by Szoboti » Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:41 pm
Ok
I can only speak for my self, and not on behalf of Phereo, and since i started all of this i do have a few things to say about how we ended up like this.
So as i mentioned earlier, my images were stolen from flickr and used on youtube and various websites. This started me on my hunt for stolen images. When i got tired went through Phereo, just to rest a bit and to look at good 3D. And pictures from rezans gallery were among the popular ones, so i looked at his gallery and i found it strange. I was already on the hunt for stolen images for days (originally for my stolen images) so i tried the image search. The image in rezans gallery was stolen, but we all know that now.
Earlyer I reported stolen images and phereo removed them quick. But now i stopped. I realized, that if i report the abuse and the image gets deleted, you guys might not have proof against rezan. So i went trough all of rezans pictures with google "search by image" and if i found a mach, i left a note under the original image. (you can see it on Flickr) In the end i was there with the list of 11 people whom rezan has stolen images from. I also made some posts on this forum. I wanted a better way to protect us phtographers and artist from people like rezan. As far as i see, the admins of Phereo do try to improve things for us. But more about that you can read on the topic: "reminder for all who post stolen images!"
With the list of the 11 people i found rezan have stolen images from, i started writing to all of you, and asked your help. Since i wanted you guys to decide to go after rezan or just delete. Later i realized, that to be able to push the "abuse" button, you have to be signed in. If any of you asks me to help, i am happy to do so.
So until now, Phereo did not have any firm evidence. I have not reported the images, just assumed on this forum, that they might be stolen. They replied: "All fraud images will be deleted once original authorship is proven." But i did not provide them with the evidence. I waited for you guys to see what rezan did.
They also stated: "We act on Presumtion of Innnocence: innocent until proven guilty." We do hold the evidence, so this is not a problem. Well, problem might be, that i did have the evidence, but i did not gave it to them. I could have reported the images days ago, and the pictures would be now deleted. Leaving you guys whitout a chance to act against rezan.