USVI-On-Line

Wakey wrote:Nice pic

You can comment on the photos over there in the gallery

Thanks - that was our view - I have a ton of those... I will post more.

I just commented on one of your photos. Do you get notified of that or no?

Hi Anthony,

Great idea, One thing to consider doing is adding to the site is copyright notice. Advertising agencies look for ways to use photos for free. There are some really good photographers on this site, just because they are amatures does not mean they are not worth anything. You can say please contact the owner before using for any reason other than personal use, or so forth. You can ask for imput by others what they want, just putting it out there. There is a Bill in congress called the Orphan works, meaning if the person wants to use your artwork but does not know the owner or can figure out who the owner is, will be protected for using the art work anyway they want. I'm not a fan of this and hope it does not pass.

Sandy

All good points - I will definitely add something - and maybe there is a watermarking option also. At least the fact that they are 72 dpi jps mostly keeps them being used in anything serious for print. But on screen, it is pretty hard to protect if someone really wants it

DCphoto wrote:Hi Anthony,

Great idea, One thing to consider doing is adding to the site is copyright notice. Advertising agencies look for ways to use photos for free. There are some really good photographers on this site, just because they are amatures does not mean they are not worth anything. You can say please contact the owner before using for any reason other than personal use, or so forth. You can ask for imput by others what they want, just putting it out there. There is a Bill in congress called the Orphan works, meaning if the person wants to use your artwork but does not know the owner or can figure out who the owner is, will be protected for using the art work anyway they want. I'm not a fan of this and hope it does not pass.

Sandy