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wacky doodler [black ribbon for peace] says:says on his profile: | |
pfoster says:I find that so odd that someone (like this Corazza guy) would do that. And to such lengths. It's like they've talked themselves into believing their own untruths. | |
wader says:unbelievable. if you have the means I say take him to court. it's not defamation if it's true. | |
kk+ says:for those of you who are following along this silly drama.... | |
audihertz says:"kcorazza is no longer active on Flickr." | |
rorris says:Hey kk, I really need to improve my Google rank. Can you publicly humiliate me for something dumbass that I did? | |
Opa says:Kris, we are sure, that a lot of friends are behind you ! Kevin Corazza | |
bangbangkenken says:go kris! shooting down one douchebag at a time. | |
trufflepig says:idiots are just running rampant these days | |
mommy peace says:We have this guy in our little country town that dresses up like a police officer. He drives an old police cruiser and occasionally successuflly pulls over unsuspecting folks. Some of the regular town folk feel sorry for him. Me? I look forward to tazering him. I wonder if Kevin Corazza has a plastic badge? | |
wacky doodler [black ribbon for peace] says:ha! good thing i copy/pasted his profile. | |
Computer Science Geek says:Whacked. | |
timgermer says:He should be apologizing, not suing. This "threat" will never hold up in any court, for any reason. You've done your due diligence by thoroughly describing the situation and adding numerous updates. He has his chance to explain himself. | |
notchcode says:As a designer who has a client serving a legitimate cease and desist on a competitor for using stolen brand marks, this makes me sick. The best thing to do is to retain your counsel to send a "cease and desist your own sory ass" letter back to him. It's a face off, where he wants (or his lawyer wants) to see if you are willing to go to court over it. They are assuredly betting you are not. Prove them wrong. | |
corykrug says:What a crazy kid. | |
Steve Rhodes says:He should hire a copy editor instead of a lawyer. | |
sxates says:Crazy kk. Stand firm, he's just being stupid with letters he can't back up. Of course it's damaging to his reputation, and it should be. That's what you get when you rip people off--a damaged reputation. Lets get that blog post up to #1 on google :) | |
Will Pate says:Kris Krug on the warpath: | |
wader says:someone should digg this perhaps? It's a good story and the publicity may help. | |
Tod Maffin says:And, of course, to be really sure this guy gets the point, one could use the words "Kevin Corazza" in their link to this page, so that future searches for him in Google pop this up even higher. | |
Steve Lacey says:Check. www.steve-lacey.com/blogarchives/2006/08/kris_krug_being.... | |
DBarefoot says:Dude, that's hilarious. Mr. Corazza is going to...how do the kids put it...get p0wned. | |
gorriti says:I am speechless. | |
DBarefoot says:The lady doth protest too much, methinks: | |
bootload says:This kind of problem of not observing licenses is on the increase as individuals, companies see they can view images with restrictions. Kris how did you come across your images in the first place? | |
chrisgarrett says:Poor misguided Kevin, what have you done to yourself, LOL. I blogged it too, I hope it doesn't give the guy notoriety, you know what they say about "any publicity". | |
PhillipDjwa says:Rock on kk, I can almost feel sorry for Kevin Corazza. But not quite! ;-) | |
kk+ says:G'morning guys. Wow. Thanks so much for you support. This whole situation is crazy and had me pretty stirred up... but it feels awesome to have all the backing. Much love and onto bigger and better things. :) | |
jeremy crowle says:what a SHITTY letterhead ;) | |
sarahfelicity says:Kevin, if you're reading this... | |
D'Arcy Norman says:so... he can steal your photos, claiming they're his own. He can repost them online, while stating he took the pictures. | |
cathycracks says:k | |
brfuk says:Hmm well the publicity isn't working out well for mr.Corazza. | |
av4rice says:You should check with that law firm. I wouldn't be surprised if ol' Kevin stole their letterhead and fabricated that letter too. Kevin lives in Chicago, right? Why's he using a Canadian firm from the west coast? | |
jackpearce says:This stuff is priceless. What a fool Mr. Corazza is. | |
The Imp;-) says:omfg... | |
justintosh says:Stealing photography. How stupid can you get? It's very annoying, somewhat discouraging. I've had a music group use my images on their cover without permission, and I know how that feels. This guy has a lot of audacity to claim that you stole the images from him! | |
philbob10 says:Here is what I googled for the firm: | |
av4rice says:I emailed the firm asking about it so we'll see. | |
kk+ says:It's not fake. I spoke the to lawyer here in Vancouver yesterday on the phone. | |
Mischief. Mayhem. MPX. says:It looks like he went for a Canadian lay firm. That way he doesn't have to go anywhere *if* this makes it to court, I doubt it will. | |
Webist says:lets all visit plagurist's web site and drive up his bandwidth cost | |
sygnate says:Honestly, there's really some messed up douchebags out there.... keep me posted if kevin ever gets around to apologizing. | |
Tail Dragger says:I'm probably being redundant here, but what a moron. | |
ymilord says:Just have him prove that the photos are his. If the photos are yours, then you would have the original files right? either in RAW or TIFF's in which it has the EXIF data embedded in it right? Time, Date, Camera Used? Or if he or you used a 35mm then you have the negatives right? This seems kinda simple to prove who's being a douche bag or not. | |
trogdoor_from_digg says:I think I found some pretty good evidence of another plagiarism look here at a screen-shot of the guys flash page trogdoor.googlepages.com/Picture1.png ( I can't give a link because of poor use of flash ) now look at the same photo found on flickr www.flickr.com/photos/stitch/49206156/ notice that this is "Kevin's'" only photo with the Fuji at the top and bottom yet all of Stitche's flicker photos have it ( from scanning in actual film? ). All you people wanting proof, there you have it plain and simple. I doubt any of the photos on Kevin's site are actually and since I found this in ~ 5 min. please others look at the rest of his pics @ kevincorazza.com/ and find the real photographers behind "Kevin's'" work. | |
kk+ says:Yep Trogdor looks like you got him. Ha! | |
michaelwsherman says:HOLY CRAP!!!! | |
jamesbarnes says:The internet has your back. | |
wacky doodler [black ribbon for peace] says:look here at a screen-shot of the guys flash page trogdoor.googlepages.com/Picture1.png [......] now look at the same photo found on flickr www.flickr.com/photos/stitch/49206156/ notice that this is "Kevin's'" only photo with the Fuji at the top and bottom yet all of Stitche's flicker photos have it ( from scanning in actual film? ). | |
ccho says:Sounds like he is unintentionally wasting his money and handing you a good opportunity for internet fame ;) | |
Pako Pirata says:You are not the only one affected: | |
MadManuel says:Ol' Kevin looks like he's about to be run over by the internet bus of Justice. | |
mommy peace says:17,000 +views? | |
SpAvAAi says:This one is also stolen: | |
photoace says: Profile of Kevin Corazza on filckr, Google cache. | |
[WuXia] says:Even more interesting photos 'by' Kevin Corazza: | |
nadtz says:Looks like your standard C&D. Contact the lawfirm and speak to someone willing to listen, im pretty sure they will drop it after reading the post and this and seeing their client has no leg to stand on. Just stop talking about it or talk to a lawyer yourself in the meantime =) | |
iGrrl says:Try comparing Kevin Corazza's "City - Chicago" page with Giant Ginko's Chicago Set. | |
trogdoor_from_digg says:Strike three see trogdoor.googlepages.com/Picture2.png and www.flickr.com/photos/jgarber/39035532/? | |
Revelyn says:Does his lawyer know that he currently showcases other peoples' work on his site claiming it as his own? | |
iGrrl says:Rowers on first landscape page on kevincorazza.com = | |
syncros says:you dont understand! | |
chadmill says:It doesn't look like he's suing you. It looks like he aked someone with fancy letterhead to write you a letter. No court is involved. | |
formulaphoto says:You got served...he's getting OWNED. | |
Steve Lacey says:Found one ;-) | |
jonathangrubb says:www.google.com/search?q=Kevin+Corazza | |
corykrug says: | |
trogdoor_from_digg says:trogdoor.googlepages.com/Picture3.png flickr.com/photos/latitudes/30625856/ | |
Joel W. says:This is like a game! Here is my entry: Look at Corazzas "Wisconsin Countryside" first picture of a windmill in a corn field, compare that to www.flickr.com/photos/latitudes/34708904/ | |
Fort Photo says:Somebody has some splainin' to do... | |
Joel W. says:OK, this is just too easy... what a maroon! | |
av4rice says:I'd say he's more a burgundy than a maroon | |
//d. says:wow man... i was thinking about this the other day... some people post some really high res images to their flickr accounts... all it takes is one crooked bastard to theiv a career of their own eh? damn. | |
sxates says:He took a bunch of photos from Johnny Blood's wisconsin collection. | |
Joel W. says:What can I say, I'm a child of the TV generation (Bug's Bunny, Popeye, etc.) | |
trogdoor_from_digg says:"He took a bunch of photos from Johnny Blood's wisconsin collection. | |
Lastexit says:hmm i'm not sure i understand what is going on here, but he's using my photos on his site | |
bootload says:'... how did you come across your images in the first place? | |
Pako Pirata says:"hmm i'm not sure i understand what is going on here, but he's using my photos on his site" | |
puja says:shit dude. | |
iGrrl says:from the 2nd lomo page: | |
Lastexit says:his entire "ETC" set are my photos | |
Lastexit says:he stole one of my photos that has me in it! (pool time lapse) | |
KickAssCanadian_Chick says:for the person who asked how to mirror his page to save the evidence... get a screen shot of the offending pages. hit "prnt scrn" button then go into your graphics program and paste. the offending pages will be yours forever! | |
OldhaMedia says:I think SiteSucker still collects all the files from a URL. Someone should try that. | |
limonada says:Yikes. Thanks to Puja's heads-up, I did find a pic of mine up on his website, too (http://www.flickr.com/photos/limonada/1366935/in/set-34951/). | |
iGrrl says:you could also download the entire .swf file by going to kevincorazza.com/kevincorazza.swf | |
the life of liza says:I've alays wanted to be a detective - thanks to puja for notifying the utata people - I did some "web sleuthing" of my own and found someone else he had stolen pictures from. | |
jimporett says:Kris you have my support and I enjoy your work. Clearly this thief has more issues now than he bargained for. In fact if anyone here has the $ and/or time, a court action against him could hold him accountable. Especially since he is stealing others work and clearly using for financial gain. BTW, anyone with a Mac can use the Grab feature to quickly get screen shots of his site for proof. | |
EV Comp says:Corazza is obviously an imposter, liar and one who embraces the morals of a weasel. Kick his ass KK. Bugs like him deserve to be squashed. | |
ariane_cgd says:wow, seriously? this guy is a real piece of work! and he sure picked the wrong guy to mess with, there's already an article on beyond robson about this... | |
Crickontour says:Another stolen photo: | |
Dave Dunne says:Is there a tag "stolenbycorazza" perhaps? | |
Trance-Elbow says:It would appear that he has taken notice and removed the offening photos. Perhaps he's got the message. | |
clickykbd says:For the record I recognize several of my contact's photos on his portfolio site too. | |
the life of liza says:I don't think he has taken all of them down just yet - page 6 of his portfolio "the elevator" are all photos taken from this set. | |
RoninVision says:Corazza is obviously an imposter, liar and one who embraces the morals of a weasel. Kick his ass KK. Bugs like him deserve to be squashed. | |
the life of liza says:Jesus!! I found another one!! | |
cablecanuck says:his photography career is probably over...internet 10000 kevin 0 | |
Turtblu says:more: | |
Turtblu says:His Portrait: Harriett set is all from egolego | |
T3XA5 says:CorazzOWN3D! | |
jimporett says:This ticks me off the more I read this. I have to say Kris you have taken the high road in this and are to be commended for just wanting him apologize and admit the truth. As a Chicagoland resident, this fool corazza does not represent what we are all about here. Most of us actually have ethical standards. | |
the life of liza says:please, please - I have screenshots for you if you want to let his lawyers know. This is crazy! | |
Terretta says:"This email is written to demand that the Website be deleted from your web page." | |
glynnish says:Thanks again Liza, for informing me. He took five from my flickr set, "Sisters," which I posted at the end of last year. | |
Joel W. says:I just can't help myself... | |
Johnny Blood says:Did he really take my photographs? If so, I have a REAL lawyer of my own that would like to speak to him. If anyone has proof (his web site is "off the air'), please forward proof to me. Unbelievable. | |
jimporett says:Johnny Blood - I think "the life of liza" a few comments ago said they had screenshots. I'm sure someone will provide some. At very least his site has shutdown for now. By doing that his google search top ranked result is now Kris' blog post! Ahh the irony! | |
Johnny Blood says:By the way, thank you to everyone who posted comments to many of MY photographs on MY Flickr stream regarding Kevin Corazza's theft of them. I appreciate everyone's investigation. | |
Pako Pirata says:@Johnny Blood, I have saved the .swf file, but only the first picture of every set can be seen. One of yours can be seen. If you want me to send it to you please drop me a line. | |
Johnny Blood says:I will probably do so, Pako. I will wait to see if he responds to my plea first. If he does not, then I will be contacting you after 5:00 p.m. CST Monday for that information. I will probably begin contacting an investigator in Chicago to track him down. I will forward what I learn over the weekend with information I collect from all of you to my attorney if need be. | |
Johnny Blood says:Is this image a Flickr 'interesting' photo yet? :) | |
Pako Pirata says:Almost 30K views, it should be... | |
Johnny Blood says:His contact information when doing a WHOIS search at Network Solutions is: | |
Joel W. says:I'm sure that his lawyers could help you contact him ;o). | |
Johnny Blood says:I doubt it...there is something called attorney-client privilege. | |
Frayed Knot says:possible culprit? www.myspace.com/pullingwormsapart | |
glynnish says:I went ahead and emailed his hosting provider to let them know what's going on. I doubt there's anything they can do (his site is already down, maybe that will take care of it), but should there be anything in their terms and conditions (I couldn't find them), perhaps they can help. |