In mainstream, you get emails like this
 

Dear Sir or Madam,
My name is Vicky Colodi and I am a contributor at www.xxxxxxxxxxx.org, a wiki project. I am currently working on an article aboat xxxxxxxxxxxxx for the project, and am in need of a photo for the article.
I wanted to inquire in regards to your photo:
http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com
The photo would be perfect for the article. Would you be willing to give xxxxxxxx.org permission to use your photo for the project?
If you agree to let xxxxxxxxxxxxx.org to use the photo, please specify the terms of permission in your reply so I can upload this photo with the correct license terms.
1.) I certify that I am the owner of this photo. I grant xxxxxxxx.org and its owner to use this photo for any purpose with attribution to me as the photo owner.

OR

2.) I certify that I am the owner of this photo. I release all rights of this photo and place this photo in the public domain.
I thank you in advance and look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Vicky
PS: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.org is a wiki project so you are encouraged to contribute to it by sharing your knowledge of your local cuisine. Thank you.

My first instinct was to reply "I don't care what you do with it, I stole it in the first place"

I wish they sent me emails like that.

A couple of months back a large clothing company pinched one of my photos and put it on a t-shirt which is sold in K-mart. Apparently my site is a *free site* and they can do whatever they wish with the photo(s) on that site.

If you can prove that is your photo, you should be able to get an attorney to take a case like that and sue the pants off of the clothing company.

and their t-shirts ? :1orglaugh

I can prove it is 100% my photo and am in the process of trying to work it out without having to employ an attorney. However it is looking like this is not going to be a simple exercise.