Lots of very predictable choices here - the usual names. I don’t mind them but I’ve found myself watching more and more channels with small or medium subscriber bases. Something a bit more real about their content. Here’s a few I’ve found over the last six months or so.

Kieran Hayes

Alex Kim

Harmen Hoek

William Patino

Kim Grant

Andy Hutchinson

Gary Gough

Chris Orange

Simon Booth

Tin House Studios

Mads Peter Iversen

Yea, totally the same deal with me. I have local photographer friends who were always sending me links of people using my photos without permission and I chased them for a while and then just gave up because it was a never-ending problem and I had better things to do with my time.

I submitted a load of cases to Pixsy about six months ago because they kept emailing me and I thought, fuck it, I’ll put a few in. I submitted about 20 I think on that original batch and I kept getting rejection after rejection. In fact I even deleted my account and then the next day they emailed and said ‘congrats you’ve got a pay-out, here’s $700USD’. So I had to get them to undelete my account so I could put my bank details in for the transfer.

I took some photos of bioluminescence in the ocean near here about 10 years ago. Within that timeframe they’ve been stolen and used illegally thousands of times - most commonly (falsely) claiming they were taken in South America.

I’ve begun litigating against all the ones I can using Pixsy and if all the current claims currently running (which is fraction of the ones I could and probably will instigate) I’ll be able to buy a new car by the middle of next year. I’ve already received over $5000 just off three successful claims. I currently have 15 for booking.com alone.

Something to bear in mind if it happens again.