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Offline Owen Foley

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #75 on: May 17, 2017, 11:40:21 PM »
Can someone check to see if ship_spotter68 is still showing our photos on Instagram.
I think I'm running out of luck with the idiots at Instagram and haven't been able to get them to delete any pix for a week.
Now when I try to see what he's showing, I just get Sorry, this page isn't available.
But I'm wondering if Instagram have told him my user name and he's blocked me again.

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #76 on: May 18, 2017, 01:13:47 AM »
Page not available, user does not exist.

So, I guess they've deleted him.

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #77 on: May 18, 2017, 01:48:40 AM »
Thanks ... that indicates he hasn't just blocked me again.

It would be nice if they have taken him off the air but they've been rejecting my reports for a week.
Perhaps he's changed his user name again?

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #78 on: May 18, 2017, 07:25:03 AM »
Congratulations for your persistence, Owen

Yes, he may well pop up again, though he may need a different ISP to do so.


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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #79 on: December 09, 2017, 12:34:13 PM »
There is a lot of instagram accounts stealing photos and not tagging the author. Just report them to Instagram and they will delete the photo. If they do it again, they'll probably get banned.

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #80 on: December 10, 2017, 05:25:39 AM »
Unless the content is from a large company, Instagram couldn't care less which is deeply frustrating.

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #81 on: December 10, 2017, 08:15:07 PM »
Hope you can give the names of this people albertig.
So everyone can check if one of there photos have been stolen

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #82 on: January 29, 2018, 09:33:33 AM »
Hi @ll dear shipspotter.

I found 4060 stolen photos in the Instagram-account by spanish user @perebisa
https://www.instagram.com/perebisa/?hl=de

All the photos were taken from Marinetraffic, but many, many of these photos are also uploaded from Shipspotting-member.

I could manage with 2 reports to Instagram that 85 of my stolen photos were deleted, but that guy continues every day with uploading.

Contact adress of Instagram for only copyright violation or fraud:

Instagram, LLC
Attn: Instagram Designated Agent
1601 Willow Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
650.543.4800 (Telefon)
[email protected]

Rgds. Juergen

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #83 on: January 30, 2018, 09:07:02 AM »
Hallo Owen;
Have checked on google the name shipspotter 68 and find a #shipspotter68 and ships(@shipspotter68) on instagram both active.
Kind Regards
Henk

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #84 on: March 04, 2020, 11:55:42 PM »
...aaand we've got another rising star on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/ship_spotting_greece/

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #85 on: March 05, 2020, 11:50:38 AM »
Thanks for the heads-up Vlad.
I'll do a bit of data-gathering (but I will be on the move for a few days early next week) and report back here. And have another look at the earlier cases.

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #86 on: March 14, 2020, 12:43:20 AM »
I've PM'd the 17 other members whose shipspotting.com photos were posted on https://www.instagram.com/ship_spotting_greece/ between 1/1/2019 and today - over 300 photos in all - and there are another 9 months uploads in 2018 not yet checked.  Hopefully some at least will follow Vlad's example in making formal complaint and getting them removed.

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #87 on: March 14, 2020, 08:38:00 AM »
Unfortunately as soon as one of these copyright infringers is stopped another surfaces. Sometimes the same one with a different account, or on a different website, app etc.
If you place your images on line you always run the risk of them being stolen and re-used, re-posted etc without credit.Mine are appearing everywhere and I have given up worrying about it. The choice is if you want people to see your images then you have to place them on line. Or you can take them and keep them for yourself or an exclusive group of trusted contacts.

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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #88 on: June 09, 2020, 06:54:45 PM »
It seems like the account of ship_spotting_greece has been deleted.


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Re: Stolen photos on Instagram
« Reply #89 on: June 10, 2020, 04:07:33 AM »
Instagram has started working according to the new set of rules, disabling accounts with specific number of violations within specific period of time, so maybe it's the case here.
I have reported this account couple of months ago, and Instagram's action was (unexpectedly) quick. Next time I've reported it for the same stealing behavior, Instagram gave me a little more trouble, but still deleted the content I've reported eventually.
It seems to be more difficult for the copyright holder to prove his/her case than it is for the shady instagram account owner to steal the photos, but copyright owners can prevail in the end (like in this case)...
« Last Edit: June 10, 2020, 04:11:00 AM by lappino »

 

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