On 20 November 2010 08:31, CheekyGeek <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps now that Mark has said it some will stop their inadequate arguments. > : )
Whatever the legal arguments I'd bet that very few stock image library sites would prosper if they didn't apply obscuring copyright watermarks (which nearly all do). The truth is that we are scattered across the world so similar legal tools available in the US might not be available elsewhere so the US centric view is of limited value to many here. Realistically you have to assume that if you place an image in the public domain it will be copied regardless of the laws governing copyright and the cost of utilizing the laws protecting copyright might well negate their worth. The decision to watermark an image or not rests with the author not the viewer, it's there for their benefit/piece of mind/paranoia suppression not yours. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
