Copyright law exists to protect the creators of a original work, whether than be an article, a photo or a drawing. As soon as you create it you have copyright to it, which stays in place 70 years after the author’s death; at that point it belongs to the public domain. Unless you grant license for someone else to use your image, it is considered a copyright violation if they use without your permission.
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It really is useful to know the options and to pick a strategy, for those of us in the creative fields. I believe in sharing my images because I want people to see my design work, however I certainly relate to the frustration of having your work lifted without reference. I like the watermark idea.
Jennifer Duchene
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Watermarking has been around for a while. My partner is exploring using a feature in Picasa to watermark images, and certainly the WordPress plugins to watermark on the fly look interesting.
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