Strategies and Watermarks

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Posted by Rupal on July 20, 2001 at 03:57:48:

In reply to: related - intellectual theft, copyrights and grad work posted by Anne in CT on July 20, 2001 at 01:44:34:

When I started my web site, I also looked around the net for
copyright laws when people started swiping my work - mehndi on the
net was nearly nonexistent five years ago! But then the net wasn't
too existent either. Anyway, I discovered eventually that I had a
copyright to my images and text without having to apply to the
government for one. Obviously, if I want to start a law suit against
infringers I'd have to apply, but I've noticed that putting a big
copyright sign on pages really prevents people from using my photos.
It's quite flattering now to receive requests from people who want to
use my images.

Another technique which works well is to emblazon your Copyright on
top of your pictures, covering up a part of the hand or whatever.
While people could still edit images and make it their own, they'd
have to work at it with photoshop and stuff. Lots of sites, like
Catherine's, use this strategy, and I've been doing it for my most
recent images.

If you don't want to interfere with picture quality to enforce a
copyright, you can also get a personal free digital watermark (for up
to 99 images) from www.digimarc.com. I haven't used mine yet so I'm
not sure exactly what it does - all I know is that it embeds
information about you directly into the image. You can use photoshop
to embed such watermarks.

~Rupal

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: When I started my web site, I also looked around the net for : copyright laws when people started swiping my work - mehndi on the : net was nearly nonexistent five years ago! But then the net wasn't : too existent either. Anyway, I discovered eventually that I had a : copyright to my images and text without having to apply to the : government for one. Obviously, if I want to start a law suit against : infringers I'd have to apply, but I've noticed that putting a big : copyright sign on pages really prevents people from using my photos. : It's quite flattering now to receive requests from people who want to : use my images. : : Another technique which works well is to emblazon your Copyright on : top of your pictures, covering up a part of the hand or whatever. : While people could still edit images and make it their own, they'd : have to work at it with photoshop and stuff. Lots of sites, like : Catherine's, use this strategy, and I've been doing it for my most : recent images. : : If you don't want to interfere with picture quality to enforce a : copyright, you can also get a personal free digital watermark (for up : to 99 images) from www.digimarc.com. I haven't used mine yet so I'm : not sure exactly what it does - all I know is that it embeds : information about you directly into the image. You can use photoshop : to embed such watermarks. : : ~Rupal
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