As a public service to all members here ...

[JPicker]

Would it be possible for anyone to post the entire range of IP addresses assigned to Getty, Picsout, Masterfile, Corbis, and any other photo-crawling robots that help and facilitate Getty and the others, for alleged photo  infringement - so that we at least have a shot of blocking them from accessing our web sites? This would be a tremendous public service and empower some of us to fight their slimy and, entrapment tactics.

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

the ip s for getty, masterfile, corbis are not relevant, it's picscout, all of these companies are using this software, which is now owned by Getty Images.

[JPicker]

I found this (see link below) ... and the IP ranges for Picscout are identified. It's just a matter of copying them, and inserting them into the ".htaccess" file for your web site under the "deny from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" section - and then saving. (As a precaution if you're unsure how to do this, backup your existing .htaccess file first.)

While you shouldn't have any infringed images on your site even though sometimes you honestly don't know that they are - which is what all these scumbags entrap, exploit and capitalize on - this is better than being completely defenseless:

http://williamfaulkner.co.uk/2007/09/picscout-getty-images-and-goodbye-istockphoto/

[Crying-out-Loud]

If you want to block out entire countries, get the blocks here:

http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/htaccess-deny-format/