www.webshots.com Several members of the Poser and Bryce newsgroups found images of theirs one this site, posted without permission. There are thousands of images here, posted by members of webshots.com. Some of you may want to sniff around here to check and see if someone has posted YOUR stuff. Read Webshots terms and violations pages. The proof you must give before they'll remove an image is ridiculous! Also, in their 'terms' page, they seem to claim that any image posted to their site is theirs to do with as they will. Check it out and let me know if I'm being alarmist or not. :) Greywolf

I don't think they're being too dificult in regards to copyrighted material. This is what I found at http://community.webshots.com/html/violation.htm : In accordance with the Webshots Terms and Conditions, we will remove any material that violates a copyright, trademark, or patent. Send email to business@webshots.com to report a violation if you own such material and you want it removed from the Webshots Community. In the email, you must provide: Your name and personal email address. The complete URL for each image that is in violation. Proof that you own the rights to each image listed above, for example: Your watermark or logo embedded in the image. A link to a website that you operate that demonstrates ownership (such as a artist's site). The name of a publication which contains the image. Upon notification, Webshots will verify the violation and remove images within 3 business days. They define violations of their agreement at: http://daily.webshots.com/html/terms.html 4. What Content or Materials Are Not Allowed on The Webshots Site? e. Copyrighted content or material that is used without the express permission of the owner; Obviously I copied only the parts that would matter to this forum. (Hope I don't get hit with copyright infringement for copying their terms. ;~} )

I tried to look, but the damn website is so slow it would take me days to search thru the images. Seems to me this is a job for someone who has the time

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How do you put a watermark on your stuff or encode it in some way to prove copyright? Melanie

heya; i sent them a comment about this area. i mean, what about the fifty luis royo pics i saw; and the scans of every piece of dragonlance art in existance, etc etc etc? i can't complain about these violations unless i AM luis royo, or larry edwards, or clyde caldwell... sheesh! (like they have time to go find and list every url of every image that is there.) melanie: there are programs/plug-ins to embed watermarks in computer art.

Both PSP (6.02) & Photoshop (5.5) come with Digimarc plug-ins embedded so you can put a watermark in your pieces. The basic service from them is free with addons available for a yearly subscription fee.