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Post by speedbird1960 on Apr 17, 2011 17:02:38 GMT 1
This article is about Copyright laws, shall i say it enlightened me, as it is something i did not know much about. This article say's, that the law regarding Copyright is about to change. www.handsoffmycopyright.org/Mike / Speedbird |
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Post by Biggles on Apr 17, 2011 18:50:05 GMT 1
Really interesting article, on the point of "Orphan" pics surely putting an identifiable watermark on the picture would make the picture Non Orphan and offer a higher level of protection  There are plenty of watermark programmes in most digital photo programmes like ADOBE or Paint Shop or even free downloadable add ons found on the net. |
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Post by groundhugger on Apr 18, 2011 23:05:11 GMT 1
Does that mean that anything on like say 'Photobucket' thats not watermarked or copyrighted becomes the property of the hosting company ?
Anything that I put on Photobucket is free for anyone to use , and they just have a camera ref numbers on , 'commons' I think the term is .
so they can claim the as 'their ' copyrite ..... ?
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Post by CloudWarrior on Apr 19, 2011 9:56:10 GMT 1
If you dont want anyone to steal your photos, then dont post them on the internet. You wouldnt leave your camera on the back seat of your car with the door open would you?
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Post by liverpoolman1 on Apr 26, 2011 7:58:13 GMT 1
My camera doesn't have a door.
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Post by CloudWarrior on Apr 26, 2011 8:28:23 GMT 1
How do you get the film in?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2011 8:35:48 GMT 1
Or the battery, or the memory card?
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Post by billw212 on Sept 3, 2011 13:44:40 GMT 1
This copyright "thing" gets blown up out of all proportion. People threaten with Copyright law and straight away other people panic. As long as any photo is NOT used for financial gain, then any photo can be shown for private viewing. Dont get panicky about copyright. This post is copyright to me, the thread is copyright to whoever started it, the actual forum is copyright to the founder(s) etc etc, dont worry about it. Civil courts hate dealing with copyright cases if it goes that far, they are boring and usually result from petty arguing anyway. If you dont want your photo(s), used, viewed or abused then dont let other people see them...simple ! Bill www.cwk205.com |
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Post by Speke-EZY on Sept 4, 2011 16:30:03 GMT 1
If you're worried about theft of your photographs,most editing progammes (even the free but effective Picasa) have a text insertion function. You can simply type your own message in a variety of different fonts anywhere on the picture. Use highly transparent lettering for less obtrusive text. This would seem to be much less bother than downloading a "specialized" watermark programme to perform this task. I'm not sure about this but be aware that a watermark can probably be erased from a photo by anyone who wants to pirate it. I'd be interested to know if this is not the case i.e.if a watermark is permanent. If so,remember to keep an un-watermarked original!
Cheers,Keith
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Post by mictheslik on Sept 4, 2011 19:21:51 GMT 1
I now embed copyright in EXIF data, so unless whoever uses it knows how to get rid of the EXIF (which the majority won't) then there's always proof it's mine. I don't like ruining photos with watermakrs and share photos for them to be enjoyed. I accept they might be stolen and used without my permission, but that won't stop me doing everything I can to prevent this. It's certainly not a reason to stop sharing photos  .mic |
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Post by Speke-EZY on Sept 5, 2011 11:07:27 GMT 1
After posting the earlier message in which I could not confirm a dedicated watermarking function in Picasa,I found this is contained in the "Export" options box. I would assume therefore that merely typing text over a photograph does not protect it from alteration/piracy as this can be erased the same way as removing blemishes,but watermarking is permanent. I'm still not certain about this difference as I've never had occasion to copyright my photos,but if you have Picasa try out the option for free before downloading any more programmes which might only do the same thing.
Hope this helps,Keith
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