Thread: Flickr: Discussing Off Topic - Photo Thief And Phishing in Flower Close-Ups

These are other photo thieves to watch out for. www.flickr.com/photos/42608264@N05/ www.flickr.com/photos/cdr_quaalude/ The member under the first photostream link I posted has been banned from another flower group I am the only moderator for. The latter photostream contains a set with stolen photos of the members of the classic rock band Led Zeppelin. Both thieves are blocked.

This was a lazy thief -- you even see the names are the typical flickr file names -- Seems he just uploaded his/her browser cache or something equally trivial PS : uploading to a group does not override the download / size settings (anymore). Just tried and on one of your photos I cannot see the all-sizes button. So the max size is ~500x500. I think early on, any group member had access to larger photos. Even as a group-admin access is...

I have only started uploading photos to Flickr in the last couple of weeks and it never even ocurred to me before reading this that someone would steal photos and post them as their own work. Its so sad, pointless and depressing but thank you for the warning (although with the quality of some of my photos I may be safe from tempting people into photo crime).

Wow...isn't there a way for flickr to stop this? Anyone know of a site where they can protect you?

waxwing27 click on the arrow next to "you" and select "your account" then "privacy & permissions" Chrisser Thanks for the tip. That person got a lot of contacts and photos on one day. Thankfully none of them are mine.

Thanks for the info!! How do I set to my contacts only so that they cannot be downloaded?

Thanks to Christina and others like her I found out that this person had stolen one of my photos - - my most faved photo on my photostream. I have already sent in a report, and I am encouraging everyone who finds a stolen photo on this person's photostream to to do the same. Thanks Christina for all your help.

"This member is no longer active on Flickr." good job :)

Good grief...what a jerk.....and what's the point anyway - of re-posting on flickr?

I commend Chrisser for her time and effort she has put in to alert us all about Photo Stealing.Well done !