meg_marsh Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Finally a chance to ck up on the site - Innovations and I am brain dead and having a wonderful time. Plus I have had to work on Miss Ribbit the last couple of nights before Amy leaves town - she is such a huge help!!! Her presentation for APQS maintenance was fantastic!! The weird part of my post: I went to webshots for a couple of people - including myself and it was too weird because my 2nd Asian quilt is being used in the advertisement section. On Linda Card's site it was superimposed on a mug, on my site it was something else. Too weird and I was so shocked. Has this happened to any of the rest of you?? Is what we post on their site open to their use in any way they want? I don't think I am upset, but it was a surprise to find my quilt some place where it really doesn't belong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 OK, Meg, that is weird. I went to your site and saw my quilts for dec 2007 album on mouse pads and other stuff that webshots was trying to sell. I did not see your stuff, Meg, on anything, it was all my stuff. Odd. So if you see my quilt on a mouse pad, can you buy that mousepad with a photo of my quilt on it without my permission? That doesn't seem right, like webshots is making money on other people's work. I can see them offering me a mug with my quilt on it because that would mean I would have knowledge of the use of my work. Has anybody else seen this on their webshots site? Or is it just me and Meg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg_marsh Posted October 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 so if I understand this correctly - I see my stuff on everyone's webshots & you see your stuff - and from that I would guess that each person sees their own stuff on everyone else's webshots site. How weird is this - some one is doing some major computing............ As to the purchasing - I would guess that they offer the product for sale, you select one of your personal photos - which is what you are seeing when you go to the various webshots personal sites. It is weird............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lym95 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 It doesn't seem fair, but I'm pretty sure that if something is posted without copyright it's public domain and free for anyone's use. If you create something unique enough that you don't want it spread far and wide without your permission, you'd should copyright it and even then be careful where the pictures go! And Meg, (and Linda) I think you should be upset. Someone is profiting from your creativity and art, and they're not even giving you credit, let alone money, for it. mrmargie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg_marsh Posted October 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Maybe not. Linda only saw her items, I only saw my items. So somehow I think they have programed the advertisement items to relate to your personal log-on. When you log on - that somehow triggers the advertisement to pull up a personal photo to use in the advertisements you will see. I don't believe my personal photos will show up for anyone else. Their personal photos will show up for them. Makes sense........... why would I buy a mug with some one else's photo over a mug with my photo. I hope other people ck their webshots and tell us what they see to find out if what I am saying is correct. If it is not correct - they we should be upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lym95 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 I know ebay has some kind of program to bring up things similar to stuff you've looked at as a home page, so it might be something like that. If it is, that's pretty cool! That kind of computer wizardry is beyond me though. It's almost like they're reading my mind, and THAT'S a scary thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore1223 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Meg, Are you talking about the part on the right where it says "Make lasting memories with your photos"? One of the quilts in my webshots is showing up there. When I clicked on the create now all it showed where mugs and things but no object had the quilt's photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore1223 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 I just went back to webshots to look at the picture of Sylvia's quilt and my grandson Dillon's picture was there. Too weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 When I went to Meg and Linda's webshots, I saw my quilts in their advertisement too. It has to be an internal advertising thing. I don't think webshots would sell our pictures to anyone on anything. They are just showing you what your stuff would look like on their products. You have to admit it's a simple, but effective gimmick. I think it's funny that some of the views they chose of my quilts were NOT what I would have chosen--like the back side of a muslin where you can't:P see anything! ha ha:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 It is just a marketing ploy. They want you to be intrigued by the thought of transfering one of your treasured photo to an object--after all, you went to all the trouble to load your favorite photos, so why not? It's like years ago when you had the baby portrait done and got the cheapie package deal, they would do a huge print of the nicest one and frame it beautifully--and then offer it to you at a "discount" price. If you didn't bite, they made sure to tell you what a shame, since they would have to throw the big print away. What parent could resist?--I couldn't!! Since it is user-specific and no one else is offered your photos on a mug, there is no copyright issue. I am sure the legal department at webshots made sure of that! Meg--I would love a mug with one of your quilts on it!! My birthday is in December!!:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyonden Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Linda, you are absolutely right. This is just a way to call attention to the products you can buy and put your pictures on. No-one but you are seeing your own pictures. I think it's kinda fun to see my photos on stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 HA! Wll I saw was just a plain mug until I logged in. Then it changed to one of the pictures from one of my albums....it was from the Houston show last year and was a pic I'd taken of the discription of one of the quilts I'd photographed. How funny! Looks like you have to be logged in to see it, and then you only see your stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 It is a marketing thing...I could see my quilts on mugs too...at first I looked at it and wondered how they got my customer's quilt on that mug...then I had a reality check and realized they were trying to ge me to spend more money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberta Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 I know that anyone can use a picture posted on the web. All you do is right click your mouse with the arrow over the picture, and you can save the picture on your own computer and use it any way you want. Or you can get the web address by right clicking, hitting properties and the address is there. If you wanted to use it somewhere else on the web. I don't know the legalities of it or if it is right, but, like mrmargie said it is in the public domain. I posted a picture of the first quilt I made on a yahoo! group forum a few years ago (it was done on a Janome and new joy frame) and I was surprised to later see my quilt on the newjoy webpage in there gallery . I have to admit I was a bit flattered but surprised that they could just grab it and use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Sew Simple Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 When you go to a webshots page and don't see your designs does that mean they don't like your stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birgitquilts Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 "When you go to a webshots page and don't see your designs does that mean they don't like your stuff?" Sylvia, That probably only means that you aren't logged in... Birgit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Well, I'm upset - yes, me the mostly calm person that I am......out of all the beautiful pictures that I have posted (LOLOL) they picked the one of my hand showing the shredded fabric on one of the antique quilts that I finished last month. They could have picked a photo of just about anything else, but why would I want that picture on anything??? As a marketing ploy, they flunked on me..... OH, well, probably wouldn't be buying it anyways. - - - - - -:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg_marsh Posted October 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Patty Jo - you will just have to let them know that if they want to use one of your photos so they can advertise something, they just D..... well pick a good photo or all bets are off....LOL:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 yes but it will change. Just recently I saw part of one of my quilts on Linda Cards site then I added some webshots and saw different ones. So I think we do each see some of our own. I couldnt' figure out how my quilt pics got on someone else's site either. jp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 No one can see your stuff on the ad but you. When you log on it links the ad to your pictures. No matter where you go in Webshots you will see your stuff in the ads, but only because you are logged on. Log off and look again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmiequilts Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Yup Kenna's got it right and it scrolls through your newest albums first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Yes it is just a marketing ploy, which, by the sounds of it doesn't work too well. Your images do not loose their copyright by being posted on the net. That remains with you unless you put them on a site where their terms and conditions say you give it to them. Also images on the web are not free for anyone to use. You do need to ask the site owner for permission before using them. Copyright is still implied unless specifically given up. Ferret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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