If you’re trying to highlight your models torsos, you should avoid giant watermarks on their stomachs.

That stock photo logo is literally where their love handles would be, if not for the benefit of eating right and tons of time at the gym freeze-dried plastic surgery. You would think an industry obsessed with appearance would give their billboards a second glance prior to building them.

Thanks Aaron.

Few things display a more firm grasp of the concepts of “economy” and “trust” than leaving the watermark on the cover of the first edition of your book. Well done!

Thanks to Sebastian! Original is here!

Maybe we should club together and send Michael Dell a copy of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Thanks to Rick! See for yourself!

Edit: iStockphoto emailed me this (frankly rather optimistic) message:
Please understand that this oversight has been corrected by our client Dell. Dell is a respected client of iStockphoto and we are happy to maintain that relationship with them. We are asking kindly that you please remove the article as soon as possible as to not damage our client’s reputation or bring any further attention to this embarrassing oversight.

Microsoft, founder member of the Business Software Alliance, doesn’t think that copyright laws apply to itself.

Edit: This is from some static Bing spam; it isn’t search results.

Thanks to Alex!

At least I think it’s Netto. To be frank it feels faintly absurd to pore over a picture trying to determine which Danish supermarket the image came from when the designer who produced the item in question evidently subscribed to a slightly inferior level of attention to detail. Just saying.

Thanks to Martin!

iStockphoto is a microstock company that charges a billion dollars per image. Or you would think so judging by this motley crew of light-fingered miscreants. The Oktoberfest banner you can kind of excuse. The laser lady is just dumb. But Dell? Really?

Thanks to Eros, Roman and Ainstushar!