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Mermaid Jaffa
03-08-2017, 08:28 AM
Hey all!
Happen to come across this during another one of my late night googling...
If anyone knows the other merlings, please contact them to let them know this business has taken their images for their own. One mermaid I recognized is, Faith On the Bass from youtube.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mermaid-Monofin-for-Kids-and-Adults-Children-Sparkle-Mermaid-Tail-with-Diving-Fins-Swimming-Flippers-Shoes/32792167301.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.21.1hL29I&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_1_10065_10 130_10068_10501_10503_433_10136_10137_10138_10060_ 10131_10132_10062_20501_10133_20503_10056_10055_10 054_302_10059_10099_10103_10102_10096_10052_10053_ 10050_10107_10051_10106_20517_20515_10084_10083_10 080_10082_10081_10110_10111_10112_10113_10114_1007 8_10079_10073_10070_10122_10123_10126_10124-20503_20501_10503_10501_20517_20515,searchweb20160 3_2,afswitch_1,ppcSwitch_5,single_sort_0_default&btsid=22e027aa-97a4-4942-9c06-873dc3c99108&algo_expid=3d610c97-d9f5-4867-9880-1576c777a96e-2&algo_pvid=3d610c97-d9f5-4867-9880-1576c777a96e
Aurelian
03-08-2017, 10:09 AM
Several of the tail photos and pictures of people swimming in them are from FinFun Mermaid Tails. I saw the Arctic Blue, Malibu Pink, Tidal Teal, etc in their photos, and the monofin is identical.
Nerdmaid Faith
03-08-2017, 12:17 PM
Hey guys! Thanks for letting me know!
It was this video here that was taken, which makes sense as it is one of my most popular videos on instagram. Of course it was the one set of videos that I forgot to watermark! GAH!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPlg1mmgCmK/?taken-by=faithonthebass
I don;t know any of the other videos, although I think the orange mermaid tail (clip after mine) is from some other asian company I follow on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/putri_duyung_mermaidtail/
I'm actually lowkey happy because theft indicates success! Anyways, I'll see if I can get it taken down. If not, no biggie.
Nerdmaid Faith
03-08-2017, 12:54 PM
I sent them a message and got a somewhat ambiguous reply.
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Nerdmaid Faith
03-08-2017, 01:02 PM
I also found the original video for another one of the clips and alerted the owners of it. https://www.instagram.com/p/BOEgiwcg0r5/?taken-by=putri_duyung_mermaidtail
AniaR
03-08-2017, 05:16 PM
some people do wholesale finfun online though, they offer it as a service (finfun) I even looked into doing it from Canada to help Canadians get them easier. Stealing the photos is bad obviously, but just pointing out it could still be a legit business who just handled it wrong. ;)
Aquos Savar
03-08-2017, 05:26 PM
Now they have fin fun images...they sure won't give up.
BTW, if anyone sees anything like this happens again, PM me. I can hack 'em (I just overflow their servers), and make sure that people like them don't mess with merfolk ever again.
Nerdmaid Faith
03-08-2017, 07:31 PM
I didn't know that FinFun did that! Thaaaat explains all the awkward listings on ebay and all that. Although this particular one seemed to have a bunch of different tails from various other places on amazon and all that.
AniaR
03-08-2017, 09:53 PM
yeah its hard to know, but if someone is a re-seller they're allowed to use the images typically.
for instance I sell linden's fins in canada. I have my own photos but sometimes use the ones from bodyglove too because they show the full specs.
Mermaid Jaffa
03-08-2017, 11:59 PM
Actually, the Fin Fun monofins are made by another Chinese company. I found them on alibaba whilst searching for something else.
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/mermaid-tail-swim-monofins-mermaid-tail_60619259246.html?spm=a2700.7724838.0.0.pvaVt0
The one that has stolen images, their monofin is a white plastic sheet.
Aliexpress is a hot pot of stolen images... If one had the time and know the people, you could literally shut down every one of them!
Mermaid Tula
03-09-2017, 01:20 AM
I private messaged Finfun about the picture theft. I'll let you guys know what they say when they reply.
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