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Title: Fellow Taxidermist WARNING MUST READ!
Post by: WCTaxidermy on December 06, 2010, 10:40:31 PM: Hello all, I received a phone call from a friend tonight warning me that a Taxidermist stole 19 of my web-site pictures off my web-site and put them on theirs. This low-life piece of #$%& calls himself "Simon's Taxidermy" with a web-site of http://www.simonstaxidermy.com/ (http://www.simonstaxidermy.com/) He has a mammal gallery section and waterfowl gallery section. You might want to visit his web-site and see if any of your photo's have been stolen like mine were.

I can't believe that someone would stoop this low as to steal pictures of someones hard work and portray it as his own. Damn that makes me mad!!!! >:( >:( Thouight I would let my fellow Taxidermists know. Let me know what you find out after you visit "his so called" web-site. Thanks. John
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Post by: JoeVon on December 06, 2010, 10:43:36 PM: What a frickin low life move...
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Post by: shoot-em-dead on December 06, 2010, 10:47:52 PM: take what legal action you can. Document it and spread the word as long as he is in buisness.
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Post by: beagledog on December 06, 2010, 10:51:42 PM: Man that is great. You cant do good work yourself so use someone elses hard work to promote yourself.
Real sorry about that WCT. Hopefully you can do something to this *censored*.
Title: Re: Fellow Taxidermist WARNING MUST READ!
Post by: JoeVon on December 06, 2010, 10:52:28 PM: John, he's got pictures from Birdman Studios (http://birdmanstudios.com/index.html (http://birdmanstudios.com/index.html)) on his site also. You may want to contact him.
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Post by: JoeVon on December 06, 2010, 11:26:45 PM: On the bright side, you are getting grouped in with some other great taxidermists.
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Post by: WCTaxidermy on December 06, 2010, 11:27:54 PM: Yeah Joe, I saw that to and he has been contacted. I just can't believe a guy like this. What is this world coming to. John
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Post by: Hyde on December 06, 2010, 11:28:54 PM: I believe I'd pay his shop a visit and "sort things out".
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Post by: JoeVon on December 06, 2010, 11:34:02 PM: Ya, it makes you wonder where all of his own pictures are if he's been in business since 1980?
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on December 06, 2010, 11:47:17 PM: >:( I am close to calling him tomarrow and telling him what a LLPOS he is. People like that piss me off.
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Post by: PolarBear on December 07, 2010, 12:15:57 AM: What a *censored*!
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Post by: Hornseeker on December 07, 2010, 07:52:50 AM: LMAO...wow!!!
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on December 07, 2010, 08:01:34 AM: I bet this isn't the first time. He probably stole your pictures because you guys/gals do it the best in the northwest. Besides, he's from California, right !!! He's probably stolen all of those mount pictures from othersites too. Maybe his picture should be MOUNTED as well.
POS !!!
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Post by: bucklucky on December 07, 2010, 08:28:04 AM: Hey John, did you post this over on Taxidermy.net? I see alot of mammal mounts that are not his also.
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Post by: dirty24d on December 07, 2010, 08:28:51 AM: Simon Romero hmmm.... wonder what a background check on this pos would yield.. i bet he's a felon of some sort.. >:(

Simons taxidermy specializing in cougar / mountain lion mounts!!!
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Post by: rasbo on December 07, 2010, 08:35:43 AM: what a maggot
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on December 07, 2010, 10:25:43 AM: I already posted it over there Chuckles.
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Post by: MuleySniper on December 07, 2010, 10:45:44 AM: That is the ultimate compliment! What a *censored* way of saying "great work". It would be fun to mess with the guy some first before blowing his cover. Someone should pose as a big shot from Cabelas and make some bogus order for thirty or so animals :chuckle: Get the guy to fly somewhere for a fake meeting :chuckle:
MS
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Post by: lukuss on December 07, 2010, 10:55:14 AM: I wonder if a nice big watermark on your pics would stop this kind of thing?
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Post by: elkslare on December 07, 2010, 01:51:15 PM: that is pretty chitty. :bash: :bash: :bash:
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Post by: TheHunt on December 07, 2010, 01:55:35 PM: California... What can you say!!!
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Post by: huntergreg on December 07, 2010, 02:46:43 PM: Some people! :bash:
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on December 07, 2010, 02:52:55 PM: John,

Do I need to come pick you up in my new truck and we go for a ride???

But honestly without sounding like such a poophead it is your fault this happened!!!!!!!! Whoa calm down there don't get mad at me, I am just calling it the way I see it. You do such awesome work everyone wants to take the credit for it :chuckle: :chuckle:

Sorry it happened to you,

Joe
Title: Re: Fellow Taxidermist WARNING MUST READ!
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on December 07, 2010, 02:55:54 PM: well just look through his website, I see that he does not have african or fish up yet, must be he has not found that many to steal. I think I will give him a call and have fun.

Joe
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Post by: MuleySniper on December 07, 2010, 03:06:24 PM: Quote from: BLKBEARKLR on December 07, 2010, 02:55:54 PM
well just look through his website, I see that he does not have african or fish up yet, must be he has not found that many to steal. I think I will give him a call and have fun.

Joe

Yeah, I was expecting to see some of my buddy Luke's stuff from Blackwater up on his site. I'm still going to give him a heads up.
MS
Title: Re: Fellow Taxidermist WARNING MUST READ!
Post by: WCTaxidermy on December 07, 2010, 04:32:46 PM: Hi all, sorry for the late response, I have been gone all day. I tried calling this person this morning and it went to voice mail. Let's just say I left quite a voice mail. I can't wait to be able to talk with him. Joe, I still have all my work gear I need to take that ride with you if you know what I mean. :chuckle: Muleysniper, I think your onto something there. Can you make the meeting over in our neck fo the woods and we can teach the Californian how we do it here in the NW.

Thanks for all the support everyone, and I'll keep you posted on the progress of this mess. Talk with you all soon.

John
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Post by: billythekidrock on December 07, 2010, 04:52:29 PM: Did he copied them to his own site archive or did he just steal the link to them? If he stole the link then we can put other photos up in their place.

A few of you may remember a couple years ago when a guy at the backcountryhunting site stole the link to a sig bar image of mine. I replaced the photo with this.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2F04.gif&hash=000d39e8c8e8a6bb04c1d45ddb624ac1ecc18eb6)

He didn't notice it for a week or so and he was posting daily. It went under all of his new and old posts. :chuckle:
He eventually removed my link.
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Post by: WCTaxidermy on December 07, 2010, 04:55:22 PM: BTKR, Is there a way I can tell if he stole the link or not?
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Post by: billythekidrock on December 07, 2010, 05:02:24 PM: Quote from: WCTaxidermy on December 07, 2010, 04:55:22 PM
BTKR, Is there a way I can tell if he stole the link or not?
Yep.
Right click on the photo. Click properties. Then you can read the web address.

Here is the web address from your HW avatar.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/custom-avatars/avatar_3419.png (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/custom-avatars/avatar_3419.png)
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Post by: Annette on December 07, 2010, 05:15:06 PM: I bet he has some illigal gull bladders in his hide freezer..... :yike:
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on December 07, 2010, 05:16:42 PM: http://www.simonstaxidermy.com/images/siimonstax%20(29)_small.jpg (http://www.simonstaxidermy.com/images/siimonstax%20(29)_small.jpg)
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on December 07, 2010, 05:27:23 PM: So that means he changed the link to the picture right? You can't change the photos on his website?
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Post by: billythekidrock on December 07, 2010, 05:30:18 PM: Correct. If he copied the photo and put it in his own folders on his own host then it can't be changed they way I did it before.
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Post by: WCTaxidermy on December 07, 2010, 05:39:49 PM: I just did that and it does look like he copied them. Nobody seems to have heard of this guy before.
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Post by: billythekidrock on December 07, 2010, 05:44:17 PM: Have you tried googleing him to see what sites he posts on?
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Post by: dirty24d on December 07, 2010, 10:30:27 PM: Simon Romero
Norco, CA 92860

(951) 340-9417

This may be his home phone info. I looked him up on superpages, and his name hit as the only one in norco cali tied under landscaping consulting , supplies, and planning.

He may be wearing quite a few hats as a fraud.

Or it's a different guy..

Looked on facebook couldnt find anything. Lots of Simon Romeros but not in cali mostly brazil..
Title: Re: Fellow Taxidermist WARNING MUST READ!
Post by: WCTaxidermy on December 09, 2010, 04:22:46 PM: Well it looks like the pressure finally got to this weasel. I checked last night and he took everything off his web-site. The only thing that shows when you log onto his web-site is a picture of a fish and his name. I still have not been able to talk to him yet. I call his phone several times a day and it is still full of messages. At least my photo's are off there. John
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Post by: billythekidrock on December 09, 2010, 05:29:41 PM: Nice.
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Post by: rasbo on December 09, 2010, 07:11:50 PM: though I see it as a compliment to your beautiful work,taking any credit for it to me would be like the *censored* that steals someones deer hanging at camp, and the runs around town saying look what I tagged
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Post by: dirty24d on December 09, 2010, 07:24:36 PM: good deal...
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on December 12, 2010, 06:11:21 PM: Quote from: WCTaxidermy on December 09, 2010, 04:22:46 PM
Well it looks like the pressure finally got to this weasel. I checked last night and he took everything off his web-site. The only thing that shows when you log onto his web-site is a picture of a fish and his name. I still have not been able to talk to him yet. I call his phone several times a day and it is still full of messages. At least my photo's are off there. John

This mean no drive for us??

Joe
Title: Re: Fellow Taxidermist WARNING MUST READ!
Post by: WCTaxidermy on December 18, 2010, 11:40:04 AM: Miles, thanks for the information. I can certainly use this information. I will make sure that I forward off to the other Taxidermists that this guy stole pictures of as well. Thanks again for the help. John