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<blockquote data-quote="SamSpade1941" data-source="post: 71257" data-attributes="member: 10336"><p>Everyone has their own opinions of how to protect them selves from this sort of thing, not that I consider my self to be Tim Page or anyone of noteworthiness by any means, however I have been published a couple of times by accident. Most recently about two years ago, I was using water marks at the time on all my images. A local publication in my area found a landscape I shot and posted on the web, it was watermarked, they wanted to use the image and contacted me at home. I gave them permission to use the image how they wanted me to provide them with a copy of the image that was not watermarked for publication.</p><p> </p><p>The publication in question replied that the image they found on the web was of sufficient size and quality that they would be able to use it for their publication and they could remove the water mark. The thing is they very well could have just used my image and never said anything to me especially since I never read that little publication ever. I would never have known, I was very tickled that they had the honesty and integrity to contact me and ask my permission. </p><p></p><p></p><p>As far as your copyright goes its yours from the day you push the shutter button 70 years forward. You do not have to register your photos or anything else. I know you can place copies of your images on file with the US Govt. if you want , but it does not affect your copy right in anyway. Since I keep all my original raw files I have more than ample proof that I am the owner of my images. I actually use a Creative Commons 3.0 licenses on most of my images because I want people to see them and share them. The Creative Commons license I grant allows non commercial uses as long as the image is not modified. The person using my image must also give attribution to me. </p><p></p><p></p><p>None of it means someone will not steal an image, I just do not think water marks enhance the photo and they do next to nothing to prevent the image from being used if someone wants to use it. If the water mark makes you feel better though go head and use. One last word on copyright information being embedded in the EXIF in a photo. Did you know someone can strip all the EXIF data from a photo simply by saving the photo as a PNG and then re saving it as a JPG? </p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SamSpade1941, post: 71257, member: 10336"] Everyone has their own opinions of how to protect them selves from this sort of thing, not that I consider my self to be Tim Page or anyone of noteworthiness by any means, however I have been published a couple of times by accident. Most recently about two years ago, I was using water marks at the time on all my images. A local publication in my area found a landscape I shot and posted on the web, it was watermarked, they wanted to use the image and contacted me at home. I gave them permission to use the image how they wanted me to provide them with a copy of the image that was not watermarked for publication. The publication in question replied that the image they found on the web was of sufficient size and quality that they would be able to use it for their publication and they could remove the water mark. The thing is they very well could have just used my image and never said anything to me especially since I never read that little publication ever. I would never have known, I was very tickled that they had the honesty and integrity to contact me and ask my permission. As far as your copyright goes its yours from the day you push the shutter button 70 years forward. You do not have to register your photos or anything else. I know you can place copies of your images on file with the US Govt. if you want , but it does not affect your copy right in anyway. Since I keep all my original raw files I have more than ample proof that I am the owner of my images. I actually use a Creative Commons 3.0 licenses on most of my images because I want people to see them and share them. The Creative Commons license I grant allows non commercial uses as long as the image is not modified. The person using my image must also give attribution to me. None of it means someone will not steal an image, I just do not think water marks enhance the photo and they do next to nothing to prevent the image from being used if someone wants to use it. If the water mark makes you feel better though go head and use. One last word on copyright information being embedded in the EXIF in a photo. Did you know someone can strip all the EXIF data from a photo simply by saving the photo as a PNG and then re saving it as a JPG? Cheers [/QUOTE]
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