Lady Eclipse
skytwig said:Oh how horrible!!!
That is an aspect of the internet that absolutely terrifies me.... Maybe we should make the Tarot Deck Creation apart of the Subrscribers section.......
Hugs to you, Karen..... Prayers for your beloved project.
Hi Skytwig,
Moving this section over to subscribers only won't stop a thief from getting someone's images. The following advice was given to me by my attorney. The safest thing to do is to protect yourself by putting copyright, the year, and your name across your images in more than one place on the card that you post on the Net. Sure, it can be removed but it would be far too time consuming for the thief to do it to so many cards. Thieves look for easy targets, like work not containing difficult to remove copyright words, dates, and names across the front of the image or having this information where it can easily be cropped off of the bottom or top of the card. The idea is to make your work not an easy target so the thief will be deterred from trying to steal your work and move on to someone not as Net savvy.
Also, before you even think about posting your images ANYWHERE, if you live in the US, mail them (floppys, Cds, printed out copies are all good) by certified mail to yourself and don't open it. This dates it and should the need arise, that dated document stands as evidence in court. Then, proceed with getting your deck copyrighted in the official sense by filing the proper papers. If you live outside of the US, the laws may be different but check to make sure you're following the proper procedure for where you reside.
When the time comes to put them on the Net, in addition to your copyright plaster across the image, make sure the images are low resolution, very compressed, or anything else you can think of that will make the images non-crisp (Thieves will also tend to pass by things that are somewhat blurred and not up to 'stealable' quality) That's what I do with mine.
Joy to you,
Maralee