On 11/09/2007, Ayelie ayelie.at.large@gmail.com wrote:
They could be good-quality and have a hard-to-remove watermark. Who is going to go through 200+ images a month and remove watermarks? It isn't easy, and we already have large backlogs. Prevention is key, but unfortunately a lot of people in the commercial industry (including pro photographers who are uploading pictures for commercial reasons) have issues with not being directly credited. Remember the hullabaloo with the sports photographer repeatedly reverting his image to the watermarked version, leading its protection and his departure?
I don't really see a way around that except banning watermarks and/or the uploaders getting a clue.
New images are great, but perhaps we should emphasize that watermarks are Not Allowed. Not just discouraged, but Not Allowed. On an encyclopedia, having a watermark leading to a website amounts to promotion and such images shouldn't be on articles purporting to be NPOV.
Sounds good to me.
- d.