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Agency Based Discussion => General - Top Sites => Topic started by: GeoPappas on May 05, 2009, 20:27

Title: Photos.com Images Lack Contributor Info
Post by: GeoPappas on May 05, 2009, 20:27

I just browsed Photos.com and viewed a few images on the site.

I noticed that there isn't much information attached to the photos.  For example, the contributor's name doesn't seem to be there, so there is no way to look at other images from the same contributor.  Not only that, but there are no watermarks on the large image previews (which are blog size).  Doesn't anyone else have a problem with this?

Title: Re: Photos.com Images Lack Contributor Info
Post by: goldenangel on May 06, 2009, 02:06

I was looking there today and saw it as well> I was surprised to see such large preview without any watermark on them and no copyright information whatsoever.

Title: Re: Photos.com Images Lack Contributor Info
Post by: sharpshot on May 06, 2009, 02:31

There are watermarks on mine.  Do you mean the thumbnails?  They are tiny and I don't think any site uses watermarks on them.

Title: Re: Photos.com Images Lack Contributor Info
Post by: goldenangel on May 06, 2009, 03:10

When you hover over thumbnails with mouse you can see a larger preview without a watermark. only if you click on an image, another page opens, and there images are watermarked.

Title: Re: Photos.com Images Lack Contributor Info
Post by: sharpshot on May 06, 2009, 03:42

I see now, that is stupid.  It is still quite small but they should definitely put a watermark on it.

Title: Re: Photos.com Images Lack Contributor Info
Post by: GeoPappas on May 06, 2009, 05:30

Quote from: goldenangel on May 06, 2009, 03:10

When you hover over thumbnails with mouse you can see a larger preview without a watermark. only if you click on an image, another page opens, and there images are watermarked.

The watermark is only there for people that don't login.  If you join the site, you will see that nothing is watermarked.

Title: Re: Photos.com Images Lack Contributor Info
Post by: goldenangel on May 06, 2009, 11:15

Quote from: GeoPappas on May 06, 2009, 05:30

The watermark is only there for people that don't login.  If you join the site, you will see that nothing is watermarked.

That's even worse than I thought.