Stolen dollydecay pics on myspace?? (Marshmallowmassacre)

[Dollylox]

I got a friend request today from this myspace profile http://myspace.com/curbstomp_candies

She is using this photo as her default:


I'm fairly sure Dollydecay hasn't changed her name so I think someone is stealing her picture, there are a few other photos of dreads which I think might be her own but perhaps someone else recognizes them..

You have to add her to see the other photos but here is one of them

The rest are all on the same background so were taken by the same person.

[Lorny]

I was just about to post here, I too have been added by this person, who clearly isn't Dolly Decay Dreads...

[Dollylox]

I have been doing some investigating lol

http://sites.google.com/site/curbstompcandies/

She has a couple of pictures on her site belonging to members of this board, TwiggyDEVOUR being one of them I know for sure.

Her other links-

Email: hothair92@hotmail.com
Ebay: http://myworld.ebay.com/gennifer1972
Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6491944

[kezerb]

The transitionals are deffinitley not hers! I remember drooling over them for some time just a pity I can't remember the maker

[Vicsarina]

The transitionals are deffinitley not hers! I remember drooling over them for some time just a pity I can't remember the maker

The brown to green ones? I know those too! All I can remember is that I think Tigerlilydreads installed them, but someone else made them.

Edit: I found what I was talking about... The picture is gone, but I think it may be Zaahn who did them.

[Marshmallowmassacre]

HUZZAH! It is now time for me to get really angry and shout at this crazy imposter....stupid people! Thanks so much for showing me this Dollylox I love this community for being so on the ball about other peoples dreads! I will keep you posted as to what's going down.

[luvplacebo]

Just noticed that she has aunty social's dreads on her etsy site as well

[Dollylox]

HUZZAH! It is now time for me to get really angry and shout at this crazy imposter....stupid people! Thanks so much for showing me this Dollylox I love this community for being so on the ball about other peoples dreads! I will keep you posted as to what's going down.

No problem sweetie

I hope the photos get taken down without a fuss and this doesn't become one of those huge dramas again! =/

[Dollylox]

:O the little B**** has deleted and blocked me from myspace!!

[Phoenix]

She's also stolen IKickShins colour swatches and some of Buyhair's to make her own colour chart.


She's added this to her dread styles page:

"PLEASE NOTE!: This are just examples of styles of dreads that I did not make! These are just on here for a example until I can make some of my own."

Well, if she's never made these styles before she shouldn't be offering them!
Whats bugging me the most is the brown and green trans dreads have a watermark on them but it's too small to see

[Vicsarina]

Well, if she's never made these styles before she shouldn't be offering them!
Whats bugging me the most is the brown and green trans dreads have a watermark on them but it's too small to see

I'm pretty sure they are Zaahn's... Just like with the blends. I think they are the same watermark, and the blends definitely say Zaahnsdreads.co.uk.

Edit: The WHOLE thing is stolen from Zaahn.

[Dollylox]

She's also stolen IKickShins colour swatches and some of Buyhair's to make her own colour chart.


She's added this to her dread styles page:

"PLEASE NOTE!: This are just examples of styles of dreads that I did not make! These are just on here for a example until I can make some of my own."

Well, if she's never made these styles before she shouldn't be offering them!
Whats bugging me the most is the brown and green trans dreads have a watermark on them but it's too small to see

If she has stated that then she obviously knows she's not allowed to use those without permission =/

I'm wondering if shes either on this board or lurking, because I think she has somehow gathered it was me that 'told on her', I havn't contacted her but she has decided to block me.. hmm suspicious ¬_¬

[dreadviolet]

Actually many of the color chart pictures are stolen and cropped from my website or our comparison pics.
(http://dreadviolet.com/tuotteet.html?id=19/)

[zaahn]

Just picked up on this and yes it does seem like this person has taken information and pictures from my website. I believe shes been spooked enough to remove my images from her website but a lot of my text is still present and I intend to contact her about this. I haven't seen the myspace yet however. Does anybody know what images/text she is using on it?

[Phoenix]

Actually many of the color chart pictures are stolen and cropped from my website or our comparison pics.
(http://dreadviolet.com/tuotteet.html?id=19/)

Ah sorry, I knew I recognised them but obviously got the origin wrong.

[zaahn]

I think she just used my dread information page (text and images) on her website, as she still links dreadviolets colour chart as an example of the colours she stocks.

I guess this was going to happen sooner or later but its still come as a bit of a shock to hear that someone is taking advantage of all my hard work.

Does anybody have any tips on how to better protect the content of my website? Im reluctant to disable right-click as it looks so ugly, and I already type my website address on all my images - but maybe they're not big/strong enough?? What software does everyone else use?

[Phoenix]

I think the watermark needs to be stronger as she had made the picture of the brown-green trans really really tiny so it was very hard to make out the watermark, even when the picture was zoomed into.

The colour chart she originally had was one she had made from DV's pictures, now she's using her proper colour chart.

[zaahn]

Thanks Phoenix, im working on re-editing all my images now

I emailed this girl asking her to remove all the content she had taken from my website and others and this was the reply:

Hello.

I have went through my whole site and myspace. Feel free to look yourself but I don't see any content from your site on mine. Thank you.

Curbstomp Candies

Today the content that was previously on her website is now gone or partially re-written, but I think I can live with a few similarities. Yesterday evening her myspace had none of our images on it but today I have been blocked from it.

All in all I think this is case closed

[Squidgy]

Mmmmmn, interesting.. I have just tried to hav a look at these and it appears the only thing that is left is her ebay account, her myspace profile has disaapeared completely... oh well, I guess she must have realised that she has been busted and removed everything for fear of reprisalls!!