Yet another dishonest use of stolen photos...

[M. A. C. Newsome]

It was brought to my attention today that one of my own photographs was being used to advertise goods from.... well I don't really need to tell you where they are from, do I? The same location that always is the culprit when people report stolen photos being used for false advertising.

In this case the company's name is D. Z. Music and the image in question is one of my in my Harris Tweed sherrifmuir doublet. Here is the offending page:
http://www.dzwmusicco.com/index/sher...l-doublet.html

The doublet in the photo is my own, hanging in my closet as we speak. It is made from Harris Tweed cloth. I had a tailor in Glasgow make it to my specifications. Same with the waistcoat.

The buttons have been photoshopped, presumably to match the description of "arounded nickel plated chrome thistle buttons" on the web site. But the image is most definitely mine.

Here is the original.


Here is their version.


Note the link below this doublet is to a velvet doublet, the image of which is one I believe JSFMCLEANJR has posted on here before.

While there is very little I can do about this other than to email them demanding they remove the image (which I have done), I decided to post here just as a warning.

Folks, these producers of cheap imitation Scottish Highland Dress items from Pakistan do this all the time. The not only rip off designs from other companies and individuals, they happily use stolen photos they find while surfing online. I believe they troll sites like this and use Google image searches to find the images they use for their web catalogs. Why? Because if they showed images of their own products they would never sell.

I know plenty of people like to give their business to these companies because they can offer such a low price for their goods. I can only encourage you to think twice before giving your money to companies with this kind of business ethic.