The internet affords us an unprecedented opportunity to have our art, designs, images, and photography seen by the World, but unfortunately, to be stolen as well. In this recent presentation I did for Artlink Fort Wayne, I discussed tools and methods for attempting to protect your images. I say attempting because the first thing I have to admit is; if you choose to make an image visible, you have negated the absolute ability to make it unable to be copied.
No, I don’t go into disabling right click on images, view source hiding, and print screen disabling tricks because those methods give a false sense of protection. They simply will not protect your images from all by the neophyte user.
Since we can’t stop infringement with 100 percent certainty, I highlighted methods and tools for discovering infringement after it happens, and made some suggestions on what to do when copyright infringement is discovered. How do I figure out who is infringing on my image copyright so I can send a DMCA take-down notice, and what is DMCA?
Along the way we discuss copyright, creative commons, fair use, and how distribution into certain social channels impacts your work on a practical level. Do you know what your rights are after you post an image to a social network? Did you know that Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook remove EXIF/metadata from images you upload while Flickr, Tumblr, and Google+ do not? What does that mean to your copyright ownership status?
Find all of this and more in this presentation. Comments and shares are certainly welcome. 🙂
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