Comments on: TOI believes – Flickr is for flicking

By: Seema

Seema — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:28:44 +0000

http://kalyanvarma.net/journal/2010/02/11/toi-steals-cc-works/

Another stealing of creative commons work by TOI, but interestingly, photo being that of a professional photographer TOI has apologised publicly. I think TOI should apologize similarly for all the pictures above mentioned.

By: Twilight Fairy

Twilight Fairy — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:55:38 +0000

Kumar – yes you should definitely write to them AND blog about it, publicise it. Send a legal notice also.

By: Kumar J

Kumar J — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:41:52 +0000

Yes I have the emails and facebook messages. Atleast a corrigendum? or since it has taken them so long, compensation of some sorts?

By: Twilight Fairy

Twilight Fairy — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:29:03 +0000

Kumar J – do you have written proof that you allowed the usage of your pictures in return for credit? If not you cant do much about it. Maybe except blog about it. what do you expect them to do now? They would certainly not reprint it with credit.

By: Kumar J

Kumar J — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:13:43 +0000

Jan 13th issue of Mid-day Mumbai, took my photos off facebook and hasn’t given me photocredit. I was contacted by the reporter doing the story and I specifically said give me photo credit. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in the country at the time this happened. I have already written two emails, both ignored. I don’t know what to do further

By: rush

rush — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:13:41 +0000

One more case here.
U got to read it, your advice maybe helpful to the poor guys who are robbed by TOI.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/photographersatpune/discuss/72157623452055712/

By: Twilight Fairy

Twilight Fairy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:17:55 +0000

arundhati – get in touch with their marketing department and demand compensation. It works, believe me.

spread the word like anything.

By: Twilight Fairy

Twilight Fairy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:16:51 +0000

Raaga more than it being unethical it’s about it being illegal.

By: Raaga

Raaga — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:37:08 +0000

What can one say? Folks can be so insensitive

By: Deccan Chronicle uses images without permission « Escapades

Deccan Chronicle uses images without permission « Escapades — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:44:30 +0000

[...] is a blogpost by Twilight fairy that talks of how she dealt with her pictures being published without permission. the issue has [...]

By: arundati

arundati — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:19:56 +0000

this morning i saw a picture of mine from my flickr photostream used to accompany a recipe in Deccan Chronicle in their hyderabad TV supplement…. i’ve written to the editor and am awaiting a response.twilight fairy, might need your help here…

By: Presentation - Copyright Infringements in India « Uni Blog

Presentation - Copyright Infringements in India « Uni Blog — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:01:49 +0000

[...] too, thereby deterring even those against whom injustice has been committed. As expressed by an enraged blogger who found her pictures in a national daily, ‘Ms. Poonam singh (the editor of the daily) clearly [...]

By: onlinemf

onlinemf — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:34:51 +0000

‘Pirates of India’ is what TOI needs to be called as. As I can read in the comments above there are many Johnny Deep in that organisation.

By: Twilight Fairy

Twilight Fairy — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:51:06 +0000

Akp – NDTV seems to be becoming the new anti bloggers thing these days. Well nothing new.
For all thieves the rules are the same – please do write to them via email or fax or best – registered post. Ask them to pay up and give you credit, failing which you will go to court. Stick to your claim and you’ll get whatever you ask for.

Also please join this mailing list and share your experience. – http://groups.google.com/group/say-no-to-plagiarism/

By: akp

akp — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:26:25 +0000

NDTV did the same thing to me…

I don’t even know where to start complaining.. or whom to contact to get them to at least give me credit for using my photograph.

http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/lifestyle/News_Details.aspx?SubcatDetails=Features%2c407

By: sandeep

sandeep — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:49:53 +0000

thnx for taking this up for all of us … had u not called, i may not have even knows! till today i was generous with photos i’ve taken and granted permissions to whoever asked. but they cant even ASK!

atleast, i am putting a watermark in all my pictures

By: Tarun

Tarun — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:31:23 +0000

at least you are in India and came to know about this, there might me more such cases where blogger outside India will never know if his or her conent is being used by these media people. That’s good you fought and won. Three cheers for you.

By: Photo Plagiarism | DesiPundit

Photo Plagiarism | DesiPundit — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:00:22 +0000

[...] Shamit Bagchi catches DNA India (Bangalore edition) in the act of plagiarizing his photographs. I suggest he or any other blogger with similar complaints contact Twilight Fairy who successfully managed to get Times of India to pay for using her photographs. [...]

By: Ankur Thatai

Ankur Thatai — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:46:11 +0000

Hi TF,
Today same happened with me… Dainik Jagran Publish my picture without informing and my permission.
I dint make any call yet, but I know I will not get any statement of satisfaction and justice.
Friend, tell me what is the legal way to stop this?
I will be waiting for your reply…
thataiankur@yahoo.o.in

By: Eivind Rohne

Eivind Rohne — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:55:06 +0000

Wow… Seems that my “exposure” of TOIs email caused quite a stir. With them…

The reason I submitted the content of the whole email was not to offend anyone at all. It was to contribute to the discussion, and to inform others how they have been contacting me. And the reason I wanted to do this, was partly because of the discussion going on here, and because I suspect this email have been sent to not just me, but a “few selected” (or “a lot” as we call it here up north…) others as well. If you read the email, the content doesn’t seem very confidential or personal at all. Maybe it’s just me, but everytime I receive an email from someone I a)Don’t know, or b)Haven’t got a professional relationsship with already, and they start their emails with the oh’so personal and jolly “Hi There”, I get suspicious. An opening line like that sets off a few alarm bells, and I start thinking about all the emails starting with “You have just won $50.000.000″. In other words, I’m just not buying it.

The fact is that TOI have been sending me emails with almost identical content several times the last year, and I have answered them a few times in the beginning as well. As a professional photographer and a business proprietor, I receive everything from Nigeria scams; emails from people who doesn’t really want to get in touch with me – but keep hoping someone takes their bait; to people promising the world to get their hands on some good photography – preferably for free. Or less… My two cents…