arash_hazeghi
03-17-2010, 04:26 AM
Hello people,
A few years ago I took this photo (http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5195926) for a school project, I uploaded the original file to my PN gallery which I no longer use. Last week I saw this image displayed on a large plasma screen inside a restaurant in San Francisco! At first I thought it must be a similar photo someone else took, but upon close inspection I noticed that it was mine! There is a red hot pixel in the upper left corner in the original that was clearly visible on their screen too. I asked one of the waitresses if I could speak with the manager but she claimed he was unavailable, I left my phone number and email and explained to her that my photo was being displayed without my consent and even without my name or any credit. So far no phone call or email. I will go the restaurant again next week and hopefully get it straight with them if it is still on display. This isn't such a super photo anyways, but I'd rather have at least my name displayed on the photos that are taken from my website without my knowledge.
In the future if I have photos that are really worth something, what is the best way to protect them against internet theft? I already watermark the photos plus my name is embedded in EXIF but I guess these offer no real deterrence.
Thanks
A few years ago I took this photo (http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5195926) for a school project, I uploaded the original file to my PN gallery which I no longer use. Last week I saw this image displayed on a large plasma screen inside a restaurant in San Francisco! At first I thought it must be a similar photo someone else took, but upon close inspection I noticed that it was mine! There is a red hot pixel in the upper left corner in the original that was clearly visible on their screen too. I asked one of the waitresses if I could speak with the manager but she claimed he was unavailable, I left my phone number and email and explained to her that my photo was being displayed without my consent and even without my name or any credit. So far no phone call or email. I will go the restaurant again next week and hopefully get it straight with them if it is still on display. This isn't such a super photo anyways, but I'd rather have at least my name displayed on the photos that are taken from my website without my knowledge.
In the future if I have photos that are really worth something, what is the best way to protect them against internet theft? I already watermark the photos plus my name is embedded in EXIF but I guess these offer no real deterrence.
Thanks