Hope people are really getting the message and I hope someone far smarter than me thinks of a really useful (and economical) tool to track work that's been lifted.
Really fight Theft - get out there and tell your rep that you won't be voting for him if he votes for the Orphan Works Bills! Stop it before it starts.
Watermarking is a HORRIBLE way to prevent art theft! Like most so called "copy protections" out there... it usually winds up hurting the people who aren't thieves more than those who are.
It's honestly pretty easy to shop-out those watermarks if you're a hard-core thief! Meanwhile they're just sitting there over your image making things look ugly and making your sense of artistic presentation look like crap!
My Free Copyright
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Safe Creative: Copyright Registry
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Really fight Theft - get out there and tell your rep that you won't be voting for him if he votes for the Orphan Works Bills! Stop it before it starts.
It's honestly pretty easy to shop-out those watermarks if you're a hard-core thief! Meanwhile they're just sitting there over your image making things look ugly and making your sense of artistic presentation look like crap!
and thank you again, thank you so much for sharing!
good luck to this account, I hope it gets more supporters and people joining in!