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 Post subject: Watermarks on LDDB Pictures really necessary
PostPosted: 30 Jul 2017, 21:23 
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Well what does everybody think.
I know they are removed when you sign in but other sites like discogs have no watermarks that I can see when not signed in.
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 Post subject: Re: Watermarks on LDDB Pictures really necessary
PostPosted: 31 Jul 2017, 01:00 
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rein-o wrote:
Well what does everybody think.
I know they are removed when you sign in but other sites like discogs have no watermarks that I can see when not signed in.


One sort of good thing about the watermarks are that on auction sites (ebay) you will often see LDs for sale with a grabbed picture from LDDb.com where the seller has not bothered to take a picture of the actual item so the watermark is an instant take care notice. If they can't be bothered to take a picture of the item or even hunt down a picture from google images or the like without a watermark is enough for me to take great care, more often than not avoid.

Many "collectors" sites, auction sites & sale sites use watermarks to deter such picture use so perhaps a good idea here as is is.

Would most users here not sign-in as a matter of course to access the forum etcetera?

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PostPosted: 31 Jul 2017, 02:54 
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je280 wrote:
rein-o wrote:
Well what does everybody think.
I know they are removed when you sign in but other sites like discogs have no watermarks that I can see when not signed in.


One sort of good thing about the watermarks are that on auction sites (ebay) you will often see LDs for sale with a grabbed picture from LDDb.com where the seller has not bothered to take a picture of the actual item so the watermark is an instant take care notice. If they can't be bothered to take a picture of the item or even hunt down a picture from google images or the like without a watermark is enough for me to take great care, more often than not avoid.

Many "collectors" sites, auction sites & sale sites use watermarks to deter such picture use so perhaps a good idea here as is is.

Would most users here not sign-in as a matter of course to access the forum etcetera?

Cheers :thumbup: .




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 Post subject: Re: Watermarks on LDDB Pictures really necessary
PostPosted: 05 Jan 2018, 09:02 
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je280 wrote:
One sort of good thing about the watermarks are that on auction sites (ebay) you will often see LDs for sale with a grabbed picture from LDDb.com where the seller has not bothered to take a picture of the actual item so the watermark is an instant take care notice. If they can't be bothered to take a picture of the item or even hunt down a picture from google images or the like without a watermark is enough for me to take great care, more often than not avoid.


Correct!

Was one of the motivation for that (+extra free publicity for the site) as well as giving a reason to sign up, potentially attracting more users is never a bad thing.

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 Post subject: Re: Watermarks on LDDB Pictures really necessary
PostPosted: 06 Jan 2018, 00:55 
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I don’t see why what people on eBay do should be a reason to use what is categorically a worse image. I’m not capable of making a site 1/10 as great as LDDB but if I were I’d make it as good as I could and screw whatever was going on with eBay. You seriously think that every user of your site should have (user submitted) all the pictures watermarked so that people who don’t even come here can see an ad? Are you sure that makes sense? What if Facebook or your ISP did this?

I apologize for any offenses but I assumed the images were watermarked because that’s what everyone does and that not a lot of thought was put into it. In an age when most bands give away their music for free I’d hope that we could be more free with images someone else took.
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 Post subject: Re: Watermarks on LDDB Pictures really necessary
PostPosted: 06 Jan 2018, 09:34 
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signofzeta wrote:
I don’t see why what people on eBay do should be a reason to use what is categorically a worse image. I’m not capable of making a site 1/10 as great as LDDB but if I were I’d make it as good as I could and screw whatever was going on with eBay. You seriously think that every user of your site should have (user submitted) all the pictures watermarked so that people who don’t even come here can see an ad? Are you sure that makes sense? What if Facebook or your ISP did this?


Watermarks show that:

1/ You didn't bother taking your own pic (buyer warning)
2/ You didn't bother to be a LDDb user and download the un-watermaked pic
3/ If it's free for you to use, the cost is just carrying a half transparent ad for LDDb.com that doesn't hide the full cover

Doesn't sound like a bad deal to me.

Facebook doesn't mind you using their pics since this way they gather even MORE data on what you do/who you follow.
Pics hosting services sometimes DO start caring about this and are now blocking "3rd party users" unless you pay for it.

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I apologize for any offenses but I assumed the images were watermarked because that’s what everyone does and that not a lot of thought was put into it. In an age when most bands give away their music for free I’d hope that we could be more free with images someone else took.


You're missing the point here. They're giving away the music because they hope to make it back on concert tickets and merchandising, it's not "free".

The watermarks were not a random choice, they are driven by economics.

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