Beware !! Your picture could be stolen here !!

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Permalink Reply by kRiZcPEc on January 9, 2010 at 3:01am

Thanks for the info.

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Permalink Reply by pipit on January 9, 2010 at 3:08am

thanks for the links but i think mine are safe lol

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Permalink Reply by Carol Langsford on January 9, 2010 at 4:16am

thanks so much

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Permalink Reply by Bob Melnyk on January 12, 2010 at 7:06pm

Thanks for advising... something that has been happening for a long time now.. I believe the files we post are not large enough for the "thieves" to do much with... or am I misinformed...?

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Permalink Reply by EVA CANTRELL on January 19, 2010 at 9:29pm

thankyou Blossom would like to ask what is a good size to stop them what do most members use please thanks

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Permalink Reply by Mao on January 20, 2010 at 12:44pm

The only way not to get your pictures stolen is not to post honestly... That is part of the game. Whatever size you choose, anybody can take it and post it on their website.

(Sorry Bob Melnyk, I stole your picture for the example)
The only thing you can control is the quality of the image if thieves want to print. Personally I use "Change image size", make it 72 dpi and use 900 pxl wide max for landscape format or 700 pxl high for portrait. That is more than enough to see the details. If it's only for a profile pic or is not meant to be seen for artistic purpose (like snapshots for friends) It is not necessary to make it that big, so I use like about 500 pixels on the longest end.

When you make it WAY big, it's useless anyway since I have to scroll down my screen to see parts that are not shown. So I can never see it as a whole. My screen is not big enough !

I also include copyright info in the exif data and put my logo. There's a reason other that just playfulness why I never put my logo at the same place and well hidden : If the thief can see it right away, he can't clone it off.

I am not a good candidate for now but I want to take the habit for the day I will be. It is very hard to know if you have been a prey. Use Google Advance search. If you find some of yours, the only thing to do is demand your picture to be removed and inform that they must ask before taking somebody else's picture. I have educated my friends on the subject as non-photographer do not know it's a bad thing to do. When they don't credit the photographer, I always ask as a commentary so that indirectly I make people think of the Artist. Now, they are beginning to credit their images by their own.

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Permalink Reply by Claudcw on January 22, 2010 at 12:05pm

pixdaus is know for doing so, but i do enjoy looking at them......lol I always keep an eye for stuff I see there that i have seen here...

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Permalink Reply by Mao on January 23, 2010 at 11:32am

Lol ! soooo you're our neighborhood watch ! ;p

Claudcw said:

pixdaus is know for doing so, but i do enjoy looking at them......lol I always keep an eye for stuff I see there that i have seen here...

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Permalink Reply by Jason Harris on May 19, 2010 at 5:48pm

we use Digimarc, it allows us to track all images and where they are being used, it is also very hard to remove, its not foolproof (someone can take a screenshot of the image, then open it in paint and re save it, but thats a lot of trouble) if a image goes to a site we will know.

But yes its true the foolproof way is to never share your images, it is sad but true, then again unless you are making REAL CASH with your images, the worry is nill, and hosting providers HATE when you tell them something of yours is on a hosted site illegally, they usually jump on it quite fast

hope this helps

Mao said:

Lol ! soooo you're our neighborhood watch ! ;p

Claudcw said:

pixdaus is know for doing so, but i do enjoy looking at them......lol I always keep an eye for stuff I see there that i have seen here...

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