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Copyright Infringement, this may help.

Have you ever wondered if someone has used one of your photographs with out your permission? Here is a tool that may just help you find people. Here is a quote from their web page.

TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks. For some real TinEye search examples, check out our Cool Searches page.

What a terrific idea. Whilst I have no problem with people posting my photos on blogs or other non commercial sites, I do have a problem if they are making profit from my images. If you are the same, check out the link below. Again, I haven’t used this service, nor do I endorse it. This is just a heads up for people interested in it.

Photographers copyright infringement helper..

Watermarks, good or bad? You decide.

It seems to be happening more and more lately, people plastering bloody great watermarks across their work. Obviously, I understand that some times you don’t want your work used with out your permission, but I am sure some of them could be slightly more subtle. When you can’t see the photo for the huge bright orange text saying “©2009 Worlds Best Photography – All rights reserved – Don’t copy with out permission – My dog like bones.” it is getting a bit out of hand.

Now, before my good pal Mick Orlosky tears me a new one and points out that I was watermarking my photos a while back, I would like to think mine were slightly more subtle than some I have seen of late. Below is an example.

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So subtle, it is hardly worth being there in fact. So, what says you my devoted reader? Watermarks, are they good or evil?

Note, here is one I made up especially for Mick. 🙂

Just testing my new watermark for Mick