Yet more business models based on using your images

Now that imagery is readily available on the web, there seems to be a flood of new business models based on re-using your images, without your permission. We last brought this up last March here.

Here are three of the new, more popular, social network image "sharing" sites:

FFFFound where you can "Find, bookmark and share your favorite images !!
FFFFOUND! is a web service that not only allows the users to post and share their favorite images found on the web, but also dynamically recommends each user's tastes and interests for an inspirational image-bookmarking experience!!"
and
vi.sualize.us - "Have you ever dreamed of freely bookmarking the pictures you love? Well, you're not alone! Welcome to visualizeus: no strings, no invites, no waits. Just bookmark . . . Show to everyone. Don't keep your lovely findings only for you! Full powered feeds, a badge to embed on your site, and more coming, are available to share with your friends your favorite pictures."
and
We Heart It "We see many great images on blogs and websites around, and now you can put everything you saw and liked on the same page to look again whenever you want"

So here we have companies that are taking images found on the web and re-purposing them. People are proudly showing pictures that they have found, not that they have actually created. Rarely is there a mention of who actually created or owns the image and rarely a mention of copyright.

This growing trend is why we started asking 2 years ago for the trade associations to set up systems to develop revenue streams off of these uses.

The authors worked hard on this and did it. The photographers? They're still forming committees. What a shame.