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With the rise of AI, how are you protecting your images? Especially if AI can just remove your watermark? (alien.top)
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Just a random thought for the morning.

Watermarks used to be the way to go, to stop people from just taking your images and using them however they want. They’re also used to send sample images and then ask for payment.

With AI advancing, it’s very likely going to get easier for the layperson to click a button and have AI remove your watermark.

How do you plan to safeguard against this?

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[–] Beatboxin_dawg@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Watermarks don't protect anything and they never did. They are more of an advertising tool. The moment you pressed that shutter button you have full copyright on the image. When people steal your work you contact your local Collective Management Organization to file a claim. In Belgium we have SOFAM for example. English is not my first language so idk if I'm using the right English term.