Comments on: Unauthorized Use (Theft) of Photograph Admitted

by: a dragon's opinion

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:30:15 +0000

hi mm (from caledonia)–have read all past blogs, am now at this page: on the watermark feature–to maintain aesthetics, the wm doesn’t have to be big. I constantly remind my daughter, who creates a lot of original artwork (manual & digital), to “sign” i.e, watermark even, all her works discreetly even, so that if it’s stolen, she knows her signature. i have started with my photos, which annoys hubby, but as i explain, if my photos ever become public, i can pursue and prove that they were mine. why not use your basket as your watermark–use 4 or 6 pts…

by: Marketman

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:35:45 +0000

echo, watermarks ruin a photo and any person trying to steal them can remove them relatively easily. If you followed this issue at the time it happened, you would have known it was settled to my satisfaction, including a printed apology. Folks just have to be vigilant. And people need to understand the concept of intellectual property. Since this episode and similar situations, the Inquirer has been more careful about sourcing their photos, which often are taken from the net in their lifestyle sections…

by: echo

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:25:14 +0000

Try to put watermarks in your photos… to avoid duplication or illegal publicity. Picture is an art. There’s always a word - “copyright” eh? It’s like cheating answer from you classmate in an examination. Its really bad… huhuhuhu… for me, inquirer covers up the whole philippines, so it is infact, something big to neglect. I will be firm with my decision, if I were you… Inquirer will surely laugh at you… “papayag ka rin pala eh, papahirapan mo pa sarili mo”…

by: Marketman

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:43:07 +0000

adelle, I completely understand where you are coming from, but I do still believe an important principle was violated. There are methods for trying to protect photos but sophisticated techies can scan just about anything… and use it. Just like there are public libraries in great cities around the world where the public has access to millions of books…it still isn’t right to photocopy a page of a book and quote it word for word without attribution in a school paper or business document…

by: adelle

Sat, 03 Dec 2005 20:41:01 +0000

I hope this won’t be a war between Inquirer vs MM. To the paper’s credit, i first came to know of this site when I read Inquirer a few months ago. It may not be a perfect paper but still, it features MM and this blog. Perhaps Mr Ceniza doesn’t own a camera or pictures that he seems worth publishing so he panicked and searched the internet for yema and just as i searched it now, the photo of that famous yema is no 1 in the list. Am telling you MM, there will be more photos that will be copied. You may use a feature where right-clicking is not allowed in your blog. I don’t know how but I know there is.