Yes, I've seen that pic many times before too. Still cute though.
maybe another helpful reminder is needed?
Photo Gallery Section
This section is for posting pictures you took. If you want to ask others to comment on your choice of subjects, composition, settings, show off your pictures to others, or ask for general critique, then please do so in the Photo Gallery section.
I wondering how one knows if a photo is pirated, in general?
The UHH member making a post to the Photo Gallery would know they're not posting their own work. The general public using Google Chrome can right-click an image, anywhere / any site, and search the web for any version / similar version of the image. Not a fool-proof method, but if results comeback from elsewhere, that's an indication.
This section is for posting pictures you took. If you want to ask others to comment on your choice of subjects, composition, settings, show off your pictures to others, or ask for general critique, then please do so in the Photo Gallery section.
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bleirer wrote:
I wondering how one knows if a photo is pirated, in general?
An example of how this issue works. A photographer friend of mine who does a newsletter and some other graphic stuff for a non-profit took a photo from the web last year to use in the newsletter. This year she was notified that she had stolen the image and that the owner, represented by the company contacting her, was going to sue. They were actually in another country. I would guess she thought it was a scam but she learned that it was not a scam, it was for real. She was told to pay $2,500 for the right to use the image or go to court and be sued for it. Apparently this company runs a web program that searches for this graphic artist's images and he was a popular and well-known artist in his country. She has now paid, out of her own funds, the $2,500 so that she will not be sued. She knew better than to steal someone's work off the Internet but did it anyway. We all know better than to steal and reuse in any way someone else's work.