Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 at 14:40
John - Yes, I'm fully aware of the ability to click on the
forum-hosted images to enlarge them - and I'm also very aware of
forum limitations for picture-hosting.
As a result of other forums problems with showing pictures, I decided long ago that hosting pictures on forums is a dead loss.
There are dozens of photo-hosting sites out there, and a lot are free - and you can post large format files on most.
However, perhaps a number of people have chosen the small format to prevent internet theft of top-class photos, which is an on-going problem.
It never ceases to amaze me the number of people who think that because a photo is posted on the internet, they're entitled to steal it, and re-use it as they choose.
I had a barney with a bloke on another
forum who pinched some of my best photos, then started reposting them all over the place - without any credits, or request to use them.
He now reckons I'm the greatest ar*ehole that ever lived, because I chided him - yet copyright is copyright, and the law backs me to the hilt.
I now put restrictions on simple right clicking and copying to reduce theft of my best photos - but that can be worked around by those in the know, so it's not a complete fix. I just wish people would respect others intellectual property rights as regards photos on the internet.
Cheers, Ron.
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