Stole my images...

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by cdx, Apr 3, 2006.

  1. #1
    Hey all...

    I helped my brother with his website. He sells online car sound systems. I took few shots with my digital camera, fix and design it in photoshop and few images we paid money to get it done by a proffessional. One of our compatitors is stilling images. He has a HUGE website and he still from everyone.

    I am looking for a software or any other online service that I can use some kind of a crawler to help me find all the duplications becuase I am planning to sue this guy this time. We had enough :)

    Any good tool for searching duplicated images between websites?

    Thanks in advance,
    Guy.
     
    cdx, Apr 3, 2006 IP
  2. frankcow

    frankcow Well-Known Member

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    why not just use google images, search for the filenames of the images

    if they appear on multiple sites, you will see that in the search results
     
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  3. mcfox

    mcfox Wind Maker

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    If your competitor is hotlinking to the images, replace them with an advert to your site ... or porn. ;)
     
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  4. cdx

    cdx Peon

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    I think in most cases people are changing image names, or if they use something like ImageMagic for uploading images - they get a new file name.

    I do not want to start checking 1500 images that I have in my site one by one and check if he got the same images. Maybe he changed file names ? I think If there are 10 images that he stole from me and I just saw 2, I think it will take me hours to find all of them. I am looking for something automatic....
     
    cdx, Apr 3, 2006 IP
  5. debunked

    debunked Prominent Member

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    a lawyer.........
     
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    cant you use hotlinking ban for your site?
     
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  7. cdx

    cdx Peon

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    He is not hotlinking. He is downloading and uploading the file to his websites...
    Sometimes he change a banner size image , sometimes he is downloding and uploading images as is...

    Anyway, not hotlinking...
     
    cdx, Apr 3, 2006 IP