[mdlug-discuss] Copyright violations

[Aaron Kulkis]

Ingles, Raymond wrote:
> I saw this article on Slashdot about two weeks ago:
> 
>  http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/09/1849230
> 
>  ...about companies using for commercial purposes pictures nabbed from
> personal websites. I didn't think it would happen to me, but a couple days
> ago I found this in a Google image search:
> 
>  http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/01/30-years-in-apple-products-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/2
> 
>  Search for "se/30" on that page, and then compare to the picture on:
> 
>  http://ingles.homeunix.net/websrv/
> 
>  I appreciate their rationale for not linking to my site, but they could
> have (by law, should have) dropped me a note asking for permission to copy
> the photo. I got no notification whatosever, and it's been almost two years
> since the article was posted.

One word:  Watermarking

That way, if someone wants an un-blemished version of your
work, they have to contact you to get the original bytes.

I would suggest the style used here by Ria Novesti:

<http://en.rian.ru/photolents/20071210/91640466_6.html>

but with slightly more contrast to the transparent
overlay layer.


More interesting stuff:
http://en.rian.ru/photolents/index.html

> 
>  Y'all might want to do some image searches of your own.
>