Watermark stripped and photo stolen

cfrey6cfrey6 Registered Users Posts: 114 Major grins
edited July 23, 2010 in SmugMug Support
Someone stole a watermarked photo of mine tonight and I am wondering how this was done. It is a custom watermark which is hosted on the smugmug site. The largest size to view was medium. Anyone else have had this happen?

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2010
    Hi, define 'stolen' - if you show a photo on the internet, it can be had, with a little effort. This is why watermarking is important. Any photo can be screen-grabbed with a tool like jing, or skitch, instantly. Right click protection is only a mild deterrent, but still useful to a degree, but easily defeated by modern browsers.

    If you'd like us to review your gallery settings, we're happy to do so, post a link to the gallery... thanks!
    Andy

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2010
    Hi, define 'stolen' - if you show a photo on the internet, it can be had, with a little effort. This is why watermarking is important. Any photo can be screen-grabbed with a tool like jing, or skitch, instantly. Right click protection is only a mild deterrent, but still useful to a degree, but easily defeated by modern browsers.

    If you'd like us to review your gallery settings, we're happy to do so, post a link to the gallery... thanks!
    Andy

    Portfolio • Workshops • Facebook • Twitter
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