Seems we have another decorator using photos from others websites. Check and see if any belong to you. I have so far recognized 4 different decorators photos there. I have heard some of the photos are also from Cake Centrals Gallery.
http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Cake.Expressions.620-341-9017

http://www.mycakeexpressions.com/


Her name is Michele Stormont. She must be getting the word because she has already removed one photo just in the time it took me to type this post.

There was a lengthy post on this subject yesterday and quite a few people have emailed them

Ah, I missed that one yesterday. I recognize many of these cakes from other sites.

The very first photo on this website, is made by cakesbyallision.

I happened to have it in my favorites, so it was easy for me to check.

Why do people feel the urge to do this? It's a shame!

the other thread:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-403163.html

Wow, Shirley--I just checked and recognized at least two decorators from CC who had their photos stolen! As a matter of fact, both of the pictures I recognized are saved in my favorites, so I recognized them immediately. I just sent a pm to one of the decorators letting her know about her photo showing up on another site. How awful that people are doing this!!!

Makes me so angry! How can you call yourself a cake decorator if you have to use other peoples art to promote yourself... Sad sad sad! We just had this problem with a person that started doing cakes and used our photos on her business card.... then after a few months of keeping quiet she did it again! and again! not only to one cake decorator but quiet a few of us around the area. To then see her work which was pretty poor to use our photos to sell and make money when she couldnt even produce that quality of work let alone the cakes in the pictures!
Im not a angry person but when i hear and see stories like this it gets my blood boiling! If i ever saw these people in person i tell you what they would get a good talking to hahaha
But i do say a big THANK YOU! to the kind people that see this going on and let the cake decorator know! If it wasnt for them this would continue

Maybe we need to go back to the thread Doug posted the link to. I would not have started another thread had I known that one existed.
Thanks everyone.
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-403163.html

whenever i save pics on my comp of cakes i've seen here that i'd like to try sometime later i always save them with the artists/members name next to it and any info that keeps it noted that this cake was done by such and such.. or that this cake was done by example JaneDoe who was inspired by Janetdoe's cake etc.. this way when the time comes that i can work my own magic and wish to post a pic about it; i have proper reference as to where and whom the cake was inspired by

what a cheater! i am thinking of starting this as a business. when or if i do, i will make a brochure with my OWN cakes. if that means making a certain cake for no other reason than putting it in the brochure, so be it. not stealing another person's cake.

save

i just thought of another thing....

it's like shoplifting!!!!

I love that you girls are fighting back !
I feel the same way about my cake photo's. I have albums in our shop with pictures in them and we actually have customers come in and try to take pictures with their camera phone! The nerve of some people!
I don't have any pictures on this site yet because my pictures are "Too large?" or something. I think I have my digital on too high a resolution.


Get 'em girls !

I was a victim once of stolen designs, but in my case the "big" company used my complete flyer changing only the name of my business for theirs. I'd called a lawyer and he told me that to initiate a legal process would be a waste of money and time because I was an individual filling against a renoun cake business. So, the most I could do was to go against the printing company and advice them not to use my layout or pictures for any other business or person. A second time I had another "decorator" using one of my pictures at his website saying that he won a prize in France and I've called directly to the business and advice them to remove that picture or I will initiate a legal action. 'The next day, they had removed the picture, but the feeling of frustration went a few days.

I really hope this matter is solved soon and hopefully somebody knows exactly what to do in these cases.

folks, I think Shirley had a good idea .... we should "close" this thread and divert over to the other threads so all comments and information is/are listed together. Ximenilla, the info you posted would be very interesting to the posters on the other thread.

SHE WILL RESPOND TOMORROW. I JUST TALK TO HER, SHE DOES NOT HAVE A COMPUTER AT HOME ONLY AT WORK....THATS WHY SHE HAS NOT RESPONDED BACK

I think what needs to happen is if you have a really nice cake and dont want anybody to steal it then you need to put a watermark on the picture and put your name so that it shows it is yours...that will stop the thieves...

i used to be on another website and there were pictures posted of animals...people were stealing the pictures off the website and saying that they were their animals in order to try to sell them. Alot of people started putting watermarks on the pictures and it cut down alot on the stealing.

TURNS OUT SHE PHOTOSHOPED THE PICTURES AND REMOVED THE WATERMARK ON THE PICTURES.

I wonder which ones are really hers. She has a lot of cakes on the same pink background, making me think they are possibly ones that she has done. If that is true, then she does nice work. And it just wouldnt be necessary to use other people's photos. I wonder why she would feel the need to do so. Otherwise she has lifted a lot of photos from the same person!!

She does have a link to a photographer with the same last name, so it's very possible she has good access to get some good studio pics done.

It looks like, from what's been reported as of yesterday that mbelgard was right!!

I'll be interested to hear how the watermarks got removed when she responds ............?????

... I thought this thread was locked ...

I found one of my cakes on her site!!!

I haven't asked that it be locked, but had suggested people not post anything more here, but to go to the original thread.
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-403163.html

The other thread was locked to prevent any further discussion on the subject and to give the "suspect" a chance to respond before she was attacked any further...

Someone said this had been looked as well.

So has anyone heard anything from her yet? It's now after 2:00 pm in Kansas and I see our pictures are still up on her site and I haven't gotten a reply to my email. But as I stated before - I don't need a reply, I just want my picture off her site.

I sent her an email but indications are that she doesn't check that email anymore. I am waiting until tonight to call her because she indicated she is at work and I don't want to have this conversation with her while she's at work.

I will share with all the resolution we come up with when I speak with her.