You're a photographer? No, you're Uncle Joe with a camera, getting in the photographer's way every time you're at a wedding. Let's take an example image: PILAR® LARGE
The first image that loads on page has the knife extended, blade down, to the left. The main light is obviously coming from below the knife to the left. In fact, many of the images have the main coming from below the knife, while a couple have the main above. Big, bright overhead lights? Not quite.
If you've never had to live your life on the income of your photography alone, then you're exactly like the tacticool gents who never served. Your a$$ has never been on the line being supported by your work. If it had, you'd have a different perspective on copyright theft.
It's all about you, huh? YOU want to sell a knife so that entitles you to all assets that someone else created? No, man, it doesn't. If you had any respect at all, you'd have sent CRKT a simple email asking permission. They probably would say sure. You stole and they yanked your images. I know, it's heartbreaking.
Hmmm...where else have I heard that a person is entitled to another's work for doing nothing themselves...you're not a socialist are you?
The name is short for huecotanks in a subtle nod to all those who may know of such a place. Keep trying with your google-fu.
Which is exactly why my first post was: Talk to your account manager to get language added to your contract allowing you use of CRKT marketing assets. It's not a Herculean effort to go about running a business the right and respectful way.
If you go into the city of sin, do your morals wash away at the door simply because that's they way they do things there? Stolen photography occurs so much because photography has been made easier and cheaper over time for the lay-person to take images. The value that one holds to a photograph has been going down, so people equate it's theft to a candy bar not a car.
It's still theft. And if these images were so worthless, OP wouldn't be so pissed that he can't use them. Fact is, they do have value, they were paid for by the company who owns them, and their worth is paying for a photographer to live right now.
Again, all OP had to do was ask to use them. Instead, he felt entitled to someone else's work. When that was taken from him, he rants about it on an Internet forum. OP's a child.
Regarding prosecution of this crime, I'm looking forward to AI's use in tracking down thieves. The internet was the Wild West for a bit. Most people decided to act like Curly Bill. Well, Wyatt has a new toy coming to help him run down thieves: AI...I can't wait for the day that my work is protected online the same is if it were hanging on a wall in a store. I foresee thefts like OP's going down in occurrence over time.
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