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Copyright…Protection?
Copyright by Uncommon Depth
I’ve been thinking today about how us photographers can protect our ideas and our work. The internet although a great place to share and promote our work is not hugely secure. Any image posted to the internet can be stolen without your knowledge and used by someone else as there own. There are some techniques out there that try to stop this happening but most of them aren’t that effective and can easily be by-passed. The only effective ways to protect your images online include using not very subtle watermarks in a prominent place or only posting very low resolution versions of your images.
There are laws in place to protect us but how effective are they? Have your images ever been stolen or used without permission? If so, what course of action did you take?
I’ve included a couple of links below for some factual reading on the subject regarding copyright law but obviously this is mostly UK specific I believe the laws do vary slightly depending on what international borders are crossed!! The whole subject is a bit of minefield but an interesting one for discussion…Do you have any useful links to add to this list?
UK Copyright Service P-16 – Photography and Copyright
UK Copyright Service P-05- Copyright Infringement: What to do?
Digital Photography School: How to protect your digital images online
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