Image has a watermark: Administrivia.About Images And Copyright

So the page itself says:

So why for the love of god is this paragraph immediately followed by a watermarked image (and not a "fake watermarked image to show what a watermarked image is" kind of image) ?????? Are we that dumb?

Remember people, do as the rule page says, not as the rule page does. Look, I understand wanting to show what IS a watermark, but don't break a copyright to do it! Make an image, put a TV Tropes Watermark as an example.

Note also that Istockphoto forbids their images to be used on websites involved in the sale of merchandise, which TVTropes, now having a store, is

edited 10th Oct '11 2:22:29 AM by Ghilz

Wouldn't that be intentional, given the context?

I can see both sides...we probably need Eddie or a mod to weigh in on this.

I think more than one mod should weigh in.

This mod thinks that we remove the stockphoto image and fake one with a tvtropes watermark. One of the few times I like self-referencing. Especially if the photo is of the logo or someone's teeth or something.

And if someone knows how to do that and is willing to.

Ok, I can agree with that, as long as it looks like a real watermark — that is, it's the ghostly grey that's usually used. I clearly didn't think it all the way through when I put that one on there.

I'd do it but I don't have any pic editing programs fancy enough to add watermarks...at least, I don't think I do.

Just came across this. We do not need to demonstrate a watermark. Especially right after we say we can't use them, period. Sort of a logic problem with that.

I think we could show one for an example here.

I suppose if we have found the last person on the Internet who does not know what a watermark looks like, we could provide them a link to a watermarked image on another site.

I put the images up there because there was apparently a lot of confusion between a watermark and a bug, with a number of folks in IP saying that we mustn't use a pic with a bug because it had a watermark. There are more people than you think who don't know what a watermark is.

I already admitted that I didn't think the watermark example pic through all the way.

edited 10th Oct '11 9:50:09 AM by Madrugada

We could make a custom image, and have a watermark that's a translucent version of the TV Tropes logo.

Here's a pic of our cat. Someone use Photoshop or something to put a TV Tropes watermark on this and we're good.

Awwwwwww.

Looks good. I'd say swap it out.

I like it.

Good for me.

Article is locked so a mod will need to put it up.

I'm fine with that one too.

That's perfect.

Meta Four got it, is there anything else here?

edited 10th Oct '11 7:03:36 PM by blackcat

Nope. May wanna add a line like "This is what a watermark looks like" to te previous paragraph or something.

edited 10th Oct '11 7:07:01 PM by Ghilz