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 Image Theft Protection
 
This subject is best summarized by Michael Breakey  as follows:
Protecting your images on the web is no longer an easy thing. Before, just the copyright symbol, or something similar, on the image did a fair job. This was before flash galleries. Then flash came along, making that practice unnecessary. However, new capture software has overcome that protection. The most useful method is digimarcing ones images. From the pro level subscription and up the web can be searched to see where your images are. Even if someone copies and prints your images a scan and check in photoshop will show your digimarc - even though it is invisible to the naked eye. Pro subscriptions are $99/year and good for up to 2000 images per year.
Check https://www.digimarc.com/ for more info.

Don Weixl raises an interesting point as follows:
 The general term for online selling of photographs at low prices and very low commissions for the photographer is "Microstock". Google "Microstock" and you will get links to sites that sell the rights to photographs of all descriptions...Some require a subscription and some will sell photos individually. Supposedly the low commissions for the photographer are made up by the high volume of sales....My guess is that hobbyist photographers are willing to basically give away their photos for the thrill of a small pay cheque and the chance to be published. Unfortunately, the extremely low prices of Microstock has heavily damaged the conventional stock photography market for the professional photographer....
Don Weixl April 11, 2011 email

My take: It's better to present your work with higher resolution images and secure more assignments, than to worry about theft and lose potential assignments, especially if the theft would not have resulted in significant revenue in any case. This reinforces the old saying "the picture you haven't taken is worth more than the one you have" taken. bh


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  • Club Information
    • Directions
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Meeting Location & Times
    • Membership Application - Details
    • Members Only - password required >
      • Membership List
      • 2017-2018 Planning Guidelines
      • Gallery Page - Becoming Your Gallery Page Editor
      • CAPA News
      • Field Trips & Workshops >
        • DeMille's & Gort's
        • Kamloops - Salmon Arm Photo-Shoot
        • Low Light Photography
        • Painting with Light Workshop
        • Portrait Workshop
        • Three Valley Gap
        • Three of a Kind
        • Vernon PhotoShoot - March 15, 2020
      • Club Executive
      • Themes >
        • Altered Reality
        • B&W Photography
        • Judging Photographs
        • Landscape
        • Motion
        • Nature & Wildlife
        • Photo Editing Exercise -
        • Plants
        • Reflections
        • Portraiture
        • Weather
        • Work Place Photography
    • Agendas >
      • Past
    • Competitions >
      • Celebration of Nature
      • North Shore Challenge
    • Speakers >
      • Mike Biden
      • Norm Dougan
  • Members Galleries
    • A - K >
      • Beverly Bleasdale
      • Bob Boxall
      • Jo-Anne Gardner
      • Bruce Gunion
      • Sheri Hamilton
      • Richard Kyllo
    • L - Z >
      • Len Lazzarotto
      • Stuart Matthews
      • Brian Mohr
      • Lorie Moore
      • Carolyn Morgan
      • Martin & Myrtle Kyllo
      • Noreen Sadiwnyk
      • Henry Schnell
      • Fred Sonmor
      • Sue Stillings
      • Florence Thompson
      • Jim Wright
    • Membership Memorial >
      • Jim Hoskins
      • Jerry Linowski
      • Ted Linden
    • Under Construction >
      • Pat Hutchins
      • Dave Woods
  • Custom Galleries
    • Judging Gallery
    • Tom's Ropes
    • Shuswap Community Foundation
    • Vintage Cars
    • BC Dance Festival 2019 >
      • Wednesday - Trail - In
      • Thursday-Opening Ceremony
      • Thursday Dance Photos
      • Friday Dance - Afternoon
      • Friday Photos - Evening
      • Saturday Dance - Afternoon
      • Saturday Dance - Evening
      • Photographers - Crew
      • Callers, Announcers & Cuers
      • Studio Sessions
    • Music Festival 2018
  • Educational - Articles
    • Bird Photography
    • Elements & Lightroom Shortcuts
    • Camera and Lens Care
    • Down Sizing Photos
    • Infrared Photography
    • Lightroom - Self Help
    • How To Take Sharp Pictures
    • Image Theft Protection
    • ProShowGold Tips
    • Winter Photography
  • Educational - Links
  • Salmon Arm Fall Fair
    • How to prepare a mat for your display photos