Winsor,
In some cases, yes. If your low-res, lossy compressed image is a portion of
a site that in itself provides you with revenue, you may well be concerned.
As for me, I was answering the question asked, which was, if memory serves,
along the lines of if a method of protecting web images existed.
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Scott Gomez
-----Original Message-----
From: Winsor Crosby [mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 11:13
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [OM] I need your help, or: Photo Altering Ethics
>One possible protection for on-line images:
>
>http://www.digimarc.com
>
>embeds an invisible "watermark" which is readable by many major software
>editing programs, and even via a browser plug-in. No affiliation, I don't
>even use the software, etc., etc.
>
>---
>Scott Gomez
Are we really worried about the theft of the small 70 dpi images with
lossy compression we put on the web? What can they be used for that
takes something from us? If my photo ends up as someone's desktop
picture it does not bother me very much.
It seems to me that Susan's picture situation is different. The
original design is being stolen. That is the item of intrinsic value
being taken. How it is represented on the web with an altered photo
or a new photo of the copied design is kind of immaterial. It is not
surprising that someone without the imagination to do more than copy
someone else's design would also try to copy the camera set up.
Winsor
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Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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