Image theft is both morally wrong and also incredibly frustrating. As a photographer, my images have been stolen so many times that it now no longer upsets nor surprises me. Until recently there wasn't a great deal I would do about it, but now I have a great system.
For me, image theft is a fact of life. It comes in many forms, from the blogger who simply doesn't know better, to the ad agency that are publishing outside of the usage agreement. Both of which are usually fixed with little issue through a nice conversation. Then we have the stranger ones, there are currently a few photographers out there who are using my images in their portfolios, a few ad agencies far away in different countries who are claiming that my work is their own, and even a few companies offering prints of my images seemingly from nowhere in the world.
Dealing with these types in the past has been so far down my list of things to do. Dealing with people who are committing theft is never fun, there will be no reasoning with them and the time you will lose just really isn't worth it. I also find it to be a very negative experience, and I would rather spend that time and emotional effort in a more positive way of making money. That is until I came across this latest method and system that I discuss in my video. It both removes any stress from you, and gets someone else to do all of the leg work!
How do you deal with image theft?
I like the shortness of the video and your hair. :-)
I've been using the system for three years and I'm very satisfied with it. only pictures that contain nudity and then land on relevant pages are not tracked and the big platforms like amazon are also not tracked. everything else is solved really well and there is very little effort. all you have to do is upload your images once and then simply add new pictures on a regular basis. that's it.