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Unpopular opinion: Reverse image search saved me $800 in a single month
I started using TinEye and Google Lens on every design mockup before sending it off to a client. Caught three different people trying to use my old logos on new projects without paying the relicense fee. One was a coffee shop in Austin who literally just flipped my original file upside down. Has anyone else had luck with a specific tool for catching stolen work?
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cora_west52mo ago
Caught three different people trying to use my old logos on new projects" - yep, been there! @iris_barnes87 seeing patterns on cheap t-shirts was a good catch too. I had a similar thing with a photographer who tried to pass off my web banner as their original work, just cropped and recolored. Google Lens caught it instantly (thank goodness for that).
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lilyt232mo ago
Did you check if the coffee shop actually bought the original license but just had a really old file? I had a bakery try to claim they "forgot" they paid for a logo redo three years ago, then got all weird when I pulled up the invoice.
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