Copyright Photo Question...
I just scanned a whole batch of images from slides. Would like to post some on my personal website, but have an issue with no copyright emblem embedded in these. My website is protected, but as us...
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BobsYourUncle wrote:
I had a website for my sunroom business where everyone and their uncle would steal my pics and call them their own work.
Simple solution, I bought an inexpensive watermark program and marked all my pics. I forget the name but there are lots out there. Mine could change the opacity of the watermark so it was there, but as subtle or visible as you want, and didn't take away from the image. It had the option to batch edit and much more.
I can find some that will put a standard WM in photo and in bulk, I'd rather put my own WM in it, not just notify folks with a (C) ... people should KNOW it belongs to the photographer, but many don't know or don't care. We have LOTS of theft out there. I've had to send numerous "take-down" notices to websites that posted my sports images when I was shooting college athletics a few years ago.
Seems everyone think once a shot is posted on the web, it becomes public domain - well, it is not.
