Last night I was emailed by someone telling me that my photos were being used on another site. Typically I don't fight it, I know people are going to put my images and videos on forums and such. But when I followed the link and saw that the site is one trying to make big bucks on basically selling you the secrets about how to be the man when it comes to getting girls' feet, I was a little pissed. One image of Kellie and another image of both Kimmie and Kellie were placed on this site. That site is:
So, for all you other webmasters/photographers, be sure to check out the site and make sure they're not using your images to sell this. They removed mine and were quick about it. I just don't understand, since they're apparently selling how to have some foot game, there is no one able to get girls to do their own modeling?
Patrick
Posted by FootFugger (Member # 3098) on :
Weak Sauce.
Posted by Tyler D. (Member # 11452) on :
yeah that's a good point. it's got to be a sham. if they were truly able to get women to let them lick and sniff, then surely they would be able to get the girls to pose their feet so that they could post their own pictures instead of stealing pictures from webmasters on the internet.
that site smells of a scam. beware if you are about to spend money on their secrets. that's my advice
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
It is obviously a scam run by some loner...probably the sleazy dude with sunglasses in their top banner.
-Hal-
Posted by Beautifulfeetonline.com (Member # 13717) on :
DMCA notices with a cease and desist, I hope you sent them. Totally unprofessional imho.
Posted by nusuth (Member # 7372) on :
damn, thats pretty shitty. props to whomever alerted you tho.
Posted by Karnell (Member # 6647) on :
I heard some clips4sale site was selling our vids............virginpinksoles.com! Havent found it yet, but it aint right!
Posted by 2nd. To God In Power (Member # 23391) on :
LOL Dude with the sunglasses looks funny and shady as all hell. LOL
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
quote:Originally posted by Beautifulfeetonline.com: DMCA notices with a cease and desist, I hope you sent them. Totally unprofessional imho.
I just emailed them with links to the original copyright stamped images and told them I own all the high resolution versions, complete with model release forms and they took them down ASAP.
Patrick
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
quote:Originally posted by nusuth: damn, thats pretty shitty. props to whomever alerted you tho.
I gladly sent them a nice preview image from an unposted set of Ginger as a way to say thanks.
Patrick
Posted by goodguyneighbor (Member # 2824) on :
Looks like the entire site is built with copyrighted images plagiarized from other web-sites.
Maybe I should write a book and instructional video series about the myth of Goodguyneighbor.
Caption on the back of the box reads, "These few magic words will grant said user access to untold scores of female feet and affection." - John Brandler- Los Angeles Edition
Posted by Diddy (Member # 35114) on :
why pay for the same advice u can get for free here or your social circle..
a few magic words will grant said user access to untold scores of female feet and affection..
please..
confidence and what you say to women will fort the most part grant you success with a woman if she's interested in you
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
quote:Originally posted by goodguyneighbor: Looks like the entire site is built with copyrighted images plagiarized from other web-sites.
Maybe I should write a book and instructional video series about the myth of Goodguyneighbor.
Caption on the back of the box reads, "These few magic words will grant said user access to untold scores of female feet and affection." - John Brandler- Los Angeles Edition
I really figured that the rest of the images did not belong to them either. I sent them an email and they promptly removed/changed it - within no more than an hour at that. I would tell each webmaster individually, but I have no way of knowing where all those images come from. I expect the worship ones might come from the foot party sites and such. Got me. And just so you know, that image is also found on the Start Here link on their site too. It has a blackened background.
Patrick
Posted by goodguyneighbor (Member # 2824) on :
Hmm, no reply so far.
I guess my sarcastic humor was lost on you Diddy.
What I've noticed most after talking to several thousand random ladies is that upon first impression, most women are unable to remember what you just told them because they're more focused on your body language. "Wow, this guy is confident, handsome, smells good, and sounds like he knows what he's talking about." It almost doesn't matter what you say. That's why successful guys can actually make even cheesy pick-up lines work.
It is no doubt possible to learn how to become a successful male, but if these guys were really legit, then they'd surely have mountains of original content with no need to steal from other producers.
Posted by Robotron2084 (Member # 33263) on :
quote:Originally posted by goodguyneighbor:
Maybe I should write a book and instructional video series about the myth of Goodguyneighbor.
That would be interesting! Posted by Brek (Member # 28601) on :
I saw that pic, and thought it was yours. Then I zoomed in on the watermark they tried to remove. It said college feet or something like that, so I didn't say anything.
BTW Patrick..your work rocks.
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
Thank you Brek. They managed to blur out my copyright stamps, or cut them off the edge. Here is the main image that was brought to my attention:
As you can see (below), my image was reversed and then the stamp taken off. Apparently the image is still on their server since the above link still works too - just not being shown.
I registered to post a rant in their discussion forum, but I think they knew what was coming, and deleted the forum altogether.
I wouldn't be surprised if the entire instructional series was also copied and pasted from a well known source, simply substituting "how to sleep with women" with "how to score feet"
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
It's odd that you had this much trouble. I was simply nice and direct and both times was answered within a couple hours and the images down. Must be different approaches. I apparently got the "girl" Layla from their site.
Patrick
Posted by combine_hunter (Member # 39526) on :
Well, excluding the "links", those pages have been giving a 404 error for the last eight hours or so.
Posted by goodguyneighbor (Member # 2824) on :
"Layla" was apologetic, but hesitant to respond at first, probably because she feared a wave of webmasters knocking to claim their images after you spilled the beans.
In my case, the image in question had been used in banners and headers throughout their site.
Now they've apparently just deleted those entire pages altogether, even the contact page.
Doubtful anyone was paying a thousand pounds to sign-up for those boot camps anyway.
Posted by Wrinklesguy (Member # 732) on :
Wow that site is such a bogus sham..worst infomercial BS I've seen in awhile. I've had the same thing happen recently on Facebook where some Italian who doesn't speak english chopped and photoshopped {very poorly} my watermark out and claimed them as his. Problem is, there's really no internet security or reprocussions for this behavior..unless somehow you lock all your images on your site so no one can right click them...but what's the point of that?
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
quote:Originally posted by Wrinklesguy: Wow that site is such a bogus sham..worst infomercial BS I've seen in awhile. I've had the same thing happen recently on Facebook where some Italian who doesn't speak english chopped and photoshopped {very poorly} my watermark out and claimed them as his. Problem is, there's really no internet security or reprocussions for this behavior..unless somehow you lock all your images on your site so no one can right click them...but what's the point of that?
Funny story. A few years ago one of my models found a profile on MySpace that claimed to be her. That profile was of Carmen. The best thing was, however, that all the full body shots and face shots were Carmen photos from Soles of Silk. But when Carmen looked at the feet close up photos, they were some other girl's feet. LOL... Carmen called me and was bitching - not because they claimed to be her and used her photos, but because they put different feet up for the close ups instead of stealing those too. Carmen told me people used to tease her about her feet when she was real little. She asked if they did that because her feet weren't cute. I told her she was being dumb asking that after all the positive comments she had seen from this forum and through emails I had sent her.
And let`s not get started about Youtube, Flickr and Webshots....loads of our material is on those websites, often with our watermarks/logos removed and claimed as someone elses. I´ve also seen a few fake profiles on Myspace with photos of my barefoot models....it`s really weird and sick!
-Hal-
Posted by Mr. Mule (Member # 35514) on :
I was the first to start a topic on footworshipinternational I feel like the Perez Hilton of Wus
Well, at least we know they cycle the stolen content because I made several posts on your thread and even though I didn't check it out at the start, I did later and none of my photos were on there at that time. Guess I'll have to bookmark it and check back every so often.
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