Less than thrilled to see my face on a before weight loss ad

[kibskix]

speaking of those stupid berries, i swear i saw acai berry ICECREAM in the store the other day.
how stupid are people. seriously.

[MrsChesterDogg]

Go forth and get 'em!

[jimmie 48]

i've seen this ad on my email page. quite alot as a matter of fact.

you can contact mitzimarie as she has had this happen to her, also, with the acai berry product. she might be able to give you some pointers on how to handle it and what steps she took. mitzimarie is one of the moderators here, in case you weren't aware of that.

i hope you get this worked out.

[GHB]

Originally Posted by susan423

It's strange. She's from my small little town. Where exactly is your picture. I didn't see it.

I suspect her site tries to guess where you're from using your IP address so you relate to her.

She even calls Atkins "Adkins" on her website and says it doesn't work! The lies!!

I hope they remove your pics TogaGirl!

[FwL]

That's pretty underhanded

If it were me and I had the means to do so, I'd give them some serious legal trouble.

[MoreStylish]

Personally, it would'nt bother me. But it happened to you, and it bothers you, so that stinks. Sorry to hear about this.

[sadie147]

As sunny mentioned, 'watermarks' are the best way to avoid this with your pictures. I believe most picture editing s/w will do this now.

an example of a watermark (you can put anything you want as the text)

http://www.labnol.org/wp/images/2007...watermarks.jpg

it's not a guarantee as an experienced graphic designer could probably somehow 'paint' it out..however it would take a bit of work and most likelythe types of people doing this wouldn't be bothered.

[planetclaire]

Originally Posted by GHB

She even calls Atkins "Adkins" on her website and says it doesn't work! The lies!!

Oh its true, Adkins doesn't work. But Atkins does

[imagood1]

Mitzie was just talking the other day that her pictures were going around the internet again -- I personally think it's disgusting when they steal pictures in the effort of selling their fly by night diet plans.

Watermarking isn't a sure fire way to keep them from taking your pictures, anyone with a fair amount of PSP knowledge can make them hard to notice. If someone wants a picture (any picture) off the internet it's very easy to get them.

Good luck

[liv]

So sorry this happened to you. You are such a hard working atkineer.
Boy those people are aggressive advertisers. (And yes when I look at that picture the person is from the same place as me). Scammers - that is what they are.