company used a picture my business partner took and when he spoke to them about it he got a free waterproof.

A bit wrong though.

Ask them what procedures they have in place to ensure that people sending in images have authority/copyright on the images they submit...

Have you mailed soreen about it?

Yes, as we speak.

Making the photos private sort of defeats the purpose doesnt it?

Yes, it does. I take photos because I like to, it's fun. I give them away to anybody who asks, mates etc.
But I've recently discovered that people are willing to buy mine (I'm cheap!) if I put the effort in, so the last 2 events I've shot are all stored unseen and watermarked.

EDIT
It's bloody hard work editing the nearly 800 shots I took yesterday...!

Ask them what procedures they have in place to ensure that people sending in images have authority/copyright on the images they submit...

same question re STW ? Answer: there are none 🙂

Use photo bucket instead, and make the photos private. Also, seems to link better to this site

aren't these mutually exclusive and what does "link better to this site" mean ?

same question re STW ? Answer: there are none

If you really kick up a fuss you could probably get a couple of free malt loaves out of them.

This is an increasing problem though. It's an unfortunate side effect of digital media that it's much easier to nick other people's work - and some people seem to take it beyond the widespread borrowing of content by amateur sites to actually passing work off as their own.

I used to run an online photo contest that received thousands of submissions a month, and we had more than one cheat.

There weren't even any prizes!

I suspect "matt from leicester" doesn't exist

instead whoever put the website together nicked some photos to get things started - and put some made up names on

same as the bbc using production team/ production teams kids to call in as competition winners

instead whoever put the website together nicked some photos to get things started - and put some made up names on

Good point. So why not just ask me? One of the bands at BBB asked me, and I said yes. I thought that was just good manners. Everyone's happy.

I don't want freebies. I just want my name at the bottom of the pics, please.

Just had a reply.....

[i]"Hi Peter,

Thank you for getting in touch, I will request that this be updated as soon as possible.

If you have any other feedback or Soreen snapshots that you wish to share with us, please get in touch with me directly.
"[/i]

8)

I just want my name at the bottom

just get someone to draw it on with felt pen, then you have an excuse to drop your pants :o)

"Hello, who are you?" - drop, bend...

matt from leicester is an anagram of malt loaf is delicious.

matt from leicester is an anagram of malt loaf is delicious.

well spotted!

Matt from Leicester is an anagram of

Treacles Fitter Mom

mmmmmm, proper yummy mummy !!

matt from leicester is an anagram of malt loaf is delicious.

well spotted!
is an anagram of malt loaf is delicious.

well spotted!

I think it actually says "Matt, Leicester" on the website......

And it's not anyway: 'Malt Loaf is delicious' has 3 'L's, 'matt from leicester' only has one........

Tits Rectal Free Mom

[i]And it's not anyway: 'Malt Loaf is delicious' has 3 'L's, 'matt from leicester' only has one........ [/i]

Well... DUH!

and "Odd Peep Try" is an anagram of Peter Poddy ...

And it's not anyway: 'Malt Loaf is delicious' has 3 'L's, 'matt from leicester' only has one........

I must be really stupid is an anagram of DezB

There's no 'd' in Matt from Leicester... 🙄

Bedz.

I got it!
Malt crime to fester :-0

if it's any help, had I taken those shots I'd have prefered Matt from Leicester to have claimed responsibility...

would seeing your name on 2 (not very spectacular) photos on a cake website viewed, by, oh, maybe ten's of people, really make you happier?

😆 Simon's funniest post ever?

malt loaf is delicious - LIES!

I suspect PeterPoddy is actually a Secret Soreen Agent, and has made this post purely to remind everyone of the greatness of malt loaf.

I really, really fancy some malt loaf now. :/

I suspect PeterPoddy is actually Matt from Leicester

if it's any help, had I taken those shots I'd have prefered Matt from Leicester to have claimed responsibility...

I was gonna ignore that, but I'm not going to because that's the sort of mood I'm in.

Those were just snapshots of something that happened, no more, no less. I never, ever imagined they would be so publicly displayed, and indeed I'm not even the one responsible for getting them displayed on that website.

Simon, I've looked at pics you post on here many, many times. And if they've been good I've sometimes said so. But otherwise, I hold my tongue.

Next time, I'm not going to be so gracious, because lets be honest here, a lot of your stuff is the same old shots repeated over and over and over, with an expensive camera set on automatic.
No skill, no thought, no better than mine.

Finally this thread is getting interesting.

FIIIIIIGGGHHHTTTT!

Simon, I've looked at pics you post on here many, many times. And if they've been good I've sometimes said so. But otherwise, I hold my tongue.

sorry Pete old lad, I was teasing you, not meaning to be hurtful - but if I post crap by all means let me know

lets be honest here a lot of your stuff is the same old shots repeated over and over and over, with an expensive camera set on automatic. No skill, no thought, no better than mine.

and did I ever say any different? Just like we do the same old rides over and over again over the same old mountains with the same old people. And for that matter I've found that enthusiasm is a great substitute for skill, same as on the bike 🙂

PP - that email response is pathetic - they are breaking the law. I would get a screengrab printed out before they make any changes, then send in a reasonable invoice for use of the images.

My pics get nicked all the time, but only for Facebook profile pics and the like - certainly not for commercial useage.

Simon, sorry. My normal 'chilled' state of mind has already been raised by this to 'miffed' and you pushed me up to 'defensive' with that.

Apologies, no hard feelings, eh. 🙂

Finally this thread is getting interesting.
FIIIIIIGGGHHHTTTT!

No, I've met PP and he's a nice bloke, much nicer than me, and doesn't deserve to have me suggesting he get his name written on his bottom or that his photos of people queuing for soreen are not magnificent 🙁

you pushed me up to 'defensive' with that.

my bad 🙁

I suspect PeterPoddy is actually Matt from Leicester

I can confirm this. Although it's only partly true. It's actually "Susan from Leicester".

[I]Defeats the purpose doesnt it?[/I]

I meant make it un downloadable, still visible though

I meant make it un downloadable, still visible though

aint no such thing!

[edit] unless it's presented in Flash, which makes it harder to grab

Just followed your link to the Soreen site, the pictures
are now credited to 'Peter Aitken, unknown'.

are now credited to 'Peter Aitken, unknown'.

not when I try, and surname still wrong it seems 🙁

Next time, I'm not going to be so gracious, because lets be honest here, a lot of your stuff is the same old shots repeated over and over and over, with an expensive camera set on automatic.
No skill, no thought, no better than mine.

But does your camera do 8fps in burst mode? Because otherwise it's useless. 😉

are now credited to 'Peter Aitken, unknown'.

**SLAPS FORHEAD**

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I think SFB might have been right....

They can't even spell my name right when it's at the bottom of a bloody email.

I give up.

i got my pics in the same Rough ride guide as SFB and my name was wrong on every pic
🙁

n'mind though eh? Life's too short

What a fuss over a rather nice Malt loaf made by Warburtons Family bakers,who really cares who took the pictures,only the one with the camera possibly.

No skill, no thought, no better than mine

No birds arses in your ones though.

What a fuss over a rather nice Malt loaf made by Warburtons Family bakers,who really cares who took the pictures,only the one with the camera possibly

And any one who minds that someone took something and said it was theirs, when it wasn't. AKA theft.

IMO

The very least is to properly credit you
If they had an iota of manners, they would ask permission first and respect a "no"

justifiably miffed

AKA theft.

except Peter still has the original, so he only lost the marginal kudos of having his shot correctly attributed on a not very well known site for a short while before it was corrected. Perhaps merely a misdemeanour ?

they would ask permission first and respect a "no"

except not even the original posting on Flickr contains any EXIF data to identify the photographer as being anyone other than Mark of Leicester...

annabananna - Member

What a fuss over a rather nice Malt loaf made by Warburtons Family bakers,who really cares who took the pictures,only the one with the camera possibly

And any one who minds that someone took something and said it was theirs, when it wasn't. AKA theft.

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Their image was taken,did you have consent to take the picture,where all people over 16,and did you have clearance from the organisers.

Their image was taken,did you have consent to take the picture,where all people over 16,and did you have clearance from the organisers.

you don't need such permission, regardless of the age of the participants

My agent and my sponsors (Ginsters) won't be best pleased there are images of me gobbling (and winning the competition, mind) another brand of sport's candy.

Take it down immediately Pedro Poddy 😉

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DrP

Get used to having your pics nicked if you put them up online

http://copyrightaction.com/forum/uk-gov-nationalises-orphans-and-bans-non-consensual-photography-in-public

I can confirm this. Although it's only partly true. It's actually "Susan from Leicester"

i think you may be onto something there. anyone remember which race PP won at the BigBikeBash?

womens XC!! 😀

Hasn't anyone spotted that Peter Poddy is actually and anagram or WorldClassAccident - The viral mentioning of BBB begins!!!

Will there be a beer tent again this year, at the bigger, better, faster, longer, higher BBB? hhhmmm

Definitely Beer tent, definitely music, definitely bike stuff, definitely lake jump, definitely loads of prizes.

Probably and events schedule this year (last years greatest ommission judging by the feedback).

And for the first time ever, insurance!!! It won't be my house on the line this time.

Same prices as last year and same great atmosphere. Tickets on sale soon.

PS STW will be getting some info to put in there magazine this year so possibly less annoying BBB mentions on the forum

PS STW will be getting some info to put in there magazine this year so possibly less annoying BBB mentions on the forum

Less annoying mentions or fewer annoying mentions?

Not bothered either way really, just thought I'd ask...

Maybe even 'their' magazine...

Sorry WCA!

Beautiful STW response

Less of them

Possible less annoying

Their magazine

Stumbled across this on their own corporate blog from October:

http://soreenhq.blogspot.com/2009/10/bike-bash-09-soreen-eating-competition.html

No excuses about not knowing about them!

Less of them

fewer. Less refers to singular items.

http://www.gcse.com/english/less.htm