Re: stockphotography

On 26/12/2024 21:21, sobriquet wrote:

Op 26/12/2024 om 17:55 schreef David:

On 23/12/2024 16:57, sobriquet wrote:

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Often when you search for images, you can find nice images that are ruined by watermarks.
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But it's kind of odd that in many cases you can just search for the image to find versions without watermarks.
So somehow the logic doesn't seem to add up. If a stock agency sells an image, someone who paid for it is entitled to use it on their site, but
that means they are sharing a version of the image effectively, which renders any attempt to protect the image with watermarks kind of silly.
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For instance, take this image:
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https://www.shutterstock.com/shutterstock/photos/2357607983/ display_1500/stock-photo-close-up-of-tiny-water-droplets-on-a-spider- web-set-against-a-black-background-2357607983.jpg
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It looks like it's 'protected'. But with a little searching it's easy to find 'unprotected' versions.
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Like here:
https://www.newscientist.nl/app/uploads/Multiversum-1.jpg

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Fascinating subject matter! Thank you. 🙂
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Here a stock photograph I found via Tin Eye:-
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https://www.alamy.com/stained-glass-window-designed-by-george-cooper- abbs-and-made-by-wippell-co-east-window-st-peters-church-budleigh- salterton-image447995471.html
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Here's a photograph I took of the very same window yesterday morning:-
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https://i.ibb.co/WDgxz8s/F00403-FF-D720-4565-9509-726-D173066- F1-1-105- c.jpg
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  https://devonchurchland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Stained-Glass- East-Window-Christ-The-King-George-Cooper-Abbs-Wippells-Of-Exeter-20th- Century-Budleigh-Salterton.jpeg

Another great image of this outstanding window in a small country church.
Thank you.