Quote Originally Posted by Catlady711
Even with a watermark or copyright pasted directly over the image, someone really good with photoshop and alot of time on their hands can remove that, steal the pix, pass it off as their own and potentially make small amounts of money from the pix without you ever knowing it.
Of course this is true but I find most people won't bother especially if it means a fair amount of work as there are so many other pics online they can access and not have to do work on to remove a watermark. I know a lot of people put a small copyright on the bottom of photos and it is so much more simple to just crop than to go to all the work of removing and fixing a photo with a watermark. And there are others that use nothing at all. From what I know a watermark is the best method of protecting your pictures online. While it is not 100% it does offer a decent amount of protection for your photos and it a deterent for anyone wanting to steal them.