Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree, BD. I purposely keep the DPI down and jack the jpeg-compression up. My shots would make good stamps, but not much else. An old friend tried to talk me into creating transparent gifs to place over the photos, so that if they were downloaded, the person doing it would only get a transparent rectangle with nothing behind it. Not worth it. I don't take pictures to stuff in a drawer and pull out when everyone else is gone. I'm not losing any money by sharing pictures and they're not good enough to make inroads on anyone else's income. I use the PAW:s as a way to keep using the cameras and staying prepared and confident in my equipement and techniques when they are needed for paying situations (does happen). It feels nice to use a combination and feel totally safe and secure about it. Daniel On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, bdcolen wrote: > Well the one consideration here Ted is that the images we post to the > net are so small, they're really of little use except as web images - > certainly they're too small to blow up to any decent size and resolution > to sell. Could someone incorporate them into a painting, etc.? Sure. But > people have been making collages from magazine pages since the invention > of the collage...;-) > > The real damage here is to our egos - and our pocket books in the case > of the "realtor" who ripped off Sonny. > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Ted Grant > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 7:22 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] copyright violation > > > bdcolen responded: -- copyright violation > > > > Nothing on the net is safe.<<<<< > > Hi B.D., > And this has been one of my fears for years about posting photographs to > a web site or openly on line at any time. > > No matter what anyone writes about copyright infringement etc and all > the other threats if somebody uses the shot ..... it happens every day > and will continue to happen ......... as we have absolutely no idea or > way of knowing who's down loading our photography! > > Any of you folks posting for PAW might as well kiss the image good bye > or figure everytime you post one that's a cool photograph there are a > bunch of SOB'S out there, who if they like it, basically... "STEAL" it > right off the PAW site! :-( > > And unless you see it used, you have no idea it's been stolen. Hell in > some cases someone could be making a pile of money from one of your > pictures, mean while you think you've posted a couple of neat > photographs while some son of bitch has stolen it and selling it all > over the place. > > And if it's in another country kiss it goodbye unless you have more > money than you know what to do with and try to legally fight it through > foreign courts. > > I'm sure there are ways to circumvent theft with some kind of software, > however, there'll be someone who'll figure out how to get around it and > steal your stuff anyway. > > So quite frankly I think each of us must take our own responsibility for > posting photographs to the internet. If you're not prepared to have it > stolen, don't post! > > ted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html