Posts Tagged ‘Photography’

Adding Copyright to Exif Automatically

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 26th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Products

Exif data is one of the best ways to ensure your images are marked as yours, here’s a way to do it automatically with nothing but your camera.



Three Online Watermarking Tools

By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 13th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Prevention, Products, Punditry

Watermarking applications are both cheap and easy to find, but sometimes you need to mark an image when none are available. Here are three services to consider.



Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster

By Jonathan Bailey • Oct 8th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Legal Issues, Products

In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.



The Myspace Problem

By Jonathan Bailey • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: Articles, Punditry

Myspace may be the most popular social networking site, but its share of plagiarism seems to far outstrip its market share. Along with its sister site Photobucket, Myspace is likely the current king of human-born plagiarism.



Image DRM Challenge

By Jonathan Bailey • Sep 10th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Products

After years of being left heartbroken by creators of image DRM solutions, I’ve decided to open my doors and issue a challenge to anyone who things they have the holy grail of image protection.



Update: Photobucket Video

By Jonathan Bailey • Aug 1st, 2008 • Category: Articles, Personal Experiences, Products

If you haven’t seen the most recent video regarding Photobucket, you definitely should give it a quick look. It is making waves across the Internet but it still needs your support.



Video: Your Images for Sale

By Jonathan Bailey • Jul 24th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Videos

The photo sharing site Photobucket has a little-known provision that allows users to turn any image they see on the site into a t-shirt or sticker, all without payment or permission of the uploaded.



Stashy.com Closes Down

By Jonathan Bailey • Jul 17th, 2008 • Category: Articles, News

Controversial image host Stashy has announced that it is closing its doors permanently, putting an end to a short, but very rocky, existence.



Why Flickr Licensing Fails

By Jonathan Bailey • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Punditry

As discussed briefly yesterday, the Flickr licensing system is in complete disarray. Today, we take a look at the problem, what the options mean and, most importantly, what can be done to fix the issue.



Is Flickr Letting Down its Users?

By Jonathan Bailey • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Legal Issues, News

Photo-sharing site Flickr has come under fire as developers have used its API to violate the rights of its users, seemingly unchecked by Flickr itself.