I work with an am-photog who produces compelling images of his life and
adventures in Indonesia. Being a holiday destination, his posts on
flikr have been routinely borrowed without notice and it does bother
him...rightly so. However, he won't, or doesn't have the time or
resources to develop a proper domain for his work, though he does a
fair amount of side business through online services. I have to agree
with Herschel that when you put it out there, it's out there...and
tracking down it's use is rather futile. If you're in it to market
yourself, I believe it is better to rely less on others, unless you're
willing to sign a contract, or check a "I have read..." agreement box
in registration.
David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
On Fri, April 3, 2009 09:12, PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx wrote:
Smugmug lets
the
picture poster add the right click option. If a viewer right click on a
picture
they get a notice " Photos are the property of the Photographer". Sure a
knowledge savvy viewer can go around this but it takes a bit more effort
and
knowledge.
I don't think it would interfere with anybody who was actually intending
any use that could ever be a possible profit, though. Just the most
casual uses. People who collect certain types of pictures learn all these
tricks the first week, of course.
I wonder if it also blocks my IPTC and EXIF info viewer that's on
right-click menu (Firefox extension)? If it intercepts the click entirely
it probably does. Now *that's* annoying.
So I have to go to the trouble of finding it in the cache, or save the URL
and WGET it, or one of the large multiplicity of other ways. Bah.
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