Comments on: Protecting photography displayed online through branding http://www.thatchrisbrown.com/2009/protecting-photography-displayed-online-through-branding/ Another Chris Brown & another blog Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:36:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images http://www.thatchrisbrown.com/2009/protecting-photography-displayed-online-through-branding/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:21:29 +0000 http://www.thatchrisbrown.com/?p=25#comment-17 Chris: A little worried, yes. However, if you had to go to court, being able to prove that a watermark was purposefully cropped out is a huge step towards proving willful Copyright Infringement, with a possible judgement award of up to $150,000.00 in statutory damages. In most cases, I find the centered watermark much more distracting to the image. However, whenever I send larger comp jpeg files to potential clients, I will put an opaqued watermark(s) either centered, or two of them at opposite powerpoints. (where the rules of thirds intersect). On the web, I'm always struggling with where is the best balance between the everyday viewer, and the person that thinks they can use anything you post for free. Cheers, Gary. Chris:

A little worried, yes. However, if you had to go to court, being able to prove that a watermark was purposefully cropped out is a huge step towards proving willful Copyright Infringement, with a possible judgement award of up to $150,000.00 in statutory damages.

In most cases, I find the centered watermark much more distracting to the image. However, whenever I send larger comp jpeg files to potential clients, I will put an opaqued watermark(s) either centered, or two of them at opposite powerpoints. (where the rules of thirds intersect).

On the web, I’m always struggling with where is the best balance between the everyday viewer, and the person that thinks they can use anything you post for free.

Cheers,

Gary.

]]> By: Chris http://www.thatchrisbrown.com/2009/protecting-photography-displayed-online-through-branding/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Chris Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:49:36 +0000 http://www.thatchrisbrown.com/?p=25#comment-16 Gary, aren't you worried that a quick crop will take out a copyright watermark that's close to the edge of an image? That was the thinking behind watermarking right across the middle of the image. I suppose it's a trade-off between protection and distraction? Thanks for the feedback. Chris. Gary, aren’t you worried that a quick crop will take out a copyright watermark that’s close to the edge of an image? That was the thinking behind watermarking right across the middle of the image. I suppose it’s a trade-off between protection and distraction? Thanks for the feedback. Chris.

]]> By: Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images http://www.thatchrisbrown.com/2009/protecting-photography-displayed-online-through-branding/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:42:58 +0000 http://www.thatchrisbrown.com/?p=25#comment-15 I think that's actually a pretty timid watermark, actually. I personally use a slightly larger version of text in a corner of my images, opaqued. More difficult to remove, yet hopefully not too terribly distracting. Besides, with the hoardes of people that hotlink or download images for their MySpace pages, a bigger watermark will serve as better branding and ID. See my <a href="http://www.enlightphoto.com/portfo1.htm" rel="nofollow">compromise solution in my portfolios</a>; click on the larger images to see what I use. I think that’s actually a pretty timid watermark, actually. I personally use a slightly larger version of text in a corner of my images, opaqued. More difficult to remove, yet hopefully not too terribly distracting. Besides, with the hoardes of people that hotlink or download images for their MySpace pages, a bigger watermark will serve as better branding and ID. See my compromise solution in my portfolios; click on the larger images to see what I use.

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