Everyone Please Read.....

[IttyBittyKitty]

While it is a compliment to Nakita's adorable little face, it is disturbing and many people would feel that it is an invasion of their privacy and that of their cat - even exploitation of the cat with the misuse of her image. Some of the other examples in this thread are even more appalling such as the baby photos and Cheshirekatt's example is disgusting! There really are some freaks out there!

We still want to see Nakita's cute face so please don't take her away entirely

(For the record, my little graphic is not my own work - it came from a free cat graphics site )

[catmandu]

It ia a damn shame that there are people out there , to whom money is a God , and thatthey will do anything to get it , even using pictures that arent thiers. I would love to have a Cat as beautiful as Nikita , but would never take false credit , when it is not deserved! Some people , no brains or morals!

[Cataholic]

I am with Jen,...who cares? It isn't truly hurting me- maybe my ego, but, not me. I just can't get upset about someone else and their wrongdoings too much. Since you can't totally control it, might as well spend your time/energy on things you can control. I wouldn't want to live my life always thinking, "what if..".

Course, while I think my pets are beautiful, they just don't compare to some others, like Nakita.

[AvaJoy]

Seems like the bottom line is that any image on the internet is literally up for grabs. Even with a watermark or caption someone can still claim the cat as theirs and enter the photo in a dozen contests . . . and how would you ever know just where your photo is being displayed and what it is being otherwise used for???

[smokey the elder]

Unfortunately, the Internet is the Wild Wild West as well as the World Wide Web. Individuals put stuff out there at their own risk. Congress or Parliament or whomever can make all the laws they want but if they're unenforceable they may as well not exist.

Having said that, I would hope that most people would use an honor system and ask permission to use pictures. I even ask in a PM if someone has a pic I want to use as wallpaper, even though that's staying on my local machine at home.

Hacking into web sites and stealing pics of really private individual stuff is really heinous.

Just my opinion.

[kimlovescats]

I have to agree with Jen! Sorry!

[Felicia's Mom]

I don't like the idea of stealing pictures, but I would rather have my pictures taken than my cats.

[aguu]

With all due respect to everyone, I agree with Jen... what's the big deal? (Sorry)
It's not like they mean harm to the cat.
Probably just envious of her beauty.

[Nomilynn]

I don't really care either.. I enjoy sharing my pictures so I will continiue to do so. I think if people on this site show pics of their own websites, and give credit even if it is credit to PT, why should it matter?

However I agree that showing the breast reduction pictures is much more disturbing.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Originally posted by kimlovescats
I have to agree with Jen! Sorry!

I somewhat agree. I'm not going to rush right out and put a watermark on every pic of T & P I have, and I'm not going to stop posting pics of them even though they don't have the watermark, but when I have the time, I will be looking into this some more and will start putting watermarks on future pics.

Why? Because it's just not right for others to steal the pics like that. And not that it would hurt me, but if someone was going to post pics of T & P, I would like to know about it so they aren't represented in a way that I wouldn't like. Not a huge deal, but if I can stop - or at least deter - someone from using the pics, why not?

[boscibo]

Many people get mad because they are the ones that spend big $$$ on cameras, and spend time taking the perfect shots, and spend time setting up webspace to share their pictures.

Not to mention some people link to the pictures on your webspace, and some webhosts charge for amount of bandwidth used, and if someone else is posting it directly, you are getting charged for it.

What makes me mad about people stealing pictures is that all it takes is one polite email to *ask* someone if they mind it being used. I have been asked plenty of times by people who have wanted to use my pictures, and I have never said no. The people who don't ask - they just take them - are the ones who make me angry.