[Jewelry making - Article 00132] - Re: [Orchid] Wholesale dilemma

[noraligia]

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>         From a web designer point of view the best solution is to put
>     in a watermark 

    You don't have to get watermark software if you have jpeg editing
    software that handles layers, just create a semi-transparent layer
    and put it on top of the layer containing your image. Any attempts
    to Copy and Save As will pick up the mark. If you use tables to
    organize the images on your web page you can make the image you're
    trying to protect the background of the TD and a transparent or
    semi-transparent image on top in the same cell. 

    For those of you who have used embedded watermarks, just an FYI that
    there's software out there that will strip the watermark code from
    the jpeg and resave it. Aren't we clever? 

    No one's mentioned the lawyer approach yet. If the "not really a
    wholesaler" that you are dealing with doesn't agree to remove the
    images, you might have to go this route. It's not fun, and can get
    expensive, but if you, at any time in the future, decide that you
    don't want someone to re-use your images (or designs) without your
    permission you'll have to be able to show that you've done
    everything you can to protect them. If you leave them out there, the
    re-user can claim that you implied consent to use by not doing
    anything. I'm not a lawyer but went through a similar issue a few
    years ago with some software I wrote. 

    Here's hoping that "the not really a wholesaler" is nice and just
    didn't know any better rather than the other more nefarious
    possibilities. Good luck! 

    Nora
    (I just got a bag of pumice for soldering- who thought I'd ever pay
    for a box o'rocks!) 


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