Forum: Photography


Subject: WARNING!! Copyright Violations

zhounder opened this issue on Apr 25, 2004 ยท 14 posts


DHolman posted Tue, 27 April 2004 at 8:16 AM

I feel your pain, but don't let it get the better of you. Not worth it. I'm always getting e-mail from people telling me that I should put smaller images on my website, that I'm just asking to get my stuff ripped off with shots that large. I could try to protect myself with tiny photos or a big-a$$ watermark in the middle of the image, but I hate that stuff. I can't stand going to someone's gallery and seeing pictures the size of postage stamps or their name slapped across it. If I see that, 99.99% of the time I don't even bother looking. So, I live with the risk that some SOB will snag one of my images and misuse it. I count on the Karma System to deal with any of those people that I don't see and I'll let my lawyer deal with those I do see. But I'm sure not going to waste any energy worrying about it. Life's too short. -=>Donald