Mark Roberts wrote: > Paul Sorenson wrote: > >> Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> >>> Dave, you need to make sure there's a copyright notice on all your web >>> pages and notify FaceBook (or whatever site is involved), referencing >>> your web site. >>> >>> >> In addition, be sure your contact information is included in the meta >> data of all your image files - name, address, phone number, web site, >> e-mail address, copyright notice, etc. and be sure it's not stripped >> from the file when you re-size for the web. Then illicit users can't >> say they couldn't find you to get permission to use the image(s). You >> can batch update the meta data using BreezeBrowser. >> > > Excellent idea. I always put my web site's URL in the visible image > watermark, so everyone knows how to contact me. (Many people could > plausibly claim that they don't know about meta data.) > While all of these are good ideas, none should be necessary to retain your rights. Unfortunately none are will work unless the copyright owner is willing to back them up with legal action of some kind. Copyright enforcement is left to the copyright holder, though it's always important to protect your rights, sometimes it's simply economically infeasible.
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