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Friday, 13 July 2007 

Protecting your images online

Following on from the previous post about image theft, I got a mail from a friend (hi Steve) asking what you could actually do to protect your images from theft.

Its very much like protecting your home from burglars, you can never really stop a determined thief but you can slow them down and make things more difficult so that they go somewhere else.
David Riecks has produced a very useful list of possible image Protection Methods, I hope you find it of use.

As we haven't had a photo for a while - here is a shot from my recent trip to Cornwall.

Widemouth Bay
(Click to view large - but please don't steal it)

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Thieving Swine

Its not an uncommon event for people to steal images of photo sharing sites and pass them off as their own work. Usually it is just a kid who enjoys getting the adulation from their piers on the site. They are usually caught out by other photographer who notice a sudden improvement in the quality of their work or just recognise other peoples shots.

Whilst annoying for the photographer who actually took the shots, the disruption doesn't last long as most sites have staff and moderators who are well experienced in dealing with this sort of thing. But today Paul Indigo brings us news of A stolen picture winning a prize in a photo competition. The brazen cheek of the thief involved is amazing - how did he think he would not go undiscovered.

It begs the question how do you prove that you took a particular image? All I can recommend is that you keep hold of your raw files and make sure they are backed up and archived so that you can get your proof if you need it.

Update

Stephen Baker, the same member of the Fuji website has stolen yet another photo from Trekearth and used it in the current Fuji competition. The photo belongs to TrekEarth member: Antonio (aznegrao) and the photo is named 'The Capoeira'.

Stephen Baker has posted the photo on the competition entry page as seen on the Fuji website.


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