JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

In the first case, if the place doing the developing was the only one which could have taken and sold it, I would go have a serious talk with them about copyright violation, and at least threaten legal action. They could have been willing to settle in some way.

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Very few of my images are worth stealing. I dont worry about it. And BTW the only way to prevent theft of anything on the net is don't post. And signatures or copyrights can be easily errased

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I often wonder the odds of someone standing in about the same place taking the "same" static picture.
I suppose how much of what is included in the frame, most likely the would be a skosh different.
(I doubt ocean waves and clouds would repeat though.)
I've been to a couple of places that have "Stand Here" marked on the ground...

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Not just waves and clouds, but the light in general would be different depending on where the sun was - check the shadows.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

And probably a few other things.

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

I have seen murder mysteries where the case was solved by showing that the suspect was not where he said he was at the time of the crime--it was morning, not afternoon, in a photo, so his alibi collapsed and he was shown to be lying.

jlocke Loc: Austin, TX

I recently was on a Facebook page and someone had commented about a personalized photo that they had purchased showing various photos of the ship and personalized with their name/rate and dates of service. In looking at it, I noticed the photo in the upper left (of the ship in dry dock in France) was one I had taken. I don't know where they got it, and it's not worth pursuing, but I was kind of struck that someone had used my picture for something they were selling.

This is my original photo (scanned from slide).

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This is from the Web site that is selling the photos. The photo in the top left sure looks like mine! Slightly cropped and a sky background added.

Vaun's photography Loc: Bonney Lake, WA

I'm not worried about it. I had a Facebook user use one of my photos without asking once.

It's not proper, but not much can be done to stop it.

Thoughtless people will do thoughtless things.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

It's hard to tell from the resolution, but it seems a closer look will show they're nearly the same, but not.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I was wondering about the puddles, if they were different.

FotoHog Loc: on Cloud 9

I have occasionally seen someone shooting over the shoulder of someone while standing in a crowd.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Or someone take the exact spot the previous photographer used.

DHenard Loc: Northeast Tennessee

Their are so many pictures that are far far superior to mine out there that it would be a compliment for someone to steal mine.

Paul Diamond Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA

I do not post the 'full resolution' image that I create for venues like UHH. You will see a smaller size, lower resolution copy of my original image. So, for example, I offer one of the images that I have not yet posted.

I will reduce the "full" image in a smaller size/at a lower resolution than the original. You will see a 'nice' image (when I post it). But you will not get the full high MP picture I own. So, I will also post a few shots/crops of parts of the original to show/share what you would not otherwise see.

Example - I have a shot of Yosemite Valley taken from the Bridal Veil Falls overview, showing the full Yosemite Valley. You will not see the full 54MP image. In the 54MP image, you could see the branches/leaves on the summit of El Capitan to the right. You could see the branches/leaves on the trees of the summit of the Cathedral Mountains to the right. And you could see the waterfall (in early May) of the next mountain after the Cathedrals. So, I will post small photos of what you are missing in smaller 'highlights' from the original image. But, you will see and can appreciate what copyright compromises limit me from posting the full 'high res' version of my original.

I'm still working, when I can, on this image and the 'detail views' that you will see. I had to wait for about 1.5 hours for the moving clouds/sunlight to illuminate the distant waterfall, Half Dome with a cloud 'sombrero,' etc. to give the image that I wanted to capture.

Seems like a good compromise.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

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