Being accused of stealing my own images Anything goes · Jan Erik Vallestad · ... · 6 · 531 · 4

JanvalFoto 4.51
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Occasionally we get threads about people stealing images, but has anyone else experienced being accused of doing so themselves? Accused of stealing your own images that is.

Today I found a message on IG, apparently from a Spanish throwaway account(?), where I found such accusations and from what I understand I had been reported. I'm not speaking Spanish, but I can use a translator which I suppose will get it roughly correct. I'm not that worried, I have a link to my AB profile on almost every image as well as on my profile etc. But the audacity surprised me.



I'm not sure whether this particular user is a real account or not, but it showed up with zero interactions/posts when I first reviewed it. After I responded with my own report due to false accusations it seemed to be gone (or I'm blocked):


At this point any attempts to visit his page comes back with an error saying the page is unavailable or removed. Either way I thought I'd post a warning in case anyone could check up on this account, maybe this person is the one actually stealing images. Perhaps others have been contacted as well.
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adrian-HG 0.00
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haha just ignore him 

i recently see and spanish youtuber being accused  by the same man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhdpCucCWxw
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TiffsAndAstro 1.81
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Occasionally we get threads about people stealing images, but has anyone else experienced being accused of doing so themselves? Accused of stealing your own images that is.

Today I found a message on IG, apparently from a Spanish throwaway account(?), where I found such accusations and from what I understand I had been reported. I'm not speaking Spanish, but I can use a translator which I suppose will get it roughly correct. I'm not that worried, I have a link to my AB profile on almost every image as well as on my profile etc. But the audacity surprised me.



I'm not sure whether this particular user is a real account or not, but it showed up with zero interactions/posts when I first reviewed it. After I responded with my own report due to false accusations it seemed to be gone (or I'm blocked):


At this point any attempts to visit his page comes back with an error saying the page is unavailable or removed. Either way I thought I'd post a warning in case anyone could check up on this account, maybe this person is the one actually stealing images. Perhaps others have been contacted as well.


You need to hand yourself into the nearest police station immediately and plead guilty.
Then sentence yourself to 6 months of clear skies.
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JanvalFoto 4.51
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TiffsAndAstro:
You need to hand yourself into the nearest police station immediately and plead guilty.
Then sentence yourself to 6 months of clear skies.


Will do, as long as those 6 months can take place at La Palma 
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JanvalFoto 4.51
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haha just ignore him 

i recently see and spanish youtuber being accused  by the same man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhdpCucCWxw

I gave the video a look. With subtitles mind you  What's funny is that this youtuber received his "harassment" due to an image of the same object I recently photographed and posted myself (WR134). What a strange encounter.
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AlvaroMendez 5.72
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This person is not in his right mind. Same thing has happened to other people before, being accused by this man of having stolen his images.
Do not worry and pay him no mind.
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Funny. His name is Jose Jimenez, the stage name of comic Bill Dana, popular on US TV in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Hmm…
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