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So idk if others have noticed this before – but it’s the first time I’m seeing this, hence the post.

There’s a website, https://www.photosugar.com, which apparently mirrors all pictures, gifsets etc. people post on their tumblrs (and also other social media sites like twitter and instagram, if I understand it correctly).

An eample for a tumblr user, with my name:

https://www.photosugar.com/tu/lordhellebore

Now it won‘t turn up anything but a 404 error in my case, because I sent an e-mail to the contact address, which is darius@photosugar.com with the title “My content on your website”:

Hello,

it’s come to my attention that you are mirroring all of the posts containing
pictures/gifs that I post on my tumblr. I am asking you to stop pulling the content from my tumblr and to
delete me from your website.

tumblr username is „lordhellebore“

Thank you.

I got a reply consisting of the single word “removed” after just one day, and as you can see, it worked perfectly fine with the informal mail I sent. So if you want them to stop mirroring your tumblr, it seems all you really need to to is this.  

I can’t test the site for all of my mutuals, but I’m tagging a few whom I found on there by random trial & error, and I suggest you look yourself up if you see this post and dislike tumblr mirrors (even if this one is only for pictures, not text).

@janiedean, @ladytp, @vaysh11, @lunavagantt, @einemelodieimwind, @robb-greyjoy, @youbuggingme, @ysilme, @rex-luscus, @bai-xue, @viendiletto, @electricalice, @contessa-de-leusse, @memetic-mutism, @bluecichlid, @mrs-storm-andrews, @ladymothwing, @prismatic-bell, @kittykatknits, @tinkili

….basically, whomever I’m trying at random, it seems that you’re on there.

 Please reblog so others can know and ask for removal if they want to.

So I looked into this, and sure enough.  Every graphic I’ve posted or reblogged on Tumblr (on both my blogs) is mirrored on Photosugar.  It seems gross and disingenuous to mirror without consent, not to mention problematic from a copyright perspective.

Hey all – while your writing may not show up on photosugar, any pictures or graphics you post or reblog, will.  And they will show up without the textual context that accompanies them on Tumblr.  In case that matters to you.

UPDATE – You can now have your content removed by going to:
https://www.photosugar.com/remove

So no need to e-mail anyone.

If you already sent an email, use the link above. It looks like it works instantly. (I got a reply email back saying to use the link. They are probably getting slammed so automating it was sensible.)

Heads up to my followers, as this is *every* blog I’ve checked. It seems like they have bots to pull content from tumblr, twitter, and instagram. Auto-fill their site with content at no work of their own, and no attributions minus the blog title (and who goes out of their way to search attributions on the internet?)

WOAH
I and many of my friend’s blogs were mirrored there!!!
FRIENDOS PLS REBLOG AND ALSO CHECK AND REMOVE YOUR STUFF FROM BEING MIRRORED ON THIS SITE!!!