Hi Paul - yes the language is French, and the site appears to be just a personal one, incorporating a blog, some home-spun philosophy, and links to YouTube sites and other web-sites the author finds attractive. It's almost a compliment to be ripped off by him, it seems!
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PN Stenquist Sent: Thursday, 11 December 2008 12:05 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Workflows and Protection I've found that unauthorized use of my images has only helped me gain exposure. Frequently the unauthorized user provides at least a credit. I think that making images small and marred by copyright notices only hurts one' promotional efforts in the long run. But that's just my opinion. I do demand payment if one of my images appears in a medium that is obviously part of a commercial venture, but that's rare. Most pilfered images appear only in personal and non-profit sites or are used merely for comping. I also should point out that when an image is pilfered for ad comping purposes, it may well be purchased later. But if it's so small or disfigured that it can't be used for comping, the art director will pass it up. Here's an example of an unauthorized use of one of my photos that I just discovered. Not it has a credit. I didn't complain. I just smiled: http://koah.over-blog.com/article-17859115.html By the way, does anyone know what this site is all about? I assume the language is French? Paul On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:00 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: > Howdy, folks, > > I'm in the process of trying to automate the end-phase of my photo > workflow. That is, the portion after I've pulled the image into > Photoshop [Elements] or something and gotten it cropped and adjusted > "just so". > > And that's gotten me to thinking relatively deeply about things that > may not yet admit deep thinking. So, I'm going to throw some ideas > out to the "PDML At Large" and see what comes back. > > I want to provide myself some recourse against unauthorized > reproduction. So I'm thinking about several technologies and > processes to do that. In the past, my "attempts" have largely > centered around providing images on the web that are too small (in > resolution terms) to be of any real use outside the "Webisphere", > and not caring about uses within that environment. > > I'm still planning to pursue that same strategy for the stuff I make > available to the world at large. Nothing more than, say, 800x600 > pixels, for example. Put my copyright in the EXIF/IPTC metadata. > "Brand" a watermark visually into the image. Stuff like that. > > But now it's looking like I can actually make some money from at > least some of my photographic endeavors. So, I want to afford > myself some more, not really protection, but recourse, ass coverage, > whatever. Increase my ability to "prove" that I originally created > an image, after that image has been cropped, resized, and otherwise > mangled. > > So I'm thinking about several aspects of deterring unauthorized use. > Phase one is to "brand" the images with a low-contrast modification > that imposes a notice visibly on the image, and keep the published > resolution "impractically" low. So, just how "visible" is too much > in a watermark? We're only talking about an 800x600 image, after > all. Does anyone have any experience with the "pay-to-play" image > watermarking services? > > I'm also thinking about embedding additional data via steganography. > Does anyone have any pointers or information about creating a > "proper" stegano-embeddable image that's not going to either detract > from the top-level image or be "too detectable"? Should I think > about multiple stegs, with a different data set each time? Just how > resilient are stegs in the face of image modifications like crops, > resizes, and replacement of the "brand"? > > I'm also thinking about "shaving" every published image so that none > of them have the outside 1-10% of the image. Theoretically, if I > suspect unauthorized use, this should help me prove original > ownership. But, when do I shave them? Immediately after capture? > Immediately prior to publishing a particular rendering? Several > times in the middle of the workflow? > > Discuss ... > > :-) > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
