Shane Gee Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 A new client contacted me today to meet for a new job. He told me he received an email from a company claiming to have done the work I had done in the past. These guys stole work from our portfolio and claimed they had done it. The problem is they had my details on their email. So the new client just gave me a call. I have a meeting on Friday to discuss the project and the new client said he would show me the email then. Really interested to see who these idiots are and how they could put such a stupid email together. Anyway pleased to get the call, quite a big developer, should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Wha hey, good advertising is all I can say!!! You should actually send the idiots a finders fee!!! ............or NOT!! Its never good when people steel your work, but you can always see it as a compliment! The only problem you now might have is that the client would expect you to do it for much less if the idiots advertised for much less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan.W Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 The only problem you now might have is that the client would expect you to do it for much less if the idiots advertised for much less. That is exactly what happens. Because of such people who only "copy and paste", kill the market. No actual work done by any of them. Many of them are new comers who haven't even paid for their software and are looking to make quick money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAcky Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Get a cease and desist letter written up. That'll scare 'em off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpompeu Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Something similar happened to me. About a year and a half ago a friend warned me that one image I did was in a software school's website as if it was an image of one of his students. I was lucky because this specific image were printed on an international magazine (BE Magazine, is a magazine for Microstation owners). I contact my lawyer and sued the school. Here in Brazil this proccess take too long, the court is about to end this and I'll probably win around 20k USD. Not bad at all for an image of a project that I did for my uncle for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold Sher Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 ...that kind of thing makes me really mad. I had previously people come to me for a job interview with my own work!! It was fascinating to find out what was the process of getting to the final product on my own work:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Gee Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 I am waiting for the meeting on friday to see the email before I contact these guys. Don't want to do anything in haste. But that is really funny Arnold, I am not sure what I would have done if someone showed me work I had done in an interview....so did the person get the job? HA! You must have been greatly flattered as Koper suggests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amer abidi Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 ...that kind of thing makes me really mad. I had previously people come to me for a job interview with my own work!! It was fascinating to find out what was the process of getting to the final product on my own work:D same thing happened to me about 6 years ago... initial sedated fury turned into flattery and, suprisingly, comedy as the interview progressed with me focusing on what techniques the guy used for my rendering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batfink82 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 http://tineye.com/ This is a reverse image search engine. Bascially you upload your image and it searches the web to find any identical images or even small pieces of the image. It can even work with images that have been slightly altered, cropped etc. A nice feature is that you can toggle between the original image and the searched image. We use it to find where our images have been used...............amazing where they turn up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic H Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 what a good tool. looks like no one is stealing my work allthough it is quiet smart and picked this paintover I did up! http://tineye.com/search/f643e6d06a359364aa9901c7892aebf167d44dae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyH Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I cant even begin to imagine what type of idiot turns up for a job showing someone elses work (aside from being very unlucky at choosing to interview with the original artist), I mean in the end they are going to have to produce to the level they interview right? Same as the morons showing work from soneone elses portfolio, in the end if they dont produce they wont get paid, and if they CAN produce good work, then why show someone elses?? I just dont get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archiform 3D Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 http://tineye.com/ This is a reverse image search engine. Bascially you upload your image and it searches the web to find any identical images or even small pieces of the image. It can even work with images that have been slightly altered, cropped etc. A nice feature is that you can toggle between the original image and the searched image. We use it to find where our images have been used...............amazing where they turn up! As usual lots of Indians are stealing my work and the Chinese sites are stealing my text. I wonder just how stupid these people are. They obviously have no self respect, morals, responsibility, accountability, etc. I have just created a web page on my site and I am going to list all of the people that steal my 3D work or text clearly as I get time, so this way when people search for them on the internet it will show how these people only steal work, they dont really do it. I am wondering if I should expand the page so we can all use it. It might help combat against these people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Do you watermark your renders? I'm preparing a new batch of demo/example renders for my website and I'm putting my website address in the lower right corner. I also put my renders into a Flash file, to slow down people right-clicking and saving my images so easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archiform 3D Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Do you watermark your renders? I do now. I created a nice command in Fireworks and resizes everything and then watermarks them. This has been slowing them down since I started - it's mainly the older images that dont have the watermark that are being stolen. Its a shame because I hate my clients having to see the watermark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bergeron Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Great idea, Steve. ps. Unfortunately, you have two errors in "unfortunately" on your thief page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihabkal Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 what's the big deal? they can't reproduce your work. plus those little freaks only charge $200 or less per rendering so they are in a sector of the market you don't need to dive in plus they work in their mama's bedroom or toilet! sad little freaks... haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwana Kahawa Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I have just created a web page on my site and I am going to list all of the people that steal my 3D work or text clearly as I get time, so this way when people search for them on the internet it will show how these people only steal work, they dont really do it. I am wondering if I should expand the page so we can all use it. It might help combat against these people. Seems like a bit of an idea (although I guess it could lead to a few legal debates between people). Maybe something CGarchitect could host or work with in some way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic H Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 tbh it seems like a petty idea. i would not dedicate a area of my site to taking people down a notch, its not going to do you any good and more importantly wont stop people nicking your work. but then again i suppose you are the 'leader in your field' and a 'true innovator' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwana Kahawa Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 tbh it seems like a petty idea. i would not dedicate a area of my site to taking people down a notch, its not going to do you any good and more importantly wont stop people nicking your work. I had the impression Steve was talking more about pushing it towards architects and potential clients as a 'check if the person you want to use is trustworthy' kinda thing, rather than just being petty...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 BTW, Gees... How did that meeting go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondon Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 As usual lots of Indians are stealing my work and the Chinese sites are stealing my text. I wonder just how stupid these people are. They obviously have no self respect, morals, responsibility, accountability, etc. I just found this tread. Steve, how about of working for you TWO months on the project, and then you won't answer to emails and messages, obviously for the reason you don't want to pay for the services you've ordered? After 5 years of solid cooperation, you decided just like that to throw away everything positive I've build about Archiform3D. Who are you to talk about other's moral, responsibility, etc? BTW, I not approve stealing other's work. No way. But that's exactly what hapened to me from Archiform3D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBell Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 After nothing but delays and shoddy work you dare post this? I had to rebuild so much on your work I should have started it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondon Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Steve, don't be sucha a liar. I've had to make 100 changes from original plans from the client, and you know that. I don't care if they give you 100 more, it's your negotiation with them and you didn't want to pay for additional changes from my side. Shoddy work, you said? 5 years of more than 50 high-quality detailed work, suddenly my work's shoddy? It's a damn lie and you know that. You're just avoiding to pay, and it's not your first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBell Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 This is hardly the place to discuss it, but I know how much time went in, how many things needed to be fixed. BTW, you never even sent an invoice for the work, so I just assumed you must have known the headaches I had. But I suggest you take this out of the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondon Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 No, this is right place for it, because you didn't answer to a single email in last 6 months, nor a messages i've sent to you. As for the invoice - we always worked with PO, which you never sent me, after dozens of my demands from the very beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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