Comments on: Stolen Photos, Stolen Lives

By: Elvira Black

Elvira Black — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:58:35 +0000

Is this like All about Eve, except in cyberspace?

By: akaky

akaky — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:25:53 +0000

You could, of course, simply call your habitual larceny research, or a homage to the people whose sites you are pillaging so mercilessly. You could always get the guys from the Capitol One commercials to help you; they look like they could stand a good bout of plundering before they settle down to a two story ranch house in the suburbs with the 2.7 kids, the wife, and the dog; the white picket fence is optional.

By: Introspectre

Introspectre — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:22:42 +0000

I, too, try to take the high road of stealing and at least only SAVE them, then print them. I think the pictures themselves should be clear enough that I didn’t take them, but you never know. And when I’ve taken it from another site, who’s to say that my crediting them is correct? They may have snagged it from somewhere else as well.

Argh.

I used to blog in MySpace, but the only way to use pictures is to hotlink them. So I told MySpace to screw itself.

I’m sure it cared.

By: Hope

Hope — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:45:29 +0000

Thanks Neil, you totally talked me out of putting Stephanie Klein’s picture up as my profile shot. I feel so much better now.

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:30:31 +0000

That last picture is from my Halloween party, I believe.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:38:37 +0000

How lame is that to steal other people’s lives like that? Blech.

What is entertaining about this is the fact that I couldn’t think of anything to post today, so there is a picture of me pouting. I’m at least honest with the few readers that I have!

Hilarious post as usual, Neil…
Thanks for the giggle.

By: kris

kris — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:10:37 +0000

That last one is a pic of me at a work meeting. Thanks a lot, Neil. I thought we were friends.

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:54:25 +0000

I wouldn’t even have a blog if I didn’t liberally steal photos from all over the Internet. I go a step further and combine copyrighted photos in new and offensive ways such as placing Dorothy Gale from “The Wizard of Oz” at the front gates of Auschwitz. Oy, when will the lawyers be calling?

But I’ve been on the other side of it, too, when I posted pictures that I took of my brother-in-law and also my nephews making a Quaker Oats commercial and started seeing those very photos popping up all over the Internet. I didn’t mind but some of the other people on those sites were appalled at the “invastion of privacy.” For all my Internet thievery, I don’t think I’ve ever used someone’s personal photos. However I’d like to do an annotated photo commentary of your wedding to Sophia, would you PLEASE post more of those great photos? (Actually, my wife and I are still debating whether those were real or stolen from someone else’s life.)

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:14:57 +0000

Blog identity theft. What will they think of next?

I didn’t do anything fun on Halloween, either.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:53:59 +0000

Plagiarism has been around for almost as long as the written word itself. But, in true blogger fashion, I’m glad someone has finally made it about the blog experience!