How to Prevent Your Website from Image Theft

In this digital era, nowadays everyone can copy and download images, videos, software from the Internet to their computers. And it is easy to duplicate or replicate the files from one version to many clones. Users can simply copy and paste to achieve the task.

People can steal your images from your website and social media accounts very easily. Some will use them for personal purposes, but unfortunately, many others will use the photos for commercial purposes. Many online stores are complaining that their product images were stolen and used by other shops. You have invested your time and money in the photos and now they are being used by others without your permission.

How people steal images from the web

  1. It is very easy for people to download or save images from the web to their computers and drives. They can simply right-click on the image they want, and
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Etsy Photography Tips: Should I Watermark My Etsy Photos?

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If you are wondering whether you should watermark your Etsy photos or not, you have come to the right place. 

In this digital era, content theft is not a new thing. A lot of commercial software and ebooks are offered for free on illegal websites. Many Etsy sellers often complain about product image theft. They said that other sellers stole their image listings and the descriptions to use for their shops. 

Here are some examples:

ThePepperBug wrote about their experiences about product photo theft in 2017. 

This is the original thread.

https://community.etsy.com/t5/Managing-Your-Shop/Sellers-who-steal-your-images-Grrrrr/td-p/14330479

Another thread started by SticksnStonesWrkshp in 2018

https://community.etsy.com/t5/Creative-Process/Someone-is-stealing-my-images-and-descriptions/td-p/18145524

TheFortuneCat expressed her bad feelings when someone stole and used her images for months. 

https://community.etsy.com/t5/Creative-Process/Stolen-photographs-Suggestions/td-p/8288930

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21 Best Free Stock Photography Websites that You will Love

Sometimes you need beautiful photos for your project and you don’t have much time and money to take photographs by yourself.

However, there are more and more photography websites that are offering beautiful stock photos for free. We collected a list of 21 websites and still update them. The photos here are really good and you can use them for commercial purposes, but before you use any of the photos, please check the licenses carefully

1. unsplash.com

 Unsplash can be considered the pioneer in the free photography field. Founded in 2013, Unsplash now has more than 1.5 million photos. 

The photos can be used for free for commercial purposes.

2. gratisography.com

You can also find high-resolution images on the site. Gratisography has covered a lot of categories that can suit your needs. From animals, business, to people, and nature, 

3. burst.shopify.com

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5 Websites to Sell Your Photos Online

Do you love photography? Do you bring your camera everywhere? Is it your passion to take perfect photos of beautiful flowers and every beautiful natural object. If it’s your passion, how can you turn your photography passion into profit by selling your capture photos: because we know a perfect capture picture is worth a thousand words. In this article, I’m going to inform you about the best places and sites where you can sell your photos and earn a handsome amount through your photography passion.

5 Places Where You Can Sell Online Pictures And Make Money From Your Passion

As we know, all marketers, industries, graphics designers, and corporations buy and use online photos. In this article, we”ll share the top five best sites where you can sell your photos online and can turn your photography passion into profit. Rates vary from site to site.

1. Adobe Stock 

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