Someone stole some photos off my website, and now is filing DCMA take down notices against my website claiming copyright.
That's the world we live in now.
I literally cannot just share my photos with the world without becoming a target for some complete arsehole. It's not enough that people try to hack into my social media accounts every day, or flood my mobile with scam calls, or try to rip me off when cancelling a tour... I now have to waste my life responding to this shit too.
Fkn nightmare.
Like it wasn't bad enough dealing with a certain shitty client this week who seems to think the best way to get anything they want is just be awful to people.
I hate this society. Any form of kindness is just a target for exploitation.
@ewen Just came across this article and wondered if it might be of help. I don’t recall you mentioning anything about link insertion demands but there might be something f use.
https://tidbits.com/2024/11/13/beware-of-copyright-infringement-link-insertion-scams/
Website owners should be aware of a relatively new scam email claiming that their site features an unauthorized image, demanding the addition of attribution and a link. At first glance, the message and supporting materials may appear legitimate, but they crumble under closer inspection. Here’s how to recognize these scams.
I've had companies try to shake me down for back links on my blog.
When I first started blogging on photography I'd get requests to place ads on my website, only they weren't ads they were actually carefully crafted JavaScript that loads back links to another website.
It was all very dodgy. And this was proper PR agencies, not even scammers. It's one of the reasons I have an ad free website now. Ads destroy the internet.
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