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2 points·Apple-Guy··5 comments

While I sympathise with OP's frustration at others making money from their work - there is provision in UK copyright law: "using any work, for the purpose of reporting current events, with sufficient acknowledgement, is a valid exception to copyright".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing_in_United_Kingdom_...

> Consider watermarking all of your photos

This part isn't such an awesome idea.

Why not, specifically? I can imagine technical and aesthetic reasons. What are your objections?

It's self-defeating because it degrades the quality of your site, it's self-defeating because it blocks some user behaviors for discussing your site, and it doesn't work. Rule of thumb: if you don't want something shared, don't put it on the internet.

There are a few reasonable exceptions. Stock photo sites should probably use watermarks and reduced-size images. Unobtrusively signing images sometimes also makes sense (not watermarking) as it can serve branding interests.

But trying to block browser interactions is just annoying. Don't do that, it's a great big sin against usability that violates the rule of least surprise. If it's over-done, it may keep me from easily opening links in a new tab. It also makes it hard to open images in a new tab if I'm trying to get a better look at them on a limited display.

Thanks.

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