I just found out today that Chef Al Rosas of Rosas Farm, who stole my Nobu Cod picture (please read my “Open Letter to Those Who Steal“) also stole from Haalo of Cook (Almost) Anything At Least Once, but I was mostly appalled by the reply from Erin Rosas of Rosas Farm to Cook (Almost) Anything At Least Once:
“First of all your mediocre photo is all over the internet. You go ahead and seek further action, if you have time to do that you probably are still looking for work. Don’t threaten me and I’d govern yourself accordingly when calling people names and making allegations or you might find yourself on the other end of a libel suit you petulant starving artist. “
Tsk tsk tsk…(see the email advertisement with stolen photographs after the jump)
Please go read all about it at Cook (Almost) Anything At Least Once.
I went through his site and found out that Chef Al Rosas was interviewed by major magazine and newspaper (Florida Small Business, The Miami Herald) in Florida, The Boston Globe, and appeared on Daytime Show. I think it’s time these media learn about the rotten behaviors of team Rosas.
Now, can you trust these unscrupulous people for your organic food supply?
As of today, I haven’t received any replies from them regarding my stolen Nobu Cod picture on their e-mail newsletter, which I am sure they’d sold thousands or more using my picture.
A lot of hard work and soul goes into what I do and it’s so upsetting to have someone like Al Rosas steal from me, especially since he is successful and famous. I feel taken advantage of. I wonder how a company so unethical be in this so-called organic, all-natural, good-for-the earth business? I wonder if Al Rosas is taking shortcuts with his marketing, what other shortcuts must he be taking with his food, which ultimately ends up on our dinner plates? How can they be so mean when they preach “integrity” on their email?
I will leave you with the full screenshot of the email. Please click on the image to view the full size.
Updated: Thanks to Haalo, obviously, the Eggplant Parmesan picture on Chef Al Rosa’s site is also stolen. The source is Delicious! Delicious!
Updated 1: The pork chop picture on the above email is stolen from BonAppetit.com, photographed by Noel Barnhurst.
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OMG, I can’t believe the reply to the other blog. That’s just so rude and arrogant. The thing about this is that when they get called out and lose face, they get so pissed off of being caught. Like duh, you should have known it better.
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If they think that the rice pudding picture was mediocre, why did they steal it in the first place?! I wonder how “organic” his products are, I am sure they lie about that, too. I wouldn’t be surprised.
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Unbelievable and shameless thief. Good news on Google as the world will know how bad his reputation is on the internet and will despise him. I love it that you show his picture so people will see and recognize his face.
And his wife Eric Rosas is just plain rude. A person who can write such an email is civil or educated. I will never buy any products from them.
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that is disgusting and unprofessional. i think you should contact the media, im sure they’d love a juicy story like this.
the sheer cheek, to steal, then call it mediocre, hurl a personal insult, and then threaten….
simply cant let them get away with this!!! just getting the pictures pulled is not enough.
if a hawker stall owner stole ur pics and then made such comments, i can understand, because most of them are not very well educated….but these guys….who are supposedly running an organic business, its absolutely disgusting.
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im wondering if there is any way to get them to compensate you for using your work to make profit without your consent.
you know, something like hand over a portion of profits made from that item or something, over the period which the image was used?
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Boo, hiss! How very rude and wrong.
They’ll never get the business of any of the foodies I know, now. Passing the word.
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Correction on my comment, I meant that Erin Rosas is so uncivil and not educated. Shame on her remark.
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Hi Bee,
Been awhile since I commented on your blog. Now, I only drool over your food porn!!!
Anyway, reading all these copycat stuff makes me mad, especially the nerve of some people with their arrogant replies!
I really question their abilities. They are such bullies!!!
Don’t let him get off sooo easily! Go get them!!! We are all behind you!!!
p/s: Will be going to KL for 3 months … can’t wait to try out some of your suggestions!
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The point is: there is no stopping on using other people’s pictures. Try use the google or yahoo image search. Anyone’s picture is listed there too. Well, using the word “mediocre” is not polite. I would suggest in future, out a small print of your name at the bottom of picture… like a copyright thing. There are problems in life that we can solve, but minimizing it would be the next best thing. Have a good day. We love your blog.
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::putting on my lawyer hat::
Since filing a suit is so expensive, first you may try contacting the site's hosting ISP & tell them that this site is infringing your copyrights. Some hosts will shut them down (some will do nothing, some will give them a chance to respond) — just a thought!
@ElizabethPW
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The quickest and easiest way to handle things like ripped off images is to send a DMCA takedown notice to the offending site’s host. I’ve had to do it more than once…
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This is an outrage, and the reply to Haalo is so arrogant and unprofessional. Suggestion: write to the various magazines, newspapers & tv media where they were featured to expose this?
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Just to assist with a simple DMCA notice, here’s a blank form in .doc format one can use…
http://www.dreamweaverresources.com/forms/copyright/DMCA_original.doc
Hope that helps, folks!
Tom
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Wow, what a reply. Nice guy. I will be passing this on…Tweeter here I come.
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Woah, what a bunch of a holes. Besides the obvious wrong-doing of stealing the photos, what’s with the reply? People like this are just plain jerks and I hope they are taken to task.
Your photos are great, and don’t deserve to be plastered around anywhere people feel like. Thanks for a great site, keep it coming!
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Interestingly enough, in place of the raising rice pudding there is now a picture of the “lovely” couple with a bunch of chickens. Poetic with their behavior? I think so.
Perhaps, since they bill themselves as “The Green Gurus” they think that they are recycling photographs of others instead of just making something and actually doing the work themselves.
Pathetic.
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It’s ironic that she accused you of “calling people names,” then turned around and called you a “petulant starving artist.” Food bloggers do have jobs, often full-time jobs, on the side.
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I think maybe you should start putting your sig on all your pictures going forward to prevent this. Saves you a lot of problems. Even if they steal the image and attempt to modify it, the image they edit will lose a lot of resolution and not worth the effort to remove the sig.
Linda
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Here’s a tip from http://www.cracked.com. Warning: adult content http://www.cracked.com/blog/this-is-why-you-dont-steal-from-cracked/
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Oh my God! They are shameless and disgusting. They cannot be trusted. Please do not buy from them. Please inform all the media that interviewed them before. Please do that.
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Wow I love how the wife assumes just because other people do it, that it’s ok…
Instead of doing her research and getting educated on internet etiquette, she becomes irate. [Sarcasm] Very classy [/Sarcasm]
And if their business is so “successful”, you’d think they be able to afford a decent web designer…
Unfortunately, from my own experience as an artist, if you win one battle, chances are, another culprit will surface. What others have recommended concerning watermarking your photos would be a good step. However they can easily crop the picture. You might have already looked into alternatives like preventing Google from indexing your pictures
http://wphacks.com/how-to-prevent-google-from-indexing-your-images/
as well as implementing some sort of right-click image downloading prevention script.
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That so called chef al rosas wrote: “….if you have time to do that you probably are still looking for work.”, you might as well wrote to him that: “If you have time to browse and stealing pictures, then you probably don’t have so many customers.”
Way you go girl!! I give you my fully support!!!! It is just same like when people stealing my arts.
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TCH! That’s absolutely disgusting behavior. I can’t believe they still have the cheek to say that the picture they stole, used and refused to take down as “mediocre”. The irony is as hilarious as it is annoying.
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you know, when someone replies in such a defensive, uncouth manner, they know they are wrong but do not have the guts to say so. you may think they are successful, but that response has proven that their “success” is not where it matters. So distasteful. Just remember you’ve acted civilly and responsibly, and in the long run, you’ll win out by being the better person (in more ways than one).
to whomever said “the point is: there is no stopping on using other people’s pictures”, that is NOT the point. the point is, people *will* steal photos, and it is ALWAYS wrong. And as far as i can tell from that other website, the photo has been removed so yes, there *is* stopping them.
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contrary to common thought, a photographers images are always his property regardless of where he displays them. Therefore you could seek copyrights to the images he reproduced after the fact. You should look into it, and at least go to a local paper or small claims court.
Facebook just lost their case and were told they had no rights to reproduce any pictures uploaded onto their site so why wouldn’t you?
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Stealing photography off the internet is an offence. While it is impossible to stop using images without permission (and payment), there are ways of either having the unlicensed photograph removed or paid for. Start with a strong, but not offensive letter to the owner of the website. Ask them to either remove the image immediately or pay a license fee to use it. I have heard from stock photographers that this generally works. If it does not, then are can take it further through the legal system. Stealing a photograph is against copyright law.
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I suggest you read this:
http://www.weddingphotographydirectory.com/wedding-photo/for-wedding-photographers/professional-articles/photo-copyright-protection.aspx
Most of your photos do not have copyright notice or anything to that affect, except the most recent lettuce wrap with the “DON’T STEAL” footer caption.
It’s unethical for them to take taken your photo w/o permission and using it for financial gain, but you might be SOL on this one.
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Bee, your property is your property and it IS protected by copyright law whether you have watermarks or not. These people are despicable and unethical. I say let their words speak for themselves and let the whole consumer market know about their “ethics”. I’ll be sure to inform my readers.
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RE: Jay - just because there’s no copyright notice on the photo doesn’t mean there’s no copyright. It just makes it harder to legally prove, especially if you are seeking compensation.
Bee, have you talked to Jaden at Steamy Kitchen? She has contacts at Florida media outlets, and I think she posted about a regular hosting gig on the Daytime Show….
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Hi all -
Thanks for your comments and support.
I have filed the email in question to Constant Contact, their email marketing provider. Their compliance team will be reviewing this offense.
I will also file a compliant to Better Business Bureau to expose Rosas Farms unethical acts.
Yes, I have been working with Jaden at Steamy Kitchen, she is helping me to alert all media outlets in Florida and more. A few bloggers also repost this on their blogs to alert their readers about Rosas Farm.
While we will never eradicate such thievery, I believe that collectively, we can make the food bloggin environs better if we work together. We will make our voice heard.
Thanks so much for the comments and support, again!
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@Jay: That’s not true. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. There is no requirement to explicitly mention the copyright. If one wants to seek damages and compensation, then copyright registration is required, but otherwise it is not necessary.
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html
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Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. I would bet even money that arrogant thieves who work in the ‘organic’ arena cut corners wherever it suits them, so caveat emptor. You shouldn’t deal with people you can’t trust, and these poeple have proven they can’t be trusted-in spades.
Shame on you, Rosas. You’re a disgusting disgrace.
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My strong (very strong) suggestion is that you file a formal complaint against this yutz via the ASJA. Not sure if you’re in the US, but I don’t think it matters because Rosas is. Exposure by shame is heady stuff. Good luck to you, and let me know how it turns out. I had a major food magazine swipe directly from my cookbook, so the gauntlet is down.
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Go here for more info
http://www.asja.org/
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Wow! These people are ridiculous with their blatant copy right infringements.
I just googled some of the other picture they have posted up now and all are stolen as well…ie eggplant lasagna, burger and scrambled eggs.
That is so wrong! I think everyone that had their photos stolen should go after these peopl and get their site shut down.
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Here are the links to the 3 pictures they stole from.
http://www.countryliving.com/cooking/about-food/cookbook-eggs-0407
http://tootiessidewalkcafe.com/burgers.htm
http://www.deliciousdelicious.com/archives/2005/08/eggplant_parmes.html
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OMG. Can’t believe someone has the audacity to be so rude after blatantly stealing.
If they’re taking pics from other bloggers, I wonder if they also stole from stock image companies. If so, hope someone can report them. Let’s see how well they respond when multi-million dollar companies comes knocking with their own on-staff suite of lawyers.
These plagiarists are just bullys. Let’s see how they take on someone their size or bigger.
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I have an idea but am wondering about the feasibility. Let’s say you upload your pics to a stock photography website for for sale. The images are your property but are they also protected by the stock photography company’s license policies as well?
Just wondering.
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I stand corrected. But the violators did comply in the end and removed her photos. Not sure if it is worth it to try to go after them.
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Jay - I really have a sneaky feeling that you are operating here on behalf of Rosas. Regardless of whether or not they removed the pictures in question, they SHOULD NOT HAVE STOLEN those pictures in the first place, for crying out loud, he is a chef that people look up to and a supposedly do-gooder-save-the-planet-save-the-world-green-guru. And the fact that they stole from multiple websites is just utterly wrong to begin with. By the way, while other copyright pictures are mostly removed, I had yet to receive any responses regarding my Nobu Cod picture. Shouldn’t I at least receive a response by now when I had sent not less than 3 emails to them?!
There is no forgiving as to what they did. Period.
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If your pic is so mediocre, then why he need to steal and use it if he is so flipping professional?! Talking about mediocre, omg, their site is really hideous with cut and paste of “stolen” images all over.
I actually do not think the Rosas are that famous from the outlook. Yes they do get some interviewed now and again from the media, but who doesn’t these days with those 5 second of fame?
The foodie community on internet is rather small, and I truly believe behaviour of misconduct like rosas will really ruin their reputations in long run.
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Goodness…what kind of reply was that?! How rude! I suggest you start putting watermark from now on. All your photos too nice and hard to resist. There are just too many people taking advantage on other people’s work. Tsk tsk tsk..shame on them!
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Trust me. That’s so far from the truth. I’m just a fellow Malaysia who enjoys looking at your food stories via the RSS feed.
I tried to sue the parents of some kids who broke my personal property once in small claims court but in the end it wasn’t worth the trouble over $500 or so.
Good luck if you do try to pursue this legally.
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Keep up the fight! Your work is awesome.
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Dear Bee
I am a fellow malaysian living in Sydney and an avid follower of your website. It does not surprise me that pictures like yours are utilised by unscrupulous people without the courtesy of acknowledgement. It demonstrates the condition of our fellow humans namely the lack of ethics and respect that we accord to one another. I would suggest that one way of getting public attention to this is to write a letter to the Editor of a local newspaper where Rosas operate providing the relevant links and the like. Hopefully, they will publich this and it will be so much more effective as it targets his customer and highlights the nature of these people. Good luck.
Cheers
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You should digitally watermark your phoos, makes it harder for people to steal them. Just a suggestion. Hope all is well.
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They really have NO CLASS! But what goes around will come around! They’ll get theirs.
You go girl!
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I’ve seen it happen so many times recently, I don’t know what’s wrong with these people I really don’t…
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I believe if you have the proof ( as only a proper lawyer can say it )that he did indeed steal from you , then you should , as he is unrepentant and arrogant , sue him and get back your integrity and teach him and the likes of him a good lesson ! If I understand the strict legal framework in the USA regarding plagiarism/copyright correctly you have the upperhand.
toni
KL
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I am blinded with anger at their rude response. Gosh, some people have no scruples. These people are thieves!
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How shameful this Rosas is!!!There is no laws for him, shoot him!!!!
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i came by this via use real butter…what completely shameful behavior and what an insulting reply mail. i am so happy that bloggers like yourself react when your content is stolen. good for you both!
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I think the point of Bee highlighting this is NOT to profit from thievery of her own work but to create some form of awareness among the Internet community as to what is proper and what is not.
A lot of bloggers like to use the excuse that they don’t know but come on, the Internet has been around since the 90s…how much long can we rely on the “I am ignorant” excuse, especially for a big shot who obviously has access to a lawyer?
I know of this sort of nonsense that has been going on for quite some time, years in fact and not just among bloggers - in fact, one blogger had his article plagiarised and reproduced in a major Malaysian newspaper by a veteran reporter. The result? Instead of crediting the blogger, the newspaper attempted to silence him by a payment of RM50. There was no apology, nothing.
A lot of people have assumed that just because it’s online, it’s free for all. In fact, they are very wrong. Media and publishing laws have been adjusted to include copyright on the Internet and as long as it is YOUR work, it belongs to you irrespective of whether it’s watermarked or not.
Proof-wise, the fact that he put up those pictures on his blog, that there are timed screenshots of the “crime”…well, IMHO, that’s enough really to seek some form of action.
The fact that someone is profiting from stolen work only makes the situation worse! Imagine how you would feel if someone was making tons of money off your hard work without compensating you.
Is it very hard to just write a note stating that this picture or recipe was taken from somewhere?
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I love how he called it “mediocre” but it was good enough for him to use! Ha!
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Shame on them for using those pictures without giving the photographers credit.
The biggest sin is their evil reaction to being called on it. Hopefully, through the blog world, there will be an avalanche of negative feedback for any site that steals photo’s.
Just because it’s on the internet doesn’t mean they can use copyrighted works. Even if the photos aren’t copyright protected, passing someone else’s work as your own is fraud.
If your picture was so “mediocre”, why steal it? In the vast internet they couldn’t find a better picture?
Incredible!!
I’M WITH YOU!!!!!!!! I’ll send them my opinion on this issue. They’ll QUAKE with terror!! They’ll be sorry they messed with my fav food bloggers!!! I’m off to DESTROY THE EVIL DOER!
But I’ll be back, because I need your Chicken Curry recipe for tomorrows dinner. Chin up! ;o}
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Why don’t you put a watermark on your photos? This way, the source of the photos will be obvious.
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bee, i’m glad you revealed the culprit! do what you could ya and let’s silent these thieves
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Jay - thanks for your clarification. Noted.
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How awful and this is absolutely unacceptable. We have to spread out the words.
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Hehe. Al Rosa’s Wiki page now includes the stolen food photos controversy and quotes that awful rude letter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Rosas
Google bomb him. The more hits yours and Haalo’s post gets, the higher it’ll rank when people search Rosas Farm. People will read the negative publicity first.
Even with my pictures watermarked, they still get stolen. I’m so tired of it.
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Wow! The nerve of the woman, (and guy!)
I blogged about it here, and weighed in about the issue:
http://welldonechef.com/al-rosas-the-organic-content-thieftm.html
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RE: Jay - just because there’s no copyright notice on the photo doesn’t mean there’s no copyright. It just makes it harder to legally prove, especially if you are seeking compensation.
Bee, have you talked to Jaden at Steamy Kitchen? She has contacts at Florida media outlets, and I think she posted about a regular hosting gig on the Daytime Show….
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Hi all -
Thanks for your comments and support.
I have filed the email in question to Constant Contact, their email marketing provider. Their compliance team will be reviewing this offense.
I will also file a compliant to Better Business Bureau to expose Rosas Farms unethical acts.
Yes, I have been working with Jaden at Steamy Kitchen, she is helping me to alert all media outlets in Florida and more. A few bloggers also repost this on their blogs to alert their readers about Rosas Farm.
While we will never eradicate such thievery, I believe that collectively, we can make the food bloggin environs better if we work together. We will make our voice heard.
Thanks so much for the comments and support, again!
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@Jay: That’s not true. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. There is no requirement to explicitly mention the copyright. If one wants to seek damages and compensation, then copyright registration is required, but otherwise it is not necessary.
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html
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Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. I would bet even money that arrogant thieves who work in the ‘organic’ arena cut corners wherever it suits them, so caveat emptor. You shouldn’t deal with people you can’t trust, and these poeple have proven they can’t be trusted-in spades.
Shame on you, Rosas. You’re a disgusting disgrace.
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My name’s Tim and I’m from Melbourne, Australia. I have been a long time visitor, first time poster. This latest incident has enraged me enough to come out of the woodwork and post my support. Do not allow these louts to get away with profiting from their criminal actions. A decent and educated human recourse would have been to apologise and remove the offending material. The response you received was unwarranted and shows what the writer truly represents…an anti-thesis to her moral and ‘organic’ core.
Keep up the good fight.
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I know how difficult it is to track down these types of offenders. Kudos to you for finding them…and don’t be surprised, there could be more that you have not discovered yet. I have been a freelance writer and blogger for almost 2 years now and I find my articles copied and pasted, including my photos, by some other bloggers. They are earning money through google adsense and stealing traffic from mine. It is disheartening indeed. I have been lucky enough after emailing offenders that they remove the copied articles. Good Luck to you. Hope they learn their lessons.
Josie, CA
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I’m beyond annoyed and, don’t worry, I will NOT be doing any business with this individual nor recommending him. Wow - the audacity of this cat.
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Forwarding Phil’s comment on the EatingAsia.com blog:
http://eatingasia.typepad.com/eatingasia/2007/03/eatingasia_in_t.html#comments
“If you want a brutally effective way to deal with copyright theft, get them delisted from Google, which would be hugely serious for a publication like Shanghai Daily. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, search engines actually are forced to work with you to stop copyright infringement. There’s a great article about it at http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/10/what-do-you-do-when-someone-steals-your-content/
which is extremely accessible. ”
Good luck!
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Hi Bee
I’ve been a silent follower for a while now.
I was just thinking, don’t let them off the hook, especially with the rude and arrogant reply. Why don’t the bloggers collectively sue them? I’m sure the readers of the blog would not mind contributing a small amount to the fund to protect the copyright of their beloved foodblogs. Hopefully this will soon stop the shameless people to steal pictures and create even stronger awareness on the virtual community
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They will always be rude people and thieves. We are behind you in whatever you decide to do. I love your recipes and pictures.
Yes, there’s a lot of people (e.g. students) who download pictures off the internet but most businesses DO NOT do that.
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I don’t think I can trust Al Rosas — The Organic Chef — and his wife, Erin Rosas’ claims of being organic anymore after seeing so many stolen photographs screenshotted from their newsletter. One stolen photograph “might” be a mistake, but at least four — from different blogs! — seems like a serious lack of scruples.
Then reading Al Rosas wife’s — Erin Rosas — insulting and threatening reply about the stolen photographs turns my stomach. Al Rosa’s Wikipedia page states he has a book, The Green Monster, coming out in Spring of 2009; I wonder if there’ll be stolen photographs in The Green Monster also. Maybe The Green Monster will be listed at Amazon so people can review it.
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How much a simple sorry might have been suffice. What an inflammatory bunch of despicable fiends! My blood boils for you! *shaking fist*
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Just look at the Marion County Clerk of Court website in Florida and see what these people are REALLY all about.
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That is just disgusting. I cannot believe someone would have the gall to be so arrogant and pompous when they were at fault! I agree with the delisting from Google - let google know that the Rosas are guilty of plagarism and allow that to run its course.
Keep us updated on how it goes.
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DEAR ALL,
I AM FROM OCALA AND I KNOW MR AND MRS ROSAS VERY WELL. THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL CON ARTISTS WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE BUSINESS THEY PRACTICE, MR ROSAS I BELIEVE DOES NOT HAVE ANY FORMAL TRAINING AS A CHEF AND MRS ROSAS IS ALSO NOT EDUCATED. MRS ROSAS IS ALSO IN THE BUSINESS OF FRIVOLOUS LAW SUITS. SHE HAS A WEBSITE CALLED THE EXPERT SOURCE WHERE SHE HELPS PEOPLE SUE PEOPLE. THE FUNNY THING IS THAT SHE CALLS HERSELF A MEDICAL RESEARCH EXPERT BUT DOES NOT HAVE A SINGLE CREDENTIAL TO PROVE IT. BOTH HAVE SUED CLOSE TO TWENTY PEOPLE IN OCALA INCLUDING PHYSICIANS AND ATTORNEYS. ERIN ROSAS STOLE THIS FARM FROM HER OWN FAMILY AND DISPLACED THEM. THESE PEOPLE ARE RUTHLESS MONSTERS AND MUST BE EXPOSED.
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Her reply seems so UNORGANIC.. so very plastic.
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Hi! I got into this page thru a blogger after I told her my pic is stolen and published in a magazine. After reading your post, I really don’t believe this is a real chef if those pics are not his.
Well, feel free to check out my post on my “stolen pic” too. Cheers.
http://travelerfolio.com/stolen-photo-plagiarism/
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Sad but true……………………..
Maybe she learned under Heather Lee http://www.ocala.com/article/20090321/ARTICLES/903211013?Title=Ocala-Magazine-editor-apparently-plagiarized
After all they have been featured many times in Ocala publications.
Shame on you Erin, get a conscience.Is this how your kids will grow up?Great example, success at any cost.
We will boycott you until we see a apology in your e-mail news lettet.
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we actually just at Nobu’s black cod for the first time recently at Taste of the Nation LA and it reminded us of this post… there may have been a few web mentions of this story, but can you please update us on what if anything came of this?
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Rasa Malaysia replied:
Unfortunately, I never got any responses back from them, nor from Constant Contact. In fact, Constant Contact, their email provider did respond to me a few times, but after that, they stopped responding because I am sure they are guilty as charged.
To me, I felt that my fight was worth it and justified because Chef Al Rosas and his wife were called out by me and many other bloggers, and if you just Google his name, you will see what I mean. Wikipedia has a paragraph of what happened, too, so there is no way he can hide from his shameful behaviors.
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Just came across this app through other food bloggers. If you don’t already know about it, you can add to your blog code and trace where/when people copy your content and put a handy stamp of your blog URL on the copied content. It instantly reminded me of your unfortunate incident with Chef Al Rosas. I’ve added it to my blog. Don’t want to have to go through what you did!
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