Pictorial plagiarism? Practical profligacy, perhaps...

@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

15 Oct 16

It is an unusual shape for a postcard, isn't it?

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

15 Oct 16

@pgntwo I doubt if such a thing even exists.

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Unusual shaped postcards / myLot

@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

15 Oct 16

@Asylum In a roundabout way, I chanced upon this:

www.mylot.com

While on holiday in Lloret De Mar last week I chanced upon many racks of postcards, which is not unusual for holiday resorts. However, while cutting through the...

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23979)

• United Kingdom

15 Oct 16

I hope he is not rowing in circles!

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@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

15 Oct 16

He's definitely taking that tub for a spin...! :)

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23979)

• United Kingdom

15 Oct 16

@pgntwo

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@rebelann (117196)

• El Paso, Texas

15 Oct 16

It's obvious that the image on the bottom is photoshopped which makes me wonder of people could steal a photo from anywhere on the web and create a new image using parts of the one stolen and have it become an original?

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@rebelann (117196)

• El Paso, Texas

16 Oct 16

When given consent to use an image then there isn't a problem @pgntwo but so many don't get the permission from the artists which is what I think is totally wrong, it's like stealing a song.

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@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

16 Oct 16

@rebelann I have rewritten the post in light of further info gleaned.

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@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

16 Oct 16

I went back and read some of the comments on the photos in Pixabay - seems the photoshopped one used the image I attach to this myLot comment, and the photoshopper left a comment on Pixabay with the owners of the original images - so I guess it's ok! Ah well!

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@rebelann (117196)

• El Paso, Texas

15 Oct 16

Oh, just so's ya know, I don't do postcards, round or otherwize.

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@rebelann (117196)

• El Paso, Texas

16 Oct 16

I think you'd have to have the persons email or phone # @pgntwo it's the only 2 ways I know of to send anything to anyone .... now ya got me thinkin, do you know how dangerous that is?

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@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

16 Oct 16

Apparently you can send electronic ones these days... Dunno how that works!

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@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

16 Oct 16

@rebelann There are those, it seems , who live life at the edge... Give me a veil of anonymity and I am happy, thin and all as that may be... :)

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

16 Oct 16

Okay, I checked, the first photo has been published the first time on a Wordpress Blog the 28th June 2013. The one posted on Pixabay has been posted this year... they are both plagiarists.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

16 Oct 16

@pgntwo The one who was posted in 2013 is not the one with the glass, but the one of the man rowing. The name of the person who used the image in Wordpress is not the same as the one who uploaded to Pixabay. Anyway if nobody complains how can they know!? I found one of my photos some months ago on Pixabay.

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@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

16 Oct 16

@LadyDuck It does make you wonder how any sort of control on images could be maintained on the Internet! An interesting discussion this has been :)

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@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

16 Oct 16

I have redrafted my post in light of facts revealed from pixabay... Must take a look at the earlier version of the main photo that you discovered...

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Jennifer C

@jennyjoy (1957)

• Bangalore, India

16 Oct 16

It is an original mix and match.Thanks to photoshop we will see plenty of similar original work.

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Jennifer C

@jennyjoy (1957)

• Bangalore, India

18 Oct 16

@pgntwo That's right!

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Marsha Cooper

@marsha32 (6631)

• United States

20 Oct 16

I would guess if it's a free image on pixabay then you can do whatever you like with the image. From all that I've seen they have all said they are free even for commercial use, meaning we can use them places like here where we earn.

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