That is why on any page that I have pics I put my name on the pic before I post it...so sorry to hear this...its sad when we cant display our work because of others...
On Sep 15, 6:54 pm, Maggie Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I sure hope everyone clicks on this post, cuz I admit I > don't have a witty, eyecatching subject line to entice you. > > Soooooooo..... > > I know it has been discussed more than once; the what do > you do when someone steals your photos thing. > > Well it finally happened to me. Yesterday I logged into my > Myspace profile and found a private message from one of my > friends. She wanted to give me a heads up that my pictures > had shown up on a major industry message board and were > being claimed as someone else's work. > > Well, since it happened to be the salongeek forums and I > happen to know that's a pretty popular and legit site... I > did, indeed, follow the link to see what was up. > > And low and behold! If two of my photos from my website of > my work weren't posted in a thread on "show us your > artistic flair" with the simple subject line, "just some > nails I did last night...trainig still in progress." > > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Well! I don't know if I'm more insulted that someone STOLE > my work! Or by the implication that the nails were > indicative of someone who is "still in training." > > Ok ok... so I have never posted over there before-- there > are just only so many websites one can keep up with at a > time! But I registered, quoted, and posted. Sorta took it > tongue in cheek. Nothing too scathing. Just a gentle little > "oh really? you did these WHEN?" type post. > > Almost immediately I got a pm from a moderator who saw the > post and was asking what I wanted her to do about it. I > thought it was pretty cool that she gave me the option of > having the posts deleted or left up for all the world to > see. > > I opted for making an example of the original poster. > > SOOOOOOOOOOO... today I revisit the thread and discover > that the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@&#!!! (a hem, original poster, that is) > has replied that SHE IS "MAGGIE!!!!!!!!" > > Ok... so now I am not just dealing with plagerism of my > work, I seem to have some crazed obsessed fan who has just > gone off the deep end and assumed my entire identity. > > I have since reported the post, notified the moderator, and > gone crawling to Deb for personal advice. (it's not Deb's > forum, she's not in charge, I don't even know if she KNOWS > anyone on the other forums! But I trust that she knows how > identity theft and plagerism work on the internet.) > > Well... Guess what I get to BLOG about next!!!!! LOL! > > Anyway... just sayin, anyone who wants to stand in my > corner and vouch for the real me is welcome to do so. I'm > feeling a little "weird" now... really? She says she IS me? > > I sure hope she really is in Texas. I'll be looking over my > shoulder anyway. > > Maggie Franklin, Nail Lady Extraordinaire > @ Attitudes Salon; Visalia, CA > AS SEEN ON NAILS MAGAZINE ONLINE!!http://blogs.nailsmag.com/maggie/ > AIM: Onykophile > "A mentor is someone whose hindsight can become your > foresight."http://www.nailsbymaggie.nethttp://www.myspace.com/nailsbymaggie --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
