TropicOrchidees.com use of photos - warning

[Paul Mc]

Morning fellow members.

On another forum that I participate on, it has come to everyone's attention that TropicOrchidees.com has taken many photos from members there and used them to sell his plants. In particular, I was asked to get in touch with Fishballs as the grower is using the image from a thread here by Fishballs for Platystele stenostachy.

Experience from the other forum people who contacted the grower and asked for their images to be removed was met with hostility and comments about legal action taken against the photographer for asking that the photos be removed. However, every single persons photo after contacting the grower has gone offline. The grower is also apparently watching the thread because as more stolen images are mentioned, the grower is removing those images from the website.

Please take the time to either go through the website and search for your images and contact the grower, or save a copy of your images in your desktop and drop the copy into Google search to see where your photos are being used.

[isurus79]

I've seen warnings about this website on Flicker. Its too bad that this guy is such a scumbag. I bet if he asked for permission to use the photos, a lot of people would grant the rights to use the pics. Instead he steals the pictures and gets angry when confronted about using other people's property.