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[ChrisJ]

Here is an interesting article about a photog whose Flickr Pictures have been used without permission THRU FLickr.

http://www.jmg-galle...e-this-weekend/

[echeng]

That's why every photo that matters to me is watermarked (small, but clear) on Flickr and limited to between 700-1024 pixels.

It's too easy to present Flickr content on other pages.

[BrianM]

Me too, watermarked and limited to 800 pixels on longest side, but my biggest security is the fact that nobody would want my photos in the first place.

[jimbo1946]

... my biggest security is the fact that nobody would want my photos in the first place.

I didn't want to be tacky and say that.

But people do lift photos from Flickr and use them. I had a finalist in a photo contest recently. The contest finalists were shown in a Flickr group. A magazine asked all the finalists for permission to use their photos in a future issue. It's not a big high budget publication, so I said okay, knowing there wasn't any payment. I don't know how many of the finalists agreed.

At least they asked for permission.

[TomStack]

It gets better, Flickr and Getty teaming up:

http://www.stockphot...tty-flickr.html

Best,

Tom Stack
http://www.tomstackphoto.com