Using pics from my site

Keith Webb · #1 19-12-11, 03:23

My attention was drawn to this site where some of my images have been posted without permission:

They didn't even get the place name right.

Does anyone know whose site it is? I don't remember being asked.

I generally don't mind giving permission for others to use my images when I have been asked and proper accreditation has been made.

This is the page they were 'lifted' from: http://oldcmp.net/yotcv_1.html

2nd AIF · #2 19-12-11, 04:19

Thats Col's website, contact him at

Col Filtness
stallchange@yahoo.com

http://www.centurion-mbt.com/

Keith Webb · #3 19-12-11, 04:56

Thanks for that Tony.

lynx42 · #4 22-12-11, 07:45

Keith, I agree that you should be asked before photos from your site are used on another without any credit, But I am glad I followed up the link and discovered the great research and facts on the Australian Centurian Tanks that Col has put together.

All 143 Cents. are now accounted for, I believe, and that would have been a mamouth task.

RegardsRick.

Keith Webb · #5 22-12-11, 09:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by lynx42

Keith, I agree that you should be asked before photos from your site are used on another without any credit, But I am glad I followed up the link and discovered the great research and facts on the Australian Centurian Tanks that Col has put together.

All 143 Cents. are now accounted for, I believe, and that would have been a mamouth task.

RegardsRick.

Yes he's done a great job there and he contacted me to explain the photos had been forwarded to him by someone else who didn't say where they had come from.
He has also republished them with a credit on a newer site as he can't access the old one.

Phil Waterman · #6 22-12-11, 15:49

Hi Keith

Yes it is a little strange when you are looking around the web to suddenly find your own pictures on somebody else web site, some times with attribution often without.

Must admit that until recently that I started being more meticulous about documenting where I found photos. Only time I used to be very careful to label the source of photos was when somebody sent photos and asked that I not copy or distribute them. Those I keep in a separate file in the computer with each marked as read only no copy. But more recently I started making better notes on photos I find on the web and save. My reason was more selfish than wanting to give proper attribution. It started to drive me crazy when I have a picture in my files and I can't remember or find the source.

The statistics and tracking software that tracks my web site provides some interesting things beside how many people viewed what. One of the features I find interesting is Links from an external page (other web sites except search engines) it tells me how many, today it is 433 links but I can also look at the full list of sites and just click on the site and it will connect me.

There are some strange web sites that have linked to my site, but one of the strangest was Disney World was linked to my site for years because I had used the phrase Beauty and the Beast.

Cheers Phil