tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post7504223473630194337..comments2024-03-25T21:54:29.130-07:00Comments on FocusingOnLife: Use Caution...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-54493981679070948102014-01-30T10:10:58.099-08:002014-01-30T10:10:58.099-08:00This has been on my list lately so after reading t...This has been on my list lately so after reading this yesterday I DID IT! Made watermarks and actions and now I'm in business. Thanks for huge nudge.Roxi Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764714808872131907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-78380758106594754452014-01-30T03:13:43.580-08:002014-01-30T03:13:43.580-08:00I very recently watched a video training session o...I very recently watched a video training session on Kelby Training/Kelby One by Colby Brown about this subject as he talked about the different social media avenues in general. He doesn't worry about it too much, he states it is going to happen and for the most part he feels flattered that somebody liked his work enough to try to claim it. The one time that he pursued it was when a big corporation used one of his photos as a banner on their web side without his permission. Needless to say a lot of work. He would rather be out shooting and doing what he loves than worry about and wasting time trying to track every one of his images to see if somebody is ripping him off. <br />I guess I feel the same way. I would be flattered if somebody thought my stuff was that good they needed to steal it. To me the photo is only part of the story, the story behind the photo is even more important to me and nobody can steal that from me. Sarah Huizengahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326211901751159368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-75431758756170266242014-01-29T19:45:05.492-08:002014-01-29T19:45:05.492-08:00I totally sympathize for anyone who has worked so ...I totally sympathize for anyone who has worked so hard at their talent, only to have some "underachiever" who doesn't have any morals walk right in and claim it! Its a shame that the beautiful artwork has to have watermarks all over it to keep it from being stolen! Im by no means a professional photographer at all…I hope to get better, but I would still be very upset if someone took something from me and claimed it as their own. Its not so much a monetary value as it is a personal one for me. When you work so hard with your God given talents and someone takes it for themselves, its as if they also took a piece of your heart and soul :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-74044804584376072702014-01-29T17:50:27.361-08:002014-01-29T17:50:27.361-08:00Yes, this is always a good thing to discuss, just ...Yes, this is always a good thing to discuss, just wish there was always as good of a solution. Sadly, no matter what we do there are people who are going to live without morals and take what is not theirs, and we are going to have to be even more diligent to help prevent it as much as possible. I know there are many who think a watermark distracts from a photo, but it doesn't have to be visible all across the entire photo either. People sign books and paintings and why shouldn't we be able to 'sign' our photos. The thing is it seems so daunting of a task to go back and check every photo to see if it's out there and then check again and again, because someone could steal it a day later. As far as being okay if someone steals one of my images even though at the moment I'm not selling them, it's so not okay. It's like walking into someones house and saying I'll take that, and that and....just walking out with it. I also make jewelry that I do hope to be selling at some point and that is another big problem. I know several artists who have found their designs stolen by a large company that can make them faster and cheaper and it's not just foreign companies but American too. And with today's social media and artists sticking up for one another, it's getting harder for them to not be found out. In fact a photographer sued Getty Images last year and won a very hefty sum of money for their commercial use of a photo that he put on twitter. I know it happens, I read about it all the time, yes I sometimes try to ignore it or I would just want to throw the towel in and not share anywhere.Kim Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765296400379609580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-64860406380777157342014-01-29T14:59:04.202-08:002014-01-29T14:59:04.202-08:00love this discussion susan. like everyone else, i...love this discussion susan. like everyone else, it's something i try not to think about too much or otherwise i just get creeped out and want to just ditch the internet altogether. but there is that sharing and community that i love so much and so i take the risk. it's fine for me because i'm not a 'professional' photographer. but for those out there that make a living with it, i can see how it would be a huge headache. <br /><br />thanks for sharing this info and highlighting a very important topic.kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153095149911030832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-76056726357952381202014-01-29T11:26:32.005-08:002014-01-29T11:26:32.005-08:00I found this post ( http://www.kevinandamanda.com/...I found this post ( http://www.kevinandamanda.com/whatsnew/tutorials/how-to-see-if-your-photos-are-being-used-on-another-site.html ) a while back. It tells you how to do a reverse search for an image.<br />I found one of mine being used as a header on some eastern European blogsite. I didn't have a watermark on that image...a really bad photo of a cheeseburger Christmas ornament. Not much I could do. This person didn't seem to be making money from it. I would be a whole different deal, if you have images stolen that are being sold. I would have been more upset, but still...what could I do?<br />Watermarks and copyrights don't seem to mean anything, to some people.<br />Linda/patchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-7791403681117773132014-01-29T08:36:35.017-08:002014-01-29T08:36:35.017-08:00just wanted to add this link that a Facebook frien...just wanted to add this link that a Facebook friend and flickr contact told me about. it's a link to see where your images may've been used: http://jarred.github.io/src-img/.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049463440095119744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-18748352239342617812014-01-29T07:39:13.148-08:002014-01-29T07:39:13.148-08:00I agree with everything that's been said. Lik...I agree with everything that's been said. Like Pam, I try not to think about it. Like Dotti, I tend to forget that there are people out there that would want to steal MY images. I watermarked mine for awhile but then realized that it wasn't worth the effort because people could easily Photoshop them out. As far as resizing, that's an extra step as well and I usually don't bother. Hmmm, I think I have been very naive on this subject. Thanks so much for this post, Susan. I think it's something we all need to know. I am definitely going to start resizing my images to 72ppi and will look into Digimarc. I've heard of it but never checked it out. You can be sure I will be doing both from now on!terriporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333055591899961253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-34625365137420000742014-01-29T07:18:19.251-08:002014-01-29T07:18:19.251-08:00i belong to a community on Facebook of arkansas na...i belong to a community on Facebook of arkansas nature photographers, and one of them is a phenomenal photographer of bald eagles. i mean, the guy is The Guru of Eagles, and his pix are outstanding. and on top of all that, he is a super nice guy and very well respected, whenever he "likes" one of my nature photos, i always feel like i've just won the lottery. anyway, last year the community was in an uproar when several of mr.m's photos (along with several other peoples) were found on one particular blog and one particular flickr photo stream, with the owner claiming the images as his own and selling them on his portfolio as his own. outrage and shock (and a few colorful comments!) took over, the long and short of it being that mr. m. basically had to go to the ends of the earth to get his images back. terrible shame to have that happen to such a nice guy. <br /><br />i do watermark my images, but even those can be photoshopped out, and i'm always a little leery when posting to flickr for that very reason. if someone can find a way to take your hard work, then they will. it's sad that people, other people, have to go to such lengths and are too lazy themselves to steal from others. guess they just weren't raised right. i'll keep that 72 ppi in mind, and will also look up digimarc.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049463440095119744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-82025799025233788902014-01-29T06:28:44.958-08:002014-01-29T06:28:44.958-08:00Lots of good suggestions here. I've always use...Lots of good suggestions here. I've always used fairly low resolution when I put anything on the computer. I'm like Pam, I don't watermark my images. I figured that unless they were right across the subject they could be cropped out. It's sad that we even have to consider these things!Cathy H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10779935742253650385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-89151850864864247582014-01-29T06:16:20.077-08:002014-01-29T06:16:20.077-08:00One of my images was stolen and used on a menu in ...One of my images was stolen and used on a menu in a country in Africa. Sadly, there are no copywriter laws in many countries and the people in those countries are the worst offenders. Watermarks help as does only uploading a very small and low pixel image. When you put a photo on a blog, google assigns an address to it, you can turn that off when you place it on the blog by highlighting the photo and clicking on the word "link" on the tool bar. The photo will no longer be right clickable. There are still ways to steal it but at least this makes it a little harder. Thanks for starting an important discussion! Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344086795897680409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-42573460646331317542014-01-29T05:45:45.662-08:002014-01-29T05:45:45.662-08:00I have mixed feelings too, because, like Pam, I al...I have mixed feelings too, because, like Pam, I also enjoy the internet. A friend's images were recently on coffee cups in China. Well - would I ever make coffee cups and market them in China? - highly unlikely. But the story you have told feels way too close to home and is happening all the time. The 72 resolution is really a deterrent. And I was also recently given this advice, for those of you who use Lightroom and similar programs. When you import your image, do it with a preset and make the image name include your name. When the photos go out, the sidebars are attached, and it allows you to prove that it was originally your work, if it comes to that. It's sad that respect for people's work and respect in general, ifIyou'll pardon me sounding like an old lady - is disappearing.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433584313253805817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-61717460416767455582014-01-29T05:21:46.215-08:002014-01-29T05:21:46.215-08:00This is something we'd all rather not think ab...This is something we'd all rather not think about. Since I would never, ever, under any circumstances consider stealing another person's photo/art, I tend to forget that there are people who do such things. We don't like to think that, do we? This is such an important topic, Susan, thank you for starting a conversation about it. I look forward to a lively discussion today. I do watermark my photos but without the copyright symbol and only one time. That's going to change. And I'm going to check out Digimark. {Although I find it hard to believe anybody would want to steal my photos, to be honest. Perhaps that's naive.}Dottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811399388989716265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-62224920520026757002014-01-29T04:27:06.654-08:002014-01-29T04:27:06.654-08:00Hmmmm. Though I know how real and true this is, I ...Hmmmm. Though I know how real and true this is, I try not to think about it. I've resisted water-marking my stuff because I always find it jarring to see work with the logos on it. I did make my own blog private this year, for a number of reasons but the main one being spam and too much traffic from strangers. Do you think Flickr is safe with the safety settings or am I fooling myself? I like to show my shots there and the back and forth comments. I'll go check my settings, on that note. If someone stole my work? I'd be really angry. Then sad. Then just kind of, I don't know, resigned to the risks of putting things out on the Internet. I've read a few blogs about this topic in past years and the effort and rage and time to get an image back or taken down once it's been stolen, well, it's not a route I could go. I lack the energy to fight that much, I plain old do. So I live with the risk and think that if someone wants to steal my stuff and make a hundred bucks on a shot of deer poop, well, that is life I guess. Life online. Good topic. Thanks for putting it up.AFishGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513718005250273753noreply@blogger.com