copyright

In a world where every photographer has to worry about their images being used without credit, perhaps the most egregious offense is when one photographer passes off someone else's work as their own. The Tumblr blog Photo Stealers is devoted to calling out the websites that have claimed the work of others, and publicly shaming them into removing it. And wouldn't you know, it's actually working.

It’s been called the next Facebook, and in its few short months on the Internet landscape, it’s rocketed to be the 16th most visited site. It is of course, Pinterest, and even your mother is probably on it.  But the social sharing site has been facing a lot of criticism over its use of photos without attribution or permission.

Who stole my pictures? is a Russian made Firefox plugin that adds a new contextual menu to your browser, allowing you to reverse image search for the photo across five major worldwide search engines.

You’re sitting in your easy chair, surfing the web. You’re not paying much attention, until you see it. It’s your photo, but you did not post it on this website. You can’t believe someone used your photo without your permission. Now what? The next steps you take are important to protect your rights.Make Sure That the Use Is an Infringement