a word of warning to people posting photo's on GC

"No it's just an image not in flash"

Just checked and you are right. I must have seen that done on some other site, I'll report back if I come across it again.

 

Nice one Dave. Grrrr.
To be honest,i'm a bit like Steve.The pics i post on photobucket are low res pics purely for posting on places like this,therefore i'm not too bothered.
Still,i didnt realise it was that easy to hack my photobucket site..(What were you in your past life i wonder...)

The advice given earlier by....Daiseys i think,is absoloutly p100% and paramount.You have to be certain that the image is yours,AND be able to prove it.
The problem is,if its an image of a popular subject,there will be 100's of photos floating around,and will be very likely that someone stood in exactly the same place as you,used the same angle as you,and the weather/lighting condition could easily be exactly the same as when you took the shot.
Difficult to prove that one shot is yours.

If you accuse someone of © theft,and your wrong.........

Joe.

 

Thanks Dave.
As I said I'm not that good a photographer to be that bothered about photos being used although it's not a nice thought.
I was more concerned about photobucket.
I have been using it to edit some photos until I get my new software for my Mac.
I had some family stuff on there.
I have now deleted them.
I'll have to see if I can get onto this lower resolution lark. :rolleyes:

 

As Steve R mentioned putting on the copyright symbol I know from experience that this will not deter anyone from printing any sort of pictures, they don't even bother to get rid of it, they print it and stick it on display in their homes-with © across it!!

 

Not all people are ruthless in copying photo's. I recently had two enquiries about use of two of my photo's (one from a Belgian Magazine and the other from a Church Website). As I am an Amateur Photographer and do not charge for use of my pictures (only ask for recognition in the publication) I gave them my permission. In the end the magazine obtained a better picture. The Church website has given pride of place to my picture and my name.