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Well it appears there are more websites who believe the forum to be a source of free stock photos…

On this page I recognize 3 of my photos and there are also a couple of Dreamer’s photos (all posted in the Grootkolk thread)

http://www.northerncape-direct.com/groo ... rness-camp

All but one of the photos on this page is mine that I posted in the Gharagab thread
http://www.northerncape-direct.com/ghar ... rness-camp

And my SO is starting to feel like a supermodel with his backside being posted all over the web….

http://www.krugerpark-direct.com/sirheni/sirheni-camp
http://www.northerncape-direct.com/mata ... ented-camp

There's even one of MY photos there! Satara Camp - two male lions with baboons in the background...
Wow, we've hit the big time

Registered at Enom.com...

As is Krugerpark.com. And the layout is about 90% the same, so I think the same owner.

Thank you for your quick reply.

Unfortunately for KrugerPark.com the story doesn't end there from my perspective. They have been using my copyrighted material on a commercial web site. I've sent them an invoice for the images that they have been using. Should they decide not to pay this invoice then I will unfortunately be forced to take legal action against them.

M.

Madach, you have my & probably a huge amount of other peeps support. I say, go for it.

I do think however we need to have a look at the peeps using this company, & maybe shortly the world will know they are probably peeps not even being in Kruger or KTp or, or, or.....

Go get 'em!!!

Well done, Madach!!!

A quote from the Terms and Conditions on the Accommodation Direct website (source)



Having a closer look, at the bottom of the photos, they indicate that the photos is copyright by SANParks….BUT……now the question, does the photos we post on the forum become the property of SANParks? No it does not. I love sharing information through my photos on the SANParks forum….but I don’t really like the idea that these photos then end up being used on commercial websites.

It is as Duco said
But "stealing" pictures from the net is very difficult to control and any
person being "clever" can steal from the net.
Its great being able to share info but its just as easy to steal

The question of where the copyright resides is dependent of the website you use to host your images. If the hosting platform states that by uploading the images you transfer copyright, or something in that direction, to them then it becomes a grey area. In my case I host these pictures myself so there is no question of where the copyright resides.

Thanks Madach …good to know this!!

My photos are hosted on Flickr and each photo is marked as copyright - all rights reserved…this should be fine???
I wonder how it works with a site like tinypic?

Thanks Admin! Copyright of photos is a very serious matter. Thanks also to Jumbo for raising this important issue, and to both Jumbo and Madach for providing useful information about possible loopholes depending upon where pix are hosted.

I do think that websites like krugerpark.com (and there are many others) that try to present themselves as being the "official" park website are very worrying and misleading indeed — particularly for first time and overseas visitors who won't know that SANParks is the official name of the SA national parks system. I'd thought that SANParks had procedures in place to prevent the use of such misleading domain/website names?

They do, look at this notice.
Unfortunately some sitenames had been registered before that date...

Thanks, DQ. Too bad aout those who registered names prior to I suppose that there is no "retroactive" legal recourse?

It appears the photos have now been removed from the Krugerpark.com site….a BIG for Nedret ….or was it the prices Madach charged them

Still, Madach probably drew clientel for them with his pic's as well as the other guys, compensation is needed.

Well done Jumbo for picking this up, & "Nobody messes with the NED"S"