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Originally Posted by openthe4thseal
Can we please stop this?
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Probably not.
While some uploaders may know exactly what they're doing, and are knowingly cropping photos, the photos have been doing the rounds so long in previously cropped/doctored versions that many uploaders possibly aren't even aware they're posting 'copyrighted' material.
Equally, the idea of many websites claiming copyright on covert photography (assuming they do), an invasion of an individual subject's private space, is quite laughable in many respects. Any other website shouting 'copyrighted material!' should be asked for their model release forms.
No, we probably
can't stop this republishing of material from other sites. I admire your efforts to wipe out photoshopped material where bikini clad originals are doctored to create 'nude' photos -there's something wrong about photoshopping- but the cropped, watermarked photos? There's something of King Canute about it. I'm not saying you're wrong to try to keep on top of it, but it still looks like a losing/lost battle.