IMO, all this is an issue only if images posted to the Web are going
to be reproduced elsewhere on the Internet. A file correctly sized
for the Web (relatively low resolution with high compression) is
pretty much limited to screen viewing. If someone tries to print it
they'll be sorely disappointed. Also, in my experience, such files
are are real pain to edit as they have very few pixels available.
FWIW/ScottGee1
On 9/28/05, Andrew Dacey <adacey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 9/28/05, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The problem as I see it with the watermark examples posted is that a
> > competent thief can steal the picture, use judicious clone tool and
> > cropping, and presto, the watermark is gone. To be effective, the watermark
> > has to be large and close to dead-center, which makes it more annoying, but
> > less easy to work around.
>
> That's generally been my assessment too. If you want your watermark to
> be unobtrusive it can be easily removed. If you want your watermark to
> be harder to remove then it's usually annoying. Which is why I don't
> bother with watermarking my photos online. Not that I mind unobtrusive
> watermarks.
>
> I've read a number of different hacks to try to "copy protect" your
> images online but they all have numerous ways around them. The
> fundamental problem is that in order for people to view the image you
> have to send them the image in some form that's easily
> decoded/decrypted by them. That makes it next to impossible to protect
> the data.
>
> I haven't looked into what digital watermarking offers in terms of
> security. I suspect though that there would still be ways around it.
>
> At the moment my priorities lie in making more images and sharing them
> online, not figuring out ways to keep people from copying them.
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