[thelist] Staving Off Photo Thieves

[aardvark]

> From: "Jesus G. Gorriti" <Jesus.Gorriti at iconmedialab.es>
> 
> But since Rachell knows who is stealing their photos it should be easy
> to check if the photos are digimarked. And digimarc can be used for
> suing as far as I know (Photonica does it).

clearly that's true, but is the added expense and hassle worth it?  
can't a letter from a lawyer do the trick?  if not, i dunno if the 
Digimarc will matter that much more unless they are truly 
modifying the hell out of the images...

yeah, if litigation is an acceptable option, sure, it's good to build 
the case in advance... i tend to avoid using lawyers whenever 
necessary, and have used the visible watermarking before... it's 
worked every time, and i haven't even had to contact the people 
stealing them (which is good if i don't know all the people stealing 
them)...