Copyright

[Al-Dabbagh]

Hi All!

It seems that a number of people really believed that watermarking will solve their copyright problems in a rather prestigious way. Today I post to say: it is a real illusion. I have been provoked by some postings about Digimarc plug-in that ships with Photoshop. After a number of trials I could arrive at a standard procedure that will turn watermarking into a useless illusion. I have corresponded with a couple of Digimarc employees, who show a strange attitude, by trying to convince me that what I've discovered is normal and they expect it!

To prove that watermarking is nothing but a superficial luxury feature, I have put THREE watermarks in the same picture. It wasn't done by chance. Take a look here:

http://odin.prohosting.com/digimarc

Right-click the picture and save it on your computer. Open it with Photoshop:

1- The initial resolution is 72 DPI. Filter>Digimarc>Read Watermark (you'll get year 1950).

2- Resample by Image>Image Size>150 DPI (Bicubic). Filter>Digimarc>Read Watermark (you'll get year 1985)!!

3- Resample by Image>Image Size>200 DPI (Bicubic). Filter>Digimarc>Read Watermark (you'll get year 2000)!!!!



Mohamed Al-Dabbagh
Senior Graphic Designer

[Mike]

Since we are talking with folks from all over the globe, that means that you need to talk to your government to find out what you have to do in your country. In the US, one can copyright a number of images at one time, so a lot of folks are filling a CD with their images and copyrighting all of them for the $30 fee.

I am a photography studio owner and the way we are combating the customers that want to buy one 8x10 of their portrait and then copy that and produce all the other sizes they need, is to change the way we price for our work. Gone are the days that we charged a very minimal fee for the sitting and then charged a lot for the prints. We now charge a very high sitting fee and a minimal fee for the prints. Most of our customers realize that our print prices are so low and of such quaility that it is not worth the time and trouble for them to try and copy them.

In todays world with people copying movies, music, books etc, the idea that they will respect your rights is not to be believed.

Mike

[Cataloochee]

I had a hard time finding this web but it was worth the look. I have searched and search for the answer to a question and no one could givevme an answer. But Noel did! The guestion was; I have just finished a novel to send to the publisher, but i had some old photos that were copies or digital and I wanted to put them in the novel. They were made back in the early 1900. They are of mountain people who are kin to me by my grandmother. Now sometimes mountain folks can be a little touch'e about their ancesters,and I don't want to get in a fight. Can I put those photos and not walk up in the middle of the night wondering about a law suit? Cataloochee