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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 88216" data-attributes="member: 9521">Re: Mojo's Image ThreadActually, I doubt the images at the size I posted them would be worth much, if anything. But for me it's not a money issue rather it's more of a principle issue. I want to be in control of my art. We all work very hard to produce the images that we do. We've all studied and experimented and spend countless hours and 1,000's of dollars to produce these images and as a result we have earned the right to choose with whom we share our art with. And just because we placed them here for fellow Nikonites to enjoy doesn't mean we've ceded our rights of ownership and distribution. However, placing a watermark that directs potential viewers to your website gives the owner a modicum of benefit in exchange for losing their rights of ownership. It's still a broken system and Google should not be lifting our images to their sites but it is what it is - life in the great information age.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 88216, member: 9521"] [b]Re: Mojo's Image Thread[/b] Actually, I doubt the images at the size I posted them would be worth much, if anything. But for me it's not a money issue rather it's more of a principle issue. I want to be in control of my art. We all work very hard to produce the images that we do. We've all studied and experimented and spend countless hours and 1,000's of dollars to produce these images and as a result we have earned the right to choose with whom we share our art with. And just because we placed them here for fellow Nikonites to enjoy doesn't mean we've ceded our rights of ownership and distribution. However, placing a watermark that directs potential viewers to your website gives the owner a modicum of benefit in exchange for losing their rights of ownership. It's still a broken system and Google should not be lifting our images to their sites but it is what it is - life in the great information age. [/QUOTE]

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