On 09/07/2012 12:35 AM, Андрій Бондаренко wrote:
Hi everyone,
Recently one of our participant asked me - could I upload photos with
watermarks? He argues that he loose original versions (without
watermarks) and their removing demands to much time. What should I
answer him? Are photos with watermarks (as theese
<http://toolserver.org/~magnus/catscan_rewrite.php?language=commons&project=wikimedia&categories=Images_with_watermarks&negcats=Images+from+Wiki+Loves+Monuments+2012&ns[6]=1&ext_image_data=1&doit=1>)
allowed?
I had a look at a few random images there and I can identify a few cases:
- real watermarks (didn't find any in the examples) are when a big
watermark covers a large and important part of the image, making it
unusable (think at the preview images from stock photography sites).
those CAN'T be allowed;
- signatures, small watermarks in an unobtrusive part of the image (most
of the time in a corner). I allow those but discourage them by
explaining the uploaders that grace to our free license, anyone is
allowed to remove them, so is useless;
- some photos have the date watermarked in a corner, this probably
happened most of the time in-camera and are unintentional. I feel them
annoying but harmless;
- i saw a few cases the name of an educational institution there. For
those I would ask the uploader if the image is really free (it may be an
internal policy to watermark everything at it may forbid derivatives).
So in conclusion I do not like watermarks, would alow some, would forbid
some, would question further some. Case by case.
--
nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com
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