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There's one benefit of watermarks (to the copyright owner) that's often overlooked. Removal of a watermark makes it much easier to prove willful infringement in
by rbritton 15y ago
There's one benefit of watermarks (to the copyright owner) that's often overlooked. Removal of a watermark makes it much easier to prove willful infringement in a copyright lawsuit, which has a lot higher penalty. I don't remember the particular case, but there was one where that was a primary reason cited in the awarding of a particular penalty.
- jemfinch 15y agoThat's an excellent point that I wasn't even aware of. I look at unobtrusive watermarks like I look at the BSD license: you can use the image, but you're legally bound to preserve attribution, because the creator released the work for notoriety.