Can we please please PLEASE add a line to the welcome paragraph on the front page that simply states "Please be aware that all images on this site are the individual copyrighted property of the artist."

Actually a good idea, I think.

It is a good idea but for the most part - the usual mindset of the image rippers appears to be in the 'this is the internet dude, share and steal alike' bracket so I doubt that any extra measures would deter them from this.

Yeah, but it would add weight to the "clearly visible" argument when we go after the rippers. And there are a few who just genuinely don't know, so any public posting that would help prevent is good in my book.

true enough.

I agree with it. Preferably make it bold, or some additional emphasis.

or you could watermark the pics with "Caedes.net.. use it illegally and the chihauhau's will hunt you down".... hehehehehehe

sorry... just kidding... couldnt resist it..

what if an errant webmaster steals our copyright warning .. and claims to have penned the ditty himself

or herself .. (*don't ever say I'm not PC*)

Here's a trick...most DSLR cameras will allow you to insert your name and copywrite info into the metadata of your pics automatically. Someone says "it's mine all mine" have them look at the metadata...providing you dont' have Windows Vista and got the metadata stripped...kudos Bill you are a true genius.

well.... 2 things....

1) That only works if the art you're posting is a photograph, and
2) The point is to try and keep stuff from getting ripped in the 1st place.

that and the fact all of that data normally gets stripped by the server when it creates new files here.

We don't allow photos of strippers on this site.

not even tasteful (i.e. still got all their own teeth?) strippers?

I'm not even going to ask how you would know what they taste like...

It’s an acquired taste for sure.

* I didn't know Sam and Phil were that into strippers*

OK...forget the metadata thing I'm just going to put a big yellow box on my pics with my name,address, and Bill Gates personal phone number in it.

There's a copyright statement directly below the image itself on the image's home page. If that doesn't stop rippers, then a copyright warning on the front page of the site probably won't either.

If (like me) you're upset about your work getting ripped, put a watermark or a signature visible on the image itself. I don't like doing that, but it WOULD prevent the image from being ripped (probably).

Even the visible signature doesnt stop them... all of the ones that i've had ripped had my sig on it.. they even left it on and still said it was their own work...

it's true - people are often too stupid or blatant to care about that - we have even had people trying to upload images here in the past with other peoples watermarks on. idiots. pond scum. etc etc.

Then you notice these people almost never put a name in their profile...

I don't do watermarks, because I feel they ruin an image more than it is worth...but that's just me.

Visible sigs that do not interfere w/the art are a good idea in my opinion.

Apart from that, now that the copyright link is much more visible in the new layout here, I no longer feel that such a blatant statement on the front page is needed. Thanks to *caedes for making it more obvious in the new layout.

brown-noser

(*runs*)

*checks mirror*

no... my nose is normal quadrisexual alien color. to what are you referring?

but .. i thought you were a quadrilateral transmission specialist now

that is my profession, not my species strange creature.