Forum: Photography


Subject: Topic Thread - Copyright and Other's Art

TwoPynts opened this issue on Jul 14, 2006 · 74 posts


gradient posted Tue, 18 July 2006 at 2:16 AM

Having had some of my renders stolen from here earlier this year...let me tell you that initially it was a shock...then I was mad...and it made me reassess my uploads.  As a result, I don't upload nearly as frequently....and I will now start to upload smaller images.

As to solutions....some thoughts...

  1. Self policing.....if you see images from folks here for sale elsewhere....send them an IM to give them a heads up....perhaps it is legitimate..then fine.

  2. Post smaller images to prevent print theft

  3. Perhaps an innovative watermark that Rendo puts on images seen by non "Rendo" members....yes, I know if someone wants it without the watermark then they get a Rendo acct...but at least it would make things a bit more difficult.

Thats it for now...but...I will do some more thinking....

In youth, we learn....with age, we understand.