According to the copyright law, you gain complete rights of a photo the moment you release that shutter button. This means that, once you’ve taken a photo, you become the only one who can use it, edit it, make copies or display it in public. So once you upload an [...]
Protecting your photos is a necessary step. In an ideal society, people would respect others’ creative work and wouldn’t shamelessly steal their original photography. Unfortunately, in today’s world it’s not the case. People are copying pictures from various sources and displaying them online as if they were their own, without [...]
As someone who makes a living out of your artwork, you’re probably aware of the dangers of image theft. What initially seemed isolated cases has unfortunately turned into something bigger. More and more internet users are stealing other people’s original pictures from their websites, blogs or image sharing websites and [...]
Image theft is nothing to joke about. It’s a real concern not only for professional photographers, but for all of us who upload original images online on social media, on our websites and blogs. We strive to provide the best possible visual content for our visitors and followers, only to [...]
The internet has made it super-easy to share images with others. With just a couple of clicks we can display our latest photographs and dazzle friends and followers with our original shots. The problems arise only when others use those shots taken by you on their social profiles, blogs or website without [...]
Note: You can find a new version of this article here. Twitter is undeniably one of the best platforms to interact. This applies not only to a normal social media user, but also to a company looking to communicate its brand message, to distribute its text and visual content or [...]
Protecting your photos through a watermark is a truly important step prior uploading. First of all, because it would be a pity to see your artwork on someone else’s blog or Instagram. Why allow others to steal your original photography and take the credit for your work? Second of all, [...]
Image theft is real. Original photos are being constantly misused or stolen by internet users who display total disregard for other people’s hard work. Fortunately there are a couple of ways you can try to protect your photos, and one of them is watermarking. By adding a watermark to your images you [...]
Protecting your images online is compulsory. Whether you’re a photographer, a blogger, a large organization or a regular social media user you need to make sure others aren’t downloading and using your original photos for free. Why should they receive the credit for your hard work? One of the best [...]