Comments on: Protecting online images from thieves http://www.birdingmaine.com/protecting-online-images-from-thieves.htm Bird, wildlife and nature photography from Maine and beyond. Read about our Maine bird watching adventures and view our beautiful photos and videos of nature at her finest. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: MaineBirder http://www.birdingmaine.com/protecting-online-images-from-thieves.htm/comment-page-1#comment-30283 MaineBirder Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:11:10 +0000 http://www.birdingmaine.com/?p=2210#comment-30283 Robin; Yes, you may add the link to your newsletter, and thank you! Keep checking the link-back checker monthly. It will occasionally turn something up. I run my site on a dedicated server, so I have the added benefit of being able to check my server logs, which is great on picking up on leaching. In time, you will find people using your images. I think your images are excellent and need protected with at least a small copyright watermark. It's your decision. This subject is so touchy with me, as I can't stand a thief! John Robin;

Yes, you may add the link to your newsletter, and thank you!

Keep checking the link-back checker monthly. It will occasionally turn something up. I run my site on a dedicated server, so I have the added benefit of being able to check my server logs, which is great on picking up on leaching.

In time, you will find people using your images. I think your images are excellent and need protected with at least a small copyright watermark. It's your decision. This subject is so touchy with me, as I can't stand a thief!

John

]]> By: Robin Robinson http://www.birdingmaine.com/protecting-online-images-from-thieves.htm/comment-page-1#comment-30282 Robin Robinson Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:13:39 +0000 http://www.birdingmaine.com/?p=2210#comment-30282 I don't put a copyright or watermark on my photos as it is really distracting to the image to me. Also I'm lazy. I ran my site through the checker you referenced and didn't come up with anything. There were numerous sites listed but all of them are folks I know, not anyone stealing anything from me. Now, I'm depressed as I guess without realizing it part of me wanted to find somebody stealing my images. I guess none of them are worth taking! Phew! What a relief. Terrific article and most informative. May I put the link in our camera club newsletter for people to refer to on the subject? My recent post <a href="http://robins-chaos.blogspot.com/2010/01/get-grip-on-your-g.html" target="_blank">Get A Grip On Your "G!"</a> I don't put a copyright or watermark on my photos as it is really distracting to the image to me. Also I'm lazy. I ran my site through the checker you referenced and didn't come up with anything. There were numerous sites listed but all of them are folks I know, not anyone stealing anything from me. Now, I'm depressed as I guess without realizing it part of me wanted to find somebody stealing my images. I guess none of them are worth taking! Phew! What a relief. Terrific article and most informative. May I put the link in our camera club newsletter for people to refer to on the subject?
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]]> By: Hugh Harrop http://www.birdingmaine.com/protecting-online-images-from-thieves.htm/comment-page-1#comment-30265 Hugh Harrop Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:43:23 +0000 http://www.birdingmaine.com/?p=2210#comment-30265 Great post - I place a big watermarked copyright symbol through most of my work to prevent online theft - it works 99.9% of the time... Cheers from snowy Shetland Hugh Harrop http://hughharropwildlifephotography.blogspot.com/ Great post – I place a big watermarked copyright symbol through most of my work to prevent online theft – it works 99.9% of the time…

Cheers from snowy Shetland

Hugh Harrop
http://hughharropwildlifephotography.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Andy http://www.birdingmaine.com/protecting-online-images-from-thieves.htm/comment-page-1#comment-30199 Andy Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:08:53 +0000 http://www.birdingmaine.com/?p=2210#comment-30199 Good post My recent post <a href="http://andyslens.com/index/?p=3227" target="_blank">Butterfly Sunday: Common Mormon</a> Good post
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]]> By: Hilke Breder http://www.birdingmaine.com/protecting-online-images-from-thieves.htm/comment-page-1#comment-30183 Hilke Breder Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:45:35 +0000 http://www.birdingmaine.com/?p=2210#comment-30183 Thanks for posting this info. I have protected some images on my blog - images that did not belong to me but that I borrowed with permission, by putting a big stamp on the pictures in an area that cannot be cropped out and would be hard to change by cloning. The picture is still viewable, but not as pretty as the originals. With blogger.com I don't think there are other option and using Digimarc tracking is too expensive for me. My recent post <a href="http://onejackdawbirding.blogspot.com/2010/01/gloucester-plum-island-salisbury-snow.html" target="_blank">Gloucester - Plum Island - Salisbury: Snow Buntings, Harlequin Ducks and more</a> Thanks for posting this info. I have protected some images on my blog – images that did not belong to me but that I borrowed with permission, by putting a big stamp on the pictures in an area that cannot be cropped out and would be hard to change by cloning. The picture is still viewable, but not as pretty as the originals. With blogger.com I don't think there are other option and using Digimarc tracking is too expensive for me.
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