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Originally Posted by ScottinAtlanta
It helps a good deal. We have a professional website that is often copied, and adding copyright statements has reduced theft by almost 100%. Most people are honest, and won't steal if they know the item is someone elses. Remember that, in this case, the photos were passed from hand to hand, and the original source was lost.
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Scott, most people ARE honest. We are talking about Reimer Seeds. They are not naive, this is not their first offense. With Google's new Image Search you only need drag a photo into the search box to find out where else it is found on the web. They have no valid excuse to not know the true owners of any photo submitted by their customers.
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Originally Posted by ScottinAtlanta
Most thieves are casual thieves and will not take the time to crop photos. When you see a photo with the copyright cropped out, then you have a real legal case.
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Not true... cropping takes a few seconds and is very common - especially with art photos or photos of very specific subjects (such as heirloom tomatoes) that cannot be purchased cheaply on a stock site, but are usable at web resolution. As far as a legal case goes, Reimers has already placed the blame on their customers, so I doubt they are concerned with legalities.
Steve