[bartman (Bart)]

Originally Posted by ZeroID

'Disturbs' is the idea to stop piracy.
When I did Motorsports photography I used to only use low resolution shots and watermark them in a critical position so as to make them uneditable or uncroppable without destroying the main subject. I did this after finding one of my shots being used as front page picture in a promotional brochure for a well known rally team without either acknowledement or payment.
Whether it is a wallpaper or whatever if it affects my livelihood and I depend upon it to eat and pay my bills then user pays. I have to live as well.

Hubble pics are placed in the 'Public Domain' by NASA to engender interest and support. Different idiom altogether although they charge for high resolution LandSat images to pay their bills.

Never again ....

Well said Brent.....