Pleione 2015

[Catwheazle]

Unfortunately, this is a great habit on eBay and not only from a seller. Joy of mine have also been reimbursed for their Cypripedium images display, and ebay notified nevertheless is "happily" carried on. The authenticity of the varieties often not true. I found there already Cymbidium pictures of my plants.

[Maggi Young]

Still people are stealing photos!  I am especially suspicious that such people are ever likely to sell the correct items.

I'd  contact them,  pronto, Maren - with an invoice for photo use if nothing else! 

[Maren]

I contacted them alright and asked them to remove the pictures. I also raised a negative comment on their website.  I don't want to be paid for the picture they misused, that does not address the misuse.

I just wanted to make sure that the culprits know they have been found out and whatever comes their way - they've had it coming.

[Maggi Young]

I wasn't thinking you'd want to be paid - just that it would be a shock to them to get an invoice for their theft !

[Maren]

Hi, one of the culprits has now withdrawn his listing on ebay, claiming that it has finished. This was after an ill tempered exchange where he claimed that he had not stolen my picture, he had found it....

The other, a German seller, sent me quite a polite message claiming that he received my picture from his Belgian supplier of Pleiones. I shall investigate.

I have also downloaded the ebay complaint form, which I shall post tomorrow. Apparently ebay has a process for dealing with theft of images, and it may result in the culprit being barred from placing further listings. Watch this place.

[Nova]

Three autumn bonnies: praecox var. reichenbachiana, Semeru and Barcena 'Sparkle'.

[Maren]

Nice pictures, Nova, obviously I am particularly pleased with Barcena 'Sparkle'.

[Maren]

Stolen pictures on ebay - the saga continues.

The seller from Germany turned out to be innocently using one of the pictures I sent to one of my suppliers for his photo gallery. Had I known that my pictures would be passed on to my competitors, I wouldn't have sent them. Anyway, the seller apologised and replaced my picture with another one. End of story ??not quite.
The rogue from York has been tentatively identified, however she keeps using my pictures brazenly and replies impolitely in very poor English.

Some you win....

[Catwheazle]

My pleone praecox.
This year all flowers are open :-)

[Maren]

...unauthorised use of pictures...continued.

I have since discovered that the very same picture of mine features as the company's profile photo on said Belgian supplier's facebook page, totally unprotected and capable of being copied by anyone.

What is it with people ? when I want to use someone else's photo I ask for permission and give them a photo credit. That's just good manners, isn't it?

So if you see this picture being used by any other commercial supplier, with or without the plant label, skilfully removed, you know that it's mine and it's unauthorised.

[Mark Griffiths]

Maren, that picture appears on http://www.gartenforum.de . Be warned I got malicious attack warnings when I went to that site. I couldn't see the image but TinEye says it is on thread

http://www.gartenforum.de/threads/89576-was-fuer-pflanzen-naechstes-jahr/

(TinEye is a small programme you can add to your browser, right click on any image and it will search the internet for copies. However if the image is cropped or reversed it doesn't work).

I then found the image again at

http://www.jardins-du-monde.be/divers/en/X1-Pleione-tongariro,-P11,-2-4-years-50095.htm

I found that one by searching google images - took me about 2 minutes.

 

[ashley]

Pleione maculata    a Chinese form

[Maren]

Hello Mark,

thank you for your tip. I follow up every suggestion, sometimes with success, mostly not.

I am beginning to feel sorry for the poor wall I am hitting my head against. Maybe I give it a rest for a little while.

[Paul Cumbleton]

The same person has now started taking my images too. And not only the images - she has copied and pasted the entire "cultivation" text from my pleione website into her advert! I have contacted her and wait to see the result. If she does not take this down quickly I will report her to eBay as what she is doing infringes their rules and policies for listing items.

[Maren]

Hi Paul,

I'm really sorry to hear that. Isn't it annoying! We take such care to create our cultivation notes. Everything is based on personal experience - they steal that, too. 

Please let me know how you get on. I shall follow in your footsteps.