Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 27, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > There is no way to keep someone from using your photos if you post them on > the web. You can post the smallest size possible, but if it is visible on > your site, it will be visible when it is copied to another site. Huge, > ugly watermarks across the center of the photo will work sometimes. Alamy > puts one on their photos and they are still stolen and used with the > watermark intact. Watermarks along the edge can be easily cropped > out.. Posting copyright notices and following up on unauthorized use with > take-down notices will discourage one user at a time. Casual web posters > who are looking for something to post in their blogs might be discouraged > if right-click copying is disabled but there are ways around that, too. If > it is on the web, it is going to be vulnerable to being used without your > permission. > > Sorry :-( > > Tina ugh ! but many thanks Tina... Steve > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> On Feb 27, 2013, at 6:53 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: >> >>> No matter what you do, somebody will use your photos - usually in a >>> web-site so size won't deter them. Post a copyright notice on every page >>> and then use Google Images or TinEye to search for unauthorized usage. >>> Send them a take-down notice with education about copyright - some are >>> totally clueless and think everything on the web is free. If they don't >>> take the photo down, send a bill with an official-looking notice from a >>> lawyer. I'm making almost as much money from unauthorized usages as from >>> legitimate leases these days!! >> >> >> >> my goal is not to make money, rather to decrease/eliminate unauthorized >> use..... >> >> what parameters of the images would you advise to accomplish that? >> >> >> >> thanks, >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> >>> >>> Good luck, >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at >>> gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> what are, in your opinion, the best/safest parameters to discourage >>>> borrowing/theft of photos on the web? >>>> >>>> size? resolution? >>>> >>>> How about 800 pixels on the longest side, and a resolution of 72....? >>>> >>>> Watermarking while an option, is possible, though I am not likely to do >>>> it..... >>>> >>>> >>>> many thanks for your input, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information