Campos & Davis Photos (photos@campos-davis.co.uk)
Wed, 03 Nov 1999 00:56:17 +0000
You can watermark your work so that people can see the watermark, but they
might try to retouch it after capturing it from your site. It is better to
have a digital watermark embedded in the binary system of the file. A UK
company leads the field at the moment in this, and yes it is a big problem
for photographers with companies using images on the web without permission.
People think because its on the web its free. We have started litigation in
the USA where a company used one of our pics without permission, and it will
cost them dearly.
We make the fact that it is a criminal offence, not just a civil offence, to
infringe our copyright quite clear in our terms and conditions of entry to
our site. Have a look.
Images can be watermarked and then traced if they are used elsewhere. The
company who can provide this, at a cost, are signum technologies. They are
working with the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Photographic Society
and others to give us better protection.
Look them up at www.signumtech.com
Campos & Davis Photos
6 Cranbourne Road
London N10 2BT - UK
Tel: + 44 181 883 8638
Fax: +44 208883 8638
email: photos@campos-davis.co.uk
www.campos-davis.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: dean kansky <dkansky@hotmail.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: 02 November 1999 23:48
Subject: Re: copywrite on net.
>
> >Jonathan Hall wrote:
> > > How do I protect my images on a web site from being stolen?
>
> Scan your images at a low resolution. This, people can see your work, but
no
> one can make a usable digital negative from your site.
>
> Best,
> Dean
>
> P.S.: Has anybody ever heard of web theft going on??
>
> I know galleries show the work of top flight artists on line.
>
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