Sorry.... my earlier post was a bit brief and blunt.... I'd removed the photo and found I had to go quickly to deal with a death in the parish! So I rushed through an explanatory post. Anyway, I'm back now and have noted the subsequent posts.
Yes.... to my mind there is an issue.
PyroPete has endeavoured to protect his and other people's content contributions to the UKFR, hence the use of "watermarks" and copyright marks on photos and videos etc. on the main UKFR website. It's proper, therefore, that we exercise the same principles by monitoring and managing the use of other people's work that fetches up here one way or another. It's a matter of playing fair by other people and with the work that they produce and expect to earn an income from as well as protecting the UKFR and PyroPete.
I also use on-line sources of photos and artwork and regularly pay fees to use such things in publications and audio-visual presentations. I've released some of my own photography for commercial use, too. So this is a matter that I have some working knowledge of.
The removed photo attracted my attention because it so clearly had a watermark that marked it out as being in effect a catalogue sample from an image supplier that expects to receive fees from the use of images that it supplies.
I'm pleased to note what was said.....
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Originally Posted by Masterchief
we provide visuals with the watermark then purchase when the job goes through
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In the same vein, when the photo in question here was published in the finished post, the job went through, so to speak. The purchase then fell due to be made. Once made, the right to download and use the non-watermarked photo here would then exist.
Concerning watermarks, it's my understanding that they are not generally used as a means of advertising, rather their primary purpose is to help identify and control the unauthorised manipulation and / or use of images and documents. At least that's what I learnt in the days when paying attention to watermarks was part of my criminal investigation job. And that's why, when I see a watermark, I don't see it as an advert.
