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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 88165" data-attributes="member: 9521">Re: Mojo's Image ThreadIt's my fault. For some reason I thought our images were not being copied by the Google-bot's and uploaded to the google site. And I didn't like seeing my images appearing in google searches and on facebook pages of people I don't even know. So I took Rick's advice and removed all photos without any watermarks and will only post images that contain free advertising for my website. You know, I didn't mind sharing my images here on the Nikonites board or sharing them with anyone, for that matter, but the key is that I made the choice to share them. Seeing Google sharing my images without any mention of ownership just rubbed me the wrong way. We've all worked too hard and spent way too much money to just lose ownership of our creations like that. Don't get me wrong, it's not like having a watermark is any kind of panacea for pirated images but it does raise the bar for potential theft. Kinda of like locking your doors and closing your windows at night, if someone wants to get in they'll find a way but at least you've raised the bar and made it hard enough to help keep the honest people honest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 88165, member: 9521"] [b]Re: Mojo's Image Thread[/b] It's my fault. For some reason I thought our images were not being copied by the Google-bot's and uploaded to the google site. And I didn't like seeing my images appearing in google searches and on facebook pages of people I don't even know. So I took Rick's advice and removed all photos without any watermarks and will only post images that contain free advertising for my website. You know, I didn't mind sharing my images here on the Nikonites board or sharing them with anyone, for that matter, but the key is that I made the choice to share them. Seeing Google sharing my images without any mention of ownership just rubbed me the wrong way. We've all worked too hard and spent way too much money to just lose ownership of our creations like that. Don't get me wrong, it's not like having a watermark is any kind of panacea for pirated images but it does raise the bar for potential theft. Kinda of like locking your doors and closing your windows at night, if someone wants to get in they'll find a way but at least you've raised the bar and made it hard enough to help keep the honest people honest. [/QUOTE]

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