AWEmpire.com are thieves
 

They don't have the copyright to the Whale image in their banner. They stole this image:

http://dave.livesexengine.com/kepek/...0_whale_1a.jpg

is that a issue to you the image of that whale.......... is that you thats why you are reacting like that saying AWE are theives.....

LOL :)

please show more proof if this is a case

Yes, it's a very big issue. You can't just steal images that other people took.


We need AWempire to show proof that they have the copyrights to it.

You made the accusation , where is your proof ??:2 cents:

damn
 

lol funny. .

Are you stupid? What kind of proof do you expect?

I know the person who took the photo on his digital camera. And he didn't sell or otherwise release any copyrights to AWEmpire.com

maybe many fish in sea have a similar style and look

maybe he is taken of other one

I call bullshit. Proof or ban!

Really ? Post proof or be banned Idiot:321GFY

what proof you fucking retard? The photographer's name is Franc Gohier. He sells his works to various wild life / geo magazines. AWEmpire never licensed the photo from him.

:321GFY

it must be a cam model from there bbwhale section

The photo was stolen from him and copyright disclaimer edited out:

http://www.francoisgohier.com/galler...0macrocephalus

haha wow

world is small small place

it say much about how they feel on honest business

i say is naughty designer haha

links pulled

now jfk maybe eating hat or other covering for head

When i let Francois know that his photography was being used in promoting porn sites, he was really disturbed and mad. He said he would never license it for such uses.

Common Name: Sperm whale HAHAHAHHA just click the pics

Was the whale over 18 years old at the time of shoot? I want to see 2257! :)

he posted proof.....



what strikes me is that the old timers / dinosaurs in adult all defend eachother unconditionally because they had beers together at those useless shows and by doing this they shoot themselfs in the foot over and over again :1orglaugh

you have him post here proof ( the whale Picture dude ) and you have a 10 pager thread

Ohhh noz!

I doubt he will bother going through the trouble of registering an account on this board and participating in drama.

He did ask for help on identifying their hosting company so he could hit them with a DMCA first, and if they don't respond, a lawsuit.

Nico-t, its not a matter of bro brotherhood, in general I think people are a bit tired of accusations that are not real many times. Anyhow no need to fight with each other for nothing..

Regarding the pic in case, I am almost sure than if things are as -LOL- says, its a fault of an irresponsible designer....

In the past I personally had a similar mess when I was running an aff.program and got in trouble from a designer that used an picture without licence just because he liked it too much....

I dont think AWE or any other big company would like to get into legal trouble instead of spending 2$ in istockphoto or fotolia guys....No company takes this type of risks when licencing a pic is so cheap nowadays. If the use of the picture is not authorised I am sure AWE will pull it and handle it with the photgrapher.

In general its a good example that we all need to be more carefull, companies like Getty images have become very agressive lately( i know several people that got sued and it was just samples for work that was never paid or used commercially in the end...)and they are using pretty advanced online scanning software.

and he is an idiot...:error

why do u care

do you mean this shot ? if so my bad ...............

http://www.francoisgohier.com/galler... ies=Physeter macrocephalus

Blatently a different whale, the one AWE use is swimming the other way >.<

JFK: He posted a link to the guys site above.

OK problem solve now

please send fatfoo he can pick up new picture for marketing activity




http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5355/awegn.jpg

I saw it thanks cb 252 could be the shot they are talking about:2 cents:

That's just ludacris.

Designer will have just Googled for a pic of a whale and used whatever they found.

AwEmpire has not paid me for TWO MONTHS! They keep making excuses!

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh great design

two different whales. one has an awe logo on it. one doesn't. thread closed.

Glad to see this got worked out.

We have many accounts at various stock photo depositories that our designers are provided with. The license for the referenced image will be looked into and, if needed, will be addressed as soon as possible.

no shit...
I would take them on court for that...

or really? well i just happen to know that whale (name is Ted btw) and he never authorized Franc Gohier to take his picture for commerical use!

there will be a hearing at the international cetacean summit Nov 28th off the Makena Coast of Maui.

yup so true...

god damn rogue designers

I think you need to address all the AWEmpire affiliate NON-PAYMENTS recently, before you look into this.

I am the wahle in that picture and I do not appreciate my naked image being used without my permission.

Please remove it or photoshop some clothes on to me immediately.

- lol -

I don't think the picture of the whale is stolen. However, it is unlikely that they went underwater to take a picture of that whale.

looks like the changed the photo

i hope the new one is legit

Looks like they changed it afterall.