I am shaking mad...

joseysbride

I discovered a fake online account of someone pretending to be me.  They had my photos, my business name, words straight from my blog, they were commenting and making friends as if they were me.  I know this has happened to many other photogs, and I am not going to go into it all here.  The account is down now, but I have to get this out because I am so angry right now that I could explode.

And before anyone starts telling me it's my fault for having my work out there, no it's not.  I am not the one stealing from others.

DandelionMom

Holy ***!  Is this on the nest? 

(((hugs)))

shopgirl78

Grrrr....I would be too.  My BFF (S Fisher photo) is going to court over something similar...blah!

kittycarr

OH
MY
GOD!!!

penguingrrl

That's just awful!  I'm so sorry!

breezee_bean

Soooo sorry=(  I cannot believe how much this happens. 

joseysbride

No, nothing to do with the nest.

amiamish

OMG- that is horrible and scary!! And I do not think that's your fault. How'd you find it? Was she making money off you? How long was the site up?

Sarah G Edwards

that bites!  I would be so mad and violated too.  I just don't get how people do this.  Lucky you found out!  Is there any way to press charges?

neesernicole

No.effing.way. I'm sorry M! How did you find it?

mlm1128

WTF is wrong with people?  For real.  Get your own life and stop trying to be someone else.  For god sake if you rlife sucks that bad that you have to steal someone else's, do something to fix it.  It's a better place to concentrate your efforts.

joseysbride

amiamish:

OMG- that is horrible and scary!! And I do not think that's your fault. How'd you find it?

You'd be amazed at what you can find when you google yourself.

goodheartedmommy

Wow. It's really scary.

npeacock

How did you find it? I would be beyond furious.

GrowingFamily

People are just sick.  Dispicable.

kevschickee2

Thats awful I would be pissed too

Kapalua

I'm sorry-that's really awful.

DaiLyght

holyfreakingshit!! thank god you found it!

amiamish

joseysbride:

amiamish:

OMG- that is horrible and scary!! And I do not think that's your fault. How'd you find it?

You'd be amazed at what you can find when you google yourself.

was she making money off you too? How long was her site up?

Angela814

That's horrible. I hope whoever did this gets in big trouble!

joseysbride

amiamish:

joseysbride:

amiamish:

OMG- that is horrible and scary!! And I do not think that's your fault. How'd you find it?

You'd be amazed at what you can find when you google yourself.

was she making money off you too? How long was her site up?

No.  This was just some loser who doesn't have a life.  She has talked with me on email, and even after I ripped her a new a-hole multiple times she is still making excuses.  I don't know how long it was there.

stacynikki

This happened to a local photographer that is also a nestie.  I don't think they were pretending to be her but they stole content from her blog and photography website.  It was more then one person that was doing it. She set up some kind of web program that tracked who was doing it so she could shut them down.  It's so awful that people have to copy content and steal photographs from other people to make themselves look good.  It was mostly people trying to start a photography buisness. 

Yodajo

That is sickening.  People never seem to stop amazing me at the things they do. 

Can you pursue charges against the person?  Did you confront the psycho?

DandR

i don't get the motivation!  (and I'm mad for you too!)  what kind of loser does this and why are photography blogs picked on??  Sooooooo weird!

camrude

I am so sorry! Seriously. WTF is wrong with people?

amiamish

Well wtf?! Still making excuses even after being caught? What possible "logic" could she put on this?!

 

joseysbride

stacynikki:

This happened to a local photographer that is also a nestie.  I don't think they were pretending to be her but they stole content from her blog and photography website.  It was more then one person that was doing it. She set up some kind of web program that tracked who was doing it so she could shut them down.  It's so awful that people have to copy content and steal photographs from other people to make themselves look good.  It was mostly people trying to start a photography buisness. 

I emailed her right away because I knew she had been through it recently.  I haven't heard back from her, but I know she is super busy right now.

 

DandR

amiamish:

Well wtf?! Still making excuses even after being caught? What possible "logic" could she put on this?!

 

this!  You should c&p her emails to you!!!  For our entertainment!!!!  I mean, if she can C&P YOUR WORK and take credit for it and crap..then you posting her ridiculousness would be fun.

becoming_untied

I am so sorry.  I would be fricking livid too. 

Good luck to you!  I am so sorry you are having to deal with this!  (And now I understand that strange comment you made in the other photography post.)

Amanda&Chris

I am SO sorry.  That is awful!

Jodi&Joe

You can sue her.  Well, I'm almost positive you can.  And  you can get financial retribution for any money that she potentially "took" from you by having this "business."

 

mamarazzi

Are you serious?!  That's awful!  So not your fault either -- it's sick and twisted for someone to take someone else's work as their own.

Bellisimo

That is crazy!  I've heard of that happening a lot though.  I'm always hesitant to even post sig pics here for fear of weirdos doing something with them.  Sorry that happened to you!!

joy143dh

That's so dumb of her!  Why would she do it? I don't get it.