This morning I woke to find a very astute member from here had found an ebay posting from a member in the USA with the listing showing a photo of one of my birds.
With spring about to hit and the number of postings skyrocketing I though I would just post to remind you all to be cautious about the security on your photos, and also to be on the lookout for any you see that you may recognise as not being the ebay ( or craigslist for that matter ) members own pictures.
While it was in a way a compliment to find someone had used my photo- even if did they not even get the colour right for the eggs they were trying to sell- any time photos are used without permission it is fraudulent and should not be tolerated by anyone.
There has been mention on here before about the like of efowl- and the photos they used- as well as other individuals but I just thought to remind you all that once on the internet- anyone can find it and use your photos without your permission. In the past i have watermarked some of my photos- but dont do them all as I felt it was a bit like advertising - but now it comes down to security.. so I also apologise in advance to anyone who sees any of my photos in the future with wording across my ducks.
With spring about to hit and the number of postings skyrocketing I though I would just post to remind you all to be cautious about the security on your photos, and also to be on the lookout for any you see that you may recognise as not being the ebay ( or craigslist for that matter ) members own pictures.
While it was in a way a compliment to find someone had used my photo- even if did they not even get the colour right for the eggs they were trying to sell- any time photos are used without permission it is fraudulent and should not be tolerated by anyone.
There has been mention on here before about the like of efowl- and the photos they used- as well as other individuals but I just thought to remind you all that once on the internet- anyone can find it and use your photos without your permission. In the past i have watermarked some of my photos- but dont do them all as I felt it was a bit like advertising - but now it comes down to security.. so I also apologise in advance to anyone who sees any of my photos in the future with wording across my ducks.