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Jeremiah · 02-13-2016, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

We have no choice. People steal our stuff with no credit given. Has been that way for years. Please feel free to spend a few thousand of your own dollars traveling to Toy Fair, NYCC, SDCC, Botcon, Joecon, etc. and post 10,0000 or so completely unwatermarked or easily removed wartermarked images. Then not be furious when a few dozen major fan sites steal those pics and act like they took them.

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Originally Posted by ShadowStitch

As usual for toyark and friends, comprehensive photo coverage is ruined by giant watermarks slapped right in the middle of the pictures. Because it's way more important to know who took the picture than actually SEE what was photographed, right?

Time to go look for toyfair galleries elsewhere.

I kind of agree with ShadowStitch here. What is more important: Giving the users clear images of the products or maintaining credit for the images. I understand that stealing images is a crappy thing to do, but protection from that at the expense of compromising the said image is overkill. Moving the watermark around the subject of the image would be a good compromise, I think. It may take longer, but it might be worth it.

02-13-2016, 08:43 AM	#7
Jeremiah Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Detroit Posts: 16	Quote: Originally Posted by Joe Moore We have no choice. People steal our stuff with no credit given. Has been that way for years. Please feel free to spend a few thousand of your own dollars traveling to Toy Fair, NYCC, SDCC, Botcon, Joecon, etc. and post 10,0000 or so completely unwatermarked or easily removed wartermarked images. Then not be furious when a few dozen major fan sites steal those pics and act like they took them. Quote: Originally Posted by ShadowStitch As usual for toyark and friends, comprehensive photo coverage is ruined by giant watermarks slapped right in the middle of the pictures. Because it's way more important to know who took the picture than actually SEE what was photographed, right? Time to go look for toyfair galleries elsewhere. I kind of agree with ShadowStitch here. What is more important: Giving the users clear images of the products or maintaining credit for the images. I understand that stealing images is a crappy thing to do, but protection from that at the expense of compromising the said image is overkill. Moving the watermark around the subject of the image would be a good compromise, I think. It may take longer, but it might be worth it. __________________ Star Wars, Marvel, X-Files, Disney, Alien v. Predator... Last edited by Jeremiah; 02-13-2016 at 08:45 AM..