How to protect your images?
Hi all,
I have spent a lot on images, and the texts explaining the features on our products. A competitor has just copied some of my images, and the texts word by word. How can you get amazon to remove those pictures ?? and how do you protect your images ?
14 replies
Seller_qZO3ZCjoBXEeL
Are they selling the same thing as you - i.e. you search your listing and see them as well as you there? Or is there a completely unrelated duplicate listing with the same text and images?
If a seller is selling the identical thing to you, they must use your listing. They should not create a new listing with their own or anyone else’s images and text.
When you upload images and text into Amazon’s catalogue - it becomes available for Amazon and all of its customers to use.
So if you are selling a generic product that you buy, and someone else has the same product then they will benefit from your images and writing. They have to by Amazon rules.
Seller_KoWHfm8kasz9x
The moment you upload them to Amazon, they are no longer “your” images… they belong to Amazon. One reason I wouldn’t consider doing so. Plus, I’d be banned in about 23 seconds as mine all carry visible and programmatic copyright… 
Seller_saK5Ah2SaNYjL
@ZAM2018 Have you got Amazon Brand Registry?
Seller_3xO2ZIVmASdtz
Just an update brand registry removed the copy of our images.
Seller_y85eShwkJ1SUS
I get this alot. They aren’t actually stealing from my Amazon but from Etsy when I first started them using them on Amazon.
I report using the infringement form and they are removed every time.
