I don't see the point of sharing images with big ugly watermarks. But I don't see it as arrogant. Well, if the image is something that no one in their right mind would steal or that obviously took very little effort (eg a canned pose render of a default nude Vicki in P4 with no shadows) -- then it's arrogant or actually kinda comical.

But if you've had your stuff taken, I don't see it as arrogant to assume that it could happen again.

After I got my image used, I watermarked every single image on my site via a php script. The watermark is darned ugly and I hate it. But I did it because it's a quick fix for now while I decide whether or not just to pull the site entirely.

The other option is to upload only small resolution images (600px or so length max) embedded in Flash (which I despise) in order to make it as annoying as possible to copy the images.

Of course, I'm not sure what the purpose of sharing pictures on the internet is any more. If I want to show my friends, family, or potential employers I could give them the password to a protected server, I guess, or better yet, hang prints on my wall and invite them over.

These days, I am tending toward the very last option.

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