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For Those Of You That Are Worried About Image Rights...

by Danny Cutts
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So some of you may know that I've had a few issues just recently with Getty images and a specific logo company who have designed logos for clients of mine and my clients are now being chased by Getty images for the illegally using their images.

I have recently been getting quite a few private messages about the situation and I have been telling people the usual things about the only way to trust images is if you take them yourself.

However I have found a neat little website which is a reverse image checkup.

TinEye Reverse Image Search

This may not be bullet-proof, but it does give you some idea if your images you are using are stolen.

Hopefully this will help you in the future.

Danny
#image #rights #worried
  • Profile picture of the author CyberAlien
    How would you say TinyEye compares to Google Images for finding duplicates?
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    • Profile picture of the author UMS
      Originally Posted by Escalate Hosting View Post

      How would you say TinyEye compares to Google Images for finding duplicates?
      I've been using TinEye since it was an early beta and on numerous occasions, I've used it to track down unauthorized use of my images.

      TinEye is much better than Google for hunting down copies of an image. Google image search is good for finding similar images.

      From the TinEye FAQ:

      TinEye finds exact and altered copies of the images that you submit, including those that have been cropped, colour adjusted, resized, heavily edited or slightly rotated. TinEye does not commonly return similar matches, and it cannot recognize the contents of any image. This means that TinEye cannot find different images with the same people or things in them.
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      • Profile picture of the author Chris Grable
        Originally Posted by UMS View Post

        I've been using TinEye since it was an early beta and on numerous occasions, I've used it to track down unauthorized use of my images.

        TinEye is much better than Google for hunting down copies of an image. Google image search is good for finding similar images.

        From the TinEye FAQ:

        TinEye finds exact and altered copies of the images that you submit, including those that have been cropped, colour adjusted, resized, heavily edited or slightly rotated. TinEye does not commonly return similar matches, and it cannot recognize the contents of any image. This means that TinEye cannot find different images with the same people or things in them.
        Maybe I misunderstood, but.... Google Image Search does/can do the same sort of search that TinEye can do. Just go to Google Images and click on the little camera icon in the search window....

        Now... if the question is "which one is better?".... I vote, use them both for maximum coverage.

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        • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
          Originally Posted by Chris Grable View Post


          Now... if the question is "which one is better?".... I vote, use them both for maximum coverage.

          cag
          Kudos to another "belt and suspenders" type...
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    I think the point is is to find the original owner....
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneymaker2012
    Awesome site mate, I searched few images it works great.
    Yes google images doesn't give any information about the original owner.
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    Yes very useful and as someone just said in a PM... its not bullet proof but does swing the odds in your favour :-)

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    • Profile picture of the author Tomwood
      Tineye say " TinEye does not identify people or objects in an image."

      This mean if a stolen image has been used as part of a larger image Tineye won't detect it. This rather limits it's usefulness.
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  • Profile picture of the author thatjc
    Before you choose images, you can use Google Advanced Image Search to find only legally available free images.
    Just use the "Usage Rights" dropdown list at the bottom and select "Free to use, share or modify, even commercially" option.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Originally Posted by thatjc View Post

      Before you choose images, you can use Google Advanced Image Search to find only legally available free images.
      Just use the "Usage Rights" dropdown list at the bottom and select "Free to use, share or modify, even commercially" option.
      The catch with doing this is that some thieves lie about having rights to offer. It's far from bulletproof.

      If you do this and get caught, ask Google to back you - then let us know how that works out.
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      • Profile picture of the author RobinInTexas
        It's probably best to go to iStockPhoto or Getty or one of the other sites and pay a little rather then worrying about consequences.

        For free, I have gone on occasion to 123rf.com, but I have yet to find a way to search the free images it's quite tedious to scroll through the free listings. But their prices are very low compared to iStock for paid images that you can search.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr Bill
    I've used Google Advanced Image Search and found watermarked commercial stock photos as well as professional photos that were never meant to be there. I was looking through photos of Sydney Harbor and found an awesome photo that had a photog's watermark so I actually contacted them for permission to use the pic. He said the image is certainly not free to use commercially so it's not perfect but it's a start.
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  • Profile picture of the author thatjc
    so it's not perfect but it's a start.
    Exactly so. Hey, did I claim it was perfect?
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr Bill
    No you didn't. It was a statement I was making based on my own experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author HustleAllDay
    When TinEye first came out several years ago it was the best reverse image search tool but Google image search is MUCH better. They don't even compare. I guess it can't hurt to reference both tools but I have yet to see an instance where Google image search can't find a result that TinEye comes up with.
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