Hello Tim,
> The problem with that line of thinking, if they were going to credit
> you for the photo, don't you think they would have already done so. A
> number of people who do that dont care about copyright, or simply have
> the mindset that if it is on the internet it's free for the taking,
> regardless of who actually owns it. And besides who reads credits
> nowadays anyway...watermark that can't be missed on the other hand. I
> have run into 2 different issues were my images were being used
> without permission on websites as the main image. I politely informed
> them they were doing wrong and gave them the option to either pay for
> continued usage or remove the image pronto...I will give you 2 guesses as to what they did...
I am by no means saying that we should not defend our rights or to allow
theft. I am however, saying that before we charge in all guns blazing,
to think if there is a way to change it to our advantage.
It obviously depends upon where it's used, how and to what extent.
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