To those of you who have had your pictures taken...you are going to contact her and ask her to remove them aren't you? It isn't right that she is using others photos. And I'm thinking you need to stand up for those who don't know she is using their photos.

Why oh why does this keep happening? I would think that by now CC members should know better than to take photos from here.

Oh my gosh my cake is on her website! Cake #5. I am flattered and irritated all at the same time. I have seen other posts where people had their pictures "stolen" and I thought, must be nice to do such good work that someone would want to take credit for it. Now mine's been hijacked! Woo hoo I have evolved!

OK so I just called the number and left a message telling her that she did not make the cake, I did and it's pretty rude that she would take my picture and post it as her own so please remove it. We'll see what happens!

that is probably why she is giving them away for free..Becuase she cant really do a nice job, she has to steal from others.

im going to tell myself that the only reason mine werent stolen is cuz i watermark my photos.. that HAS to be the reason.. right?? right??? <someone hold me>

SHE STOLE MY CAKE PICTURE! I was just contacted by a local cake friend http://www.freeweddingcakes.com/cake-gallery/dotpurple.html

THAT is MY cake I MADE and posted here on CC. What an A-HOLE shes is building her portfolio allright! With photos of cakes she has never made! I am appalled. I am not an expert cake maker by any means but I take pride in what i do. I am learning and working hard to improve it just makes me sick! Look in my photos in the gallery There it is. and yeah "her cakes are pretty good" BUT THEY ARENT HERES i swear the nerve. At least say this cake was made by ______ I can make one similar. Ive seen this happen to people on CC before but i NEVER thought it wold happen to me. Its sad. I hope you ALL check out her site for more stolen photos. I hope Cake Central finds out who she is and she is banned.

Meancat,
No, I wouldn't like to be lied to and someone fill my head with false hope. However, like someone previously stated, "somethings are better left unsaid." There are times and places were corrective criticism is ok, but you don't always have to say what you're thinking or what's on your mind. That's a sign of immaturity. I could use the corrective criticism thing on my kids, but I can't go to a total stranger and try to correct them and say it's just corrective criticism. It don't work that way.
Much love,
Cynita

doesnt she have to be a member to even view the pics??

I think it is funny that everyone was critiqueing her skills earlier in the post. They aren't even her skills.

Poor LisaMS. Don't worry. Your cakes are beautiful and I'd pay money for them

I do believe so tye.
You have to be a member to see the pics in the first place.
My cakes are all too weird to ever be stolen, but dang, this just ain't right.
I have my theories about why she jacked the pictures she's chosen.....but I will keep that to myself.

I think everyone should remember to remain calm and only let those who have had their pictures taken contact this person. This is what we did the last time this happened and it was resolved peacefully.

Someone just posted another website with stolen pictures.
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-5650783.html#5650783

I think it is important that we stay on top of these sites and let them know that what they are doing is wrong.

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!! Sorry guys this comment is probably in bad tast. But geezh, shes not hurting anyone but herself if she can't produce these cakes as they are shown. People will soon find out that she is a fraud.

WOW I was all for supporting her and her hobby, and THEN I saw all the stolen pics. What a jack@$!...seriously, what was she thinking and how absolutely rude and just mean.

Tye - I looked at your cakes they are fabulous - I'm betting she didn't see them...and an extra boost - many of them were already in my favs and I found even more to add

When I first started reading this thread, I was thinking, I have often given away a free cake in exchange for just the ingredients and the offer to keep the pan I baked it in. I got the wilton Castle kit that way.
After reading all the way through, it is sad this person resorted to stealing pictures.

it feels kinda creepy though.. they HAVE to be members to steal the pic's.. so it like some stranger is snooping around CC just waiting to snatch our poor defensless photos..

.....and I do not agree with stealing photos. That's another thread of it's own. Plenty of those discussions already.

Cynita

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Oh ChristineMarie

I am laughing so hard. Ummm, well, okay, maybe I should say this. The rest of us should remain calm. ChristineMarie doesn't have to since her picture was taken.

Do you feel better now dear?

oh my gosh!!! one of my cakes was stolen!!!! finally!! LOL, okay just teasing, it really does burn me up. thanks to the CCer's who alerted me to this! i just called the number on the site and left a message insisting they remove it and if they don't they'll hear from my lawyer. i can't believe someone wanted to steal one of my cake photos.... its the one she calls "color me beautiful". but i call it summer sorbet, lol.

and i haven't read this thread yet, i just got some pm's saying my cake pic was taken and so i posted this. so now, back to start reading it from the beginning

Yes , Yes i do feel better, a bit. I am a nicer person I really am. But i do not like to be taken as a fool

Well, ya know, I don't think her cake gallery says that those are her cakes, does it? She calls it "The Gallery"...I like how she put that in quotation marks. lol Maybe she should have said "The Gallery of Cakes I Think I Can Copy..." lol

I know, I know...this is a serious subject but Christine, the way you worded your message to her I could just picture you with your hand on your hip, your finger pointed, and your stomping feet.

Watermarked or not, it does not matter. Every member on CC should know not to take photos. I think it should be in big letters on the homepage or something.

And remember, the last time this happened..when I found the website with stolen photos, I don't think the lady knew she was doing anything wrong and she immediately deleted the web site. That could be the case here too.

That's funny LisaMS.

LOL (this is said with a completely laughing voice, im not mad at all)

but after reading the whole thread i have to ask..... is my cake one that would have flunked out of pastry school? lol

christinemarie and others who's pics were stolen, did you find her email address? i just found her phone number. if you could pm me her email i'll send her an email too...

I can totally understand using other peoples cakes as inspiration but not trying to pass their cake off as my own. If she liked the cakes she saw why didnt she make them her self and just take a photo, which would have been "practice". Ive done that a few times, came across cakes that were just absolulty gorgeous and I had to try to make them myself, they never turn out as good and I always end up changing it up a bit to make it my own, but Ive never stolen pics and said they were mine. And if I can remember who's cake it was I give them credit for the idea.Its kinda weird actually, that she would do that. This is ot but stealing pics is a big problem on myspace, people steal photos and make up fake profiles, I came across someone how had a pic of one of my boys as her own child!!! I contacted myspace and reported her. CC might have to make it so we can put our pics to private and only "friends" can view them.
And why has'nt anyone stolen my pics, I'm insulted yet grateful all at the same time, I need a cookie

Ok, if she's stealing pictures, here's me just throwing this out there: maybe she's taking the money for "supplies" and not making any cakes at all, and that's the scam.

On another note: I am pretty bad right now, but I hope one day that I will get enough experience to do that--and yes, just ask for supply money just to build a portfolio and get experience. My family is SICK of cake, the women I work with are on constant diets and I have no one that would eat a 6" let alone a cake that big. So to me, it's not too crazy. But stealing someone else's property makes me think she's not entirely on the level and I would hope I am wrong but it's a possibility. Think about how many calls she would get? What bride wouldn't want a FREE cake?