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  • natkejs
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2003
    • 1640

    #1

    Watermarking Your Content

    I've seen member sites with no watermarks at all.

    I've heard arguments such as "Members does not like watermarks".

    Personally I think not watermarking your content essentially means giving it away.

    What's your thoughts?

    Is there any valid reason not to watermark your content?
  • CIVMatt
    Amateur Pimpin
    • Aug 2004
    • 13075

    #2
    Watermarks don't bother members as long as they arn't huge and in the way, be smart about it and nobody will care
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    • Barefootsies
      Choice is an Illusion
      • Feb 2005
      • 42635

      #3
      Originally posted by CIVMatt
      Watermarks don't bother members as long as they arn't huge and in the way, be smart about it and nobody will care
      Exactly right.

      I have been in the game for a long time, and never heard a single watermark complaint on our stuff.

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      • DutchTeenCash
        I like Dutch Girls
        • Feb 2003
        • 21684

        #4
        right bottom small one our CMS does it and no complaints ever, make sure the url is there or at least the name of the site if its the same as the url - ive seen some weird watermarks youd never trace back to the site

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        • NoWhErE
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Sep 2005
          • 10583

          #5
          Who the hell would complain about a small watermark in the corner of a pic or video? I would understand if they had John Clark's watermarks, but thats rarely the case.
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          • TeenCat
            Too lazy to set a koala
            • Jan 2007
            • 16131

            #6
            why are you not watermarking in the source code? every user can have his downloaded videos and pictures watermarked in source code with some sign, and once you will find some video posted at rapid etc, you will know where it came from ... ? maybe its quite offtopic but at least still about watermarks ;)

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            • tranza
              ICQ: 197-556-237
              • Jun 2003
              • 57559

              #7
              If they're not too big and in the right place, there are no problems with watermarks!
              I'm just a newbie.

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              • natkejs
                Confirmed User
                • Jan 2003
                • 1640

                #8
                Originally posted by TeenCat
                why are you not watermarking in the source code? every user can have his downloaded videos and pictures watermarked in source code with some sign, and once you will find some video posted at rapid etc, you will know where it came from ... ? maybe its quite offtopic but at least still about watermarks ;)
                Granted, I've never tried that.

                What I'm thinking though is that the watermark is more about free advertising then anything else. If someone uploads my photos to rapidshare at least I want people to see where it came from and possibly score some type-ins.

                I think a combination would be ideal so that in the case a watermark was cropped out it could still be found in the source code.

                Thank you all for your comments

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                • d-null
                  . . .
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 13724

                  #9
                  what about sites that watermark all content that goes through them? that must be a real sore point for content producers to see their content around the net re-watermarked with someone else's watermark

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                  • alexchechs
                    Confirmed User
                    • May 2008
                    • 3474

                    #10
                    I think the key is to try to make the watermark as unintrusive as possible
                    Alex Chechs
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