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  • Rachele Cateyes Disappointed By Diet Company’s Use Of Her Bikini Picture

    Rachele Cateyes, a Milwaukee, Oregon blogger, is a self-proclaimed “Fat Babe” who keeps a blog about body acceptance and body positivity. On one of her blog posts, she posted a picture of herself wearing a blue bikini. She was shocked to learn that the said photo was stolen and used by an online diet company in one of their campaigns. The photo was posted as the “before” image in a “before” and “after” picture.

    Cateyes said that she posted the image on her blog to show her readers that anyone can wear a bikini and have a positive self-image. The photo was taken by her husband on one of their trips to the beach.

    The blogger did not know that her picture was stolen until her readers tipped her off.

    Cateyes sent a message on the company’s Facebook page and stated that they were using her picture without permission, and that she would like to have it taken down. She received a response, but it was not something that she expected. The response said, “We have no control over it. You need to contact the people who specifically put this on his website.”

    According to Brian Westbrook, a technology expert, it is illegal to download photos from the Internet without the owner’s permission and use it to make profit.

    Cateyes said that the use of her picture goes against everything she believes in. The use of her picture is like telling the public that her body is bad and it is something that girls do not want to look like.

    Followers of Cateyes’ blog are now helping her spread the word about her stolen picture. They have also emailed the company requesting to remove Cateyes’ picture. Their efforts seem to have paid off, as the image no longer links directly to the official website of the diet company.

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    Image via Rachel Cateyes, Twitter

  • Rachele Cateyes Angry Over Use of Bikini Shot

    Blogger Rachele Cateyes is mad, and rightly so. As are thousands of her followers.

    The Milwaulkie blogger posted a bikini photo taken by her husband on her blog about body acceptance, which was then used by an online diet company without her permission.

    “I wanted to show that all bodies can wear a bikini on the beach and have a beach body,” she said.

    Followers of her popular Nearsighted Owl blog let her know that her image was being used by diet company Venus Factor.

    “They said, ‘Is this you? Why are you on this, is this you?’”

    The diet company was using the photo as the “before” in its “before and after” shots.

    A Portland News Station KGW8 joined in her fight trying to get the company to remove her image from their website.

    They said they called the company several times, receiving recorded messages and emailed the company with no response.

    Cateyes also sent a Facebook message to the company.

    “These photos were stolen from me and are being used to sell your product, I would like your help in having them removed,” she said in her message.

    The response she received read: “We have no control over it. You need to contact the people who specifically put this on his website.”

    “You cannot steal someone else’s property. You cannot take their picture and make a profit off of it,” said technology expert Brian Westbrook. “Really, whether you profit or not, it’s illegal to download photos off the Internet and use them in any sort of way other than what the original composer of that picture intended.”

    Cateyes said she’s proud of her body and proud of the photo, but using her image to promote a diet plan goes against her principles and why she posted the photo in the first place.

    “Using me to represent basically, ‘This is what you don’t want to look like, don’t be like her, her body’s bad,’” she said.

    Image via Twitter, Rachele Cateyes