Inappropriate usage...

[shikami]

For the moment, and for the sake of this post, let's put aside the all-too-real notion that fanwork of any description (fanfic, fanart, fan-whatever) toes, and sometimes even crosses the line of legality -- too big a can of worms... and while I look forward to studying intellectual property this year, I don't particularly want a precursor right now

Comments

[blaise_centric]

Not to appear as though I'm being easy on these thieves, but it's surprising to learn how many people on the internet do not understand what the full extent of copyright means. And there's no easier place to rip off material than the internet. I've been wanting to post my photography online for awhile but I'm worried that the images could be stolen by any moron who can crop out a copyright note in Photoshop.

[orenodake]

I'm a friend of Shinigami, and happen to be a graphic designer, so I hope you don't mind I post a comment to you :)

Just a sugestion: Put your photography works as a low resolution thumbnails and create a waterdrop copyright across the real work - make it big to cover whole picture, that way, only the desperate/insane one that will willing to steal and retouch it.

[shikami]

I can totally understand the worry. I've seen way too many instances of image stealing. But at the same time, there's also no place like the internet to showcase your work -- part of the trade-off that lies in everything I s'pose.

All I can suggest is, like orenodake, that you watermark your work. And while it may take away from the total aesthetic value of the actual picture, it should at least afford you some peace of mind. You may also like to try disabling right-clicking, and/or splitting the picture up in Photoshop and then piecing it together using html -- again, though not fool-proof, it'll at least deter all but the extremely persistent.

[blaise_centric]

Those are definitely solid tips. Right clicking alone isn't enough but a combination of it all would do well. Thanks :)

[tuowei]

Huge French (Carrefour) department store chains in China sell pirated DVDs. American shopping malls house fake YSL wallets. I'm not at all surprised that Chinese satellite TV is the same. And I don't think Sarah Michelle Geller knows she is the face (and body) of a condom brand found in pharmacies across China.

It's getting better. Shang-yang market (home of fake designer gear and popular tourist spot) is being shut down.

[shikami]

*L* You know, it's not actually the bootlegging/piracy/violation of copyright that I object to.

What galls me about this particular example is that in order to be broadcasting the Naruto anime, the TV station would have acquired a licence to broadcast. Along with that licence to broadcast, they should have been handed a stack of source images that could be used for promotional purposes

[tuowei]

I get you. I have to believe they bought the license, the potential stupidity of stealing and then broadcasting it on TV around the world boggles the mind. Not to mention the network lawyers and owners potentially going into fits :)
Not that any of this explains how that particular piece of artwork end up there...

(Are we talking Phoenix Satellite Channel? I think I might have seen the Naruto ad you're referring to)

[tuowei]

eek, forgot to log in! sorry :)