Whether the creator of a work of art is an egomaniac or not in regard to
the "value" of their work is not really relevant. No one knows
categorically if an artist's output will ultimately become valuable to
others of not. The formula for artistic success is a mix or timing,
serendipity, hype, investment of time and money, making the right
friends, living in the right place, exposure, and dozens of other bits
of magic and fairy dust.
What is ultimately important is if you wish to restrict your creations
from being used or abused by others, or if you wish to be paid by anyone
who would be willing to do so.
You, as the creator of your work, have a legal and ethical right to
protect it from misuse or unpaid use. You also have the right to choose
not to protect it, or to give it away (and I have seen an amazing
collection of images offered for free on web sites).
Just because someone doesn't think the work in question is worthwhile
protecting from theft doesn't make it so. Many of Van Gogh's works were
used to fill in holes in the plaster and lathe in buildings where he
left dozens of his finished canvases behind.
It is up to the individual artist to determine the amount of time,
energy and money he wishes to spend protecting his work. It is also up
to him as to how much he wishes to charge for it.
The ONLY absolutes I see here are that an artist's work is his own to do
as he pleases, and that there is no moral authority to take or copy
other people's creations even if it is easy to do so, unless the artist
has agreed to it.
Art
Julie Cooke wrote:
> Is it egotistical to try to prevent someone stealing images that a
> photographer has spent time and money creating? For photographers making a
> living solely from photography stealing images can be and is a problem.
>
> I've only just implemented the disabling of the right click. It's been
> interesting to know what people think, some of the reactions surprised me.
> Watermarking in my opinion is a better way of deterring stealing of images.
> However that detracts from the images displayed. I haven't seen many
> photography sites use it.
>
> Julie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Shunith Dutt
> Sent: 03 August 2002 15:42
> To: julie@lightdrawing.com
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Disabling right-click, etc. (was: Web home
> page writing software)
>
>
> Right on!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
> To: <shunith@vsnl.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 5:52 PM
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Disabling right-click, etc. (was: Web home page
> writing software)
>
>
> Shunith writes:
>
>
>>Disabling right click will not stop any of
>>the ones you mention from using your pix
>>if they so choose.
>>
>
> I know. I don't disable anything.
>
> Furthermore, it seems a bit egotistical to me when photographers go to
> extreme lengths (downloadable ActiveX controls and plug-ins, etc.) to
> prevent people from stealing their work. Has it occurred to them that their
> might not be worth stealing in the first place? There are plenty of cats,
> dogs, sunsets, breaking waves, distant mountains, nudes, and touristy photos
> in the world; most are not worth protecting, since they are a dime a dozen
> anyway.
>
>
>>So, what's your point?
>>
>
> That it's not something to worry about. Don't put anything on your site
> that you absolutely do not want stolen under any circumstances, and accept
> that there will always be someone stealing the images that you do put on the
> site.
>
>
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