Watermarked Photos, whatcha think?

[cyber-sibes]

I understand copyright issues, but honesty on a site like this, I find it extremely annoying to have someone's name right smack across the center of a photo. I'd rather you just don't post it if your that worried about somone downloading it. Using low res is a good solution because if someone's taking it, they really can't use it for anything useful besides reposting on the internet. It will look awful if they try to print it, enlarge it, etc.

It's a different matter in the case of professionals, whose work really is copyrighted.

[Catlady711]

It's a different matter in the case of professionals, whose work really is copyrighted.

Actually every photographers work is copyrighted from the moment they press the shutter button, professional or otherwise. It might be different if the pix were registered as well for additional 'proof' it's your pix.

Either way, I believe that each photographers pix, from the complete newbie to the advanced professional, has a right to not have their images stolen and has a right to be concerned about it happening.