Jens,
I've found both articles/posts I wrote for web forums and mailing
lists as well as pictures I've posted re-used on other sites several
times
What I do when I've found this kind of thing is contact the person in
charge of the page and simply request that proper attribution be
made. Since none of the particular images or text pieces have been
sold commercially, I figure that an attribution nets me the best
possible result: exposure and the possibility of a contact for some
work.
In all but one of the instances I've seen and made such a contact,
they added a credit. The one decided he wanted nothing but his own
name to appear on the site and pulled the short article I'd written.
Three of them have contacted me back, several months gone by, to
supply them with some editing and picture help.
Godfrey
On Sep 2, 2005, at 9:27 AM, Jens Bladt wrote:
Thanks William, I guess what you say makes a lot of sence.
The reason I'm asking is that I just found one of my images on a
folk music
band's web site. It's kinda OK, but it made me wonder how many of
my images
is illegally being used by others.
Regards
Jens Bladt
Arkitekt MAA
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
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Sendt: 2. september 2005 17:41
Til: [email protected]
Emne: Re: Copyright
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Bladt"
Subject: OT: Copyright
Do any of you guys use some kind of watermarks to protect agains
unauthorized copying of you images on the internet?
Do you use a brand name watermark and at what price?
Does anybodyu use: http://www.digimarc.com ?
If someone realy wants your image, they will take it.
All a watermark does is make more work for the thief.
It will likely make the picture less desirable, but it won't stop a
person
from lifting it.
Yer best bet is to not post anything that will bother you overmuch
if it
get's lifted, and to realize that most lifted images find a pretty
mundane
existence as desktop wallpaper, if they get used for anything at
all, other
than harddrive spacefiller.
Also, post em small with lots of compression if possible.
William Robb
