Is it really OK for other sites to use pictures from POE?

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Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 16:02 on 6th February 2010 It does appear that from the pictures posted at 21:58, every photo that has been resized to 500 pixels across is from Poe, as so far, all of the random ones chosen---besides my 5----all use Poe picture numbers when you come to save them. EXIF data has also been removed. Plus, of course, those previous too prior to this lot. Edited by: Paul Hilton at:6th February 2010 16:05 My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA	quotePosted at 16:27 on 6th February 2010 Cathy: Maybe we should start referring to you as "Hawkeye" in honour of your fine observation skills! Great job exposing this photo thief! It will be interesting to see how long the POE photos remain on robhood's page once complaints are sent to the host website. I suspect that most of those photos have been lifted from other websites as well. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Sally Birch Posts: 292 Joined: 13th Feb 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 16:37 on 6th February 2010 Not a good situation, but in the first place perhaps we should await comment from Chris and Sarah so that should we need to take action individually we can all sing from the same hymn sheet. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
poe Posts: 1132 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England	quotePosted at 17:03 on 6th February 2010 Thanks for pointing this out Cathy. The matter is now in hand and we will update you all ASAP. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa	quotePosted at 17:35 on 6th February 2010 I am not sure that I fully understand this, but may I suggest that not too many of us visit this "infamous" site, doesn't it improve his "ratings," the more hits or visits his site gets the better his chances of jumping up the google rankings therefore the sooner his site is shown on a google search and therefore the better his chances of visitors. Can any one put me right on this? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
James Prescott Posts: 25952 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK	quotePosted at 22:42 on 6th February 2010 there are a lot of really good pics on this site they must be very tempting for anyone to poach. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Stephanie Jackson Posts: 3911 Joined: 13th Apr 2008 Location: UK	quotePosted at 06:56 on 7th February 2010 Well spotted Cathy! What an invaluable member to our family you have become already! He has nicked some of mine too - think that's why he is calling himself "Rob Hood" after Robin Hood or Robbin something else!!! By the way Chris & Sarah - I wasn't impressed with that site at all - I got bored even looking for my own photos! Our POE is far superior!!! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Sally Birch Posts: 292 Joined: 13th Feb 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 22:33 on 7th February 2010 When I first found POE I was impressed by the regular contributors who appeared to give their time energy and photos freely and without thought of reward to make this an extraodinary site and I decided that this was for me. In the last few days we have come across what I would describe as two bad internet apples, Noddy and Rob Hood, could they be brothers I wonder. Love to all my POE friends I look forward to continuing a mutually rewarding relationship My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Jason T Posts: 7421 Joined: 14th Apr 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 01:16 on 8th February 2010 Itwould seen so wouldn't it Sally! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Cathy E. Posts: 8474 Joined: 15th Aug 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 01:22 on 8th February 2010 On 7th February 2010 22:33, Sally Birch wrote: When I first found POE I was impressed by the regular contributors who appeared to give their time energy and photos freely and without thought of reward to make this an extraodinary site and I decided that this was for me. In the last few days we have come across what I would describe as two bad internet apples, Noddy and Rob Hood, could they be brothers I wonder. Love to all my POE friends I look forward to continuing a mutually rewarding relationship LOL Sally!! They very well could be!! Or even one in the same!! Love to you too Sally!! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions