Never ever point out a fraud...

Some advice:
1) Let Shutterstock or the actual owner of the misused photos police themselves. It good to contact the owners and make them aware of the issue, but its not your property or decision to make.
2) Your message on their website is a direct attack and you should expect people to react badly and aggressively. Do not say anything online that you would not say in person to their face.

“Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”

― Mark Twain

3) Missused photos are best reported on a website such as Photo Stealers http://stopstealingpho​tos.com/ This will keep it less personal and reduce the backlash.
4) The multiple false and harassing reviews should be handled by a real lawyer.
5) The OP seems highly concerned with the actions of other people in a situation that she was not originally involved. Almost all successful people focus their positive energy on their own progress, and don't let themselves get stuck in the mud of drama of others. I hope the OP would strongly rethink her actions here and try to avoid wasting so much time and inciting so much negativity to her business.

I'm totally confused here - did you do business with this person to warrant the review you left of their business? Or was the 1 star review simply the result of them using unauthorized Shutterstock photos? Were these your photos? Again, I'm a bit lost here. It's honestly best to, not to be crass, but mind your own business in these types of situations. If you absolutely MUST say something, contact Shutterstock and let them know about it so that they can handle it themselves.

sspellman wrote in post #17096941
Some advice:
1) Let Shutterstock or the actual owner of the misused photos police themselves. It good to contact the owners and make them aware of the issue, but its not your property or decision to make.
2) Your message on their website is a direct attack and you should expect people to react badly and aggressively. Do not say anything online that you would not say in person to their face.

“Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”

― Mark Twain

3) Missused photos are best reported on a website such as Photo Stealers http://stopstealingpho​tos.com/ This will keep it less personal and reduce the backlash.
4) The multiple false and harassing reviews should be handled by a real lawyer.
5) The OP seems highly concerned with the actions of other people in a situation that she was not originally involved. Almost all successful people focus their positive energy on their own progress, and don't let themselves get stuck in the mud of drama of others. I hope the OP would strongly rethink her actions here and try to avoid wasting so much time and inciting so much negativity to her business.

Yes, yes, and yes.

MattPharmD wrote in post #17096911
The first "false review" doesn't claim anything that isn't true. The images are verifiably from shutterstock, and Shutterstocks license does not allow images to be used in this manner. A statement must be false before it can be Libel.

...it isn't your place, my place or the OP's place to determine if the photographer has violated the licence with shutterstock. Thats up to shutterstock. If shutterstock say "nope, thats fine" then its fine: and the OP's "review" is now a lie.

If shutterstock decides there is no licence violation: then the OP's statement is also false. And while it fits the "dictionary" definition of libel, dictionary definitions are worthless in court. At the moment the last thing the OP should be doing is escalating. They have reported it to shutterstock. If they don't take action, then the OP should remove the review and just leave it all alone. (In fact, I'd just remove the review, but I wouldn't have posted it in the first place.)

Just wanted to point out that the offending photos are now gone (last 24hours) and the OP's review was gone the first time I looked at the page (although their are others of a similar vein).

To the OP. What prompted you to go look at their page in the first place? What was your motivation for calling them out?
While what they did does seem like an overkill, YOU were the one that initiated it. Why? Do you normally go around looking at others websites looking for potential photo's that are not theirs?

Don't fight other people's battles. Inform the photographers who shot the images and let them deal with it.

For as critical as people are about this activity, this isn't really any different than websites like stopstealingphotos.com except the author of that website is possibly making more money off ads than it takes to run the site.

Thomas Campbell wrote in post #17098828
Don't fight other people's battles. Inform the photographers who shot the images and let them deal with it.

+1 this

MattPharmD wrote in post #17098860
For as critical as people are about this activity, this isn't really any different than websites like stopstealingphotos.com except the author of that website is possibly making more money off ads than it takes to run the site.

What? Makes no sense.

This falls under the heading "Don't go looking for trouble -- you might find it."

MattPharmD wrote in post #17098860
For as critical as people are about this activity, this isn't really any different than websites like stopstealingphotos.com except the author of that website is possibly making more money off ads than it takes to run the site.

...the difference is that the author of stopstealingphotos.com has more experience at doing this, is used to the attacks that you get when you go after a photostealer, and is less likely to make a mistake that leaves them open to libel. And if they make a bit of money for all the effort they go through then good for them.

So, no word from the OP why this vendetta against another business?

seanlockephotography wrote in post #17102905
So, no word from the OP why this vendetta against another business?

I'm starting to think there is more to this than the OP let on initially. As others have said and asked, why would OP go after this business in the first place?

OP, if you're still actively posting, please give us the full explanation for clarity.

These people are creeps. They got caught with their pants down and get defensive and in fact offensive.

Clearly from how they operate they are not endowed with honor, and thus, the only safe option is avoiding them.