Wow, that's exciting news about 10k or 50k photos in the gallery section. I hope that you will reconsider about making these available, as that would be a lot of fun to look at.johnhall wrote:Well, actually, for a small fee, those that are on the internet can be tracked down, due to the digital watermark, but that doesn't take care of those already on someone's hard drive.
Our concern isn't so much for the photos already out there, as opposed to the 50,000 or so we haven't enabled for viewing in the gallery. (Researchers and others with a legitimate requirement are often permitted to log in to see these.)
As it happens, we have been testing some new gallery software for awhile now, with "only" about 10,000 photos online but this whole discussion is making me rethink that project.
Watermarks and reasonable resolutions seem like a good way to fight people looking to use the photos for other purposes. Personally, if a photo's resolution isn't that great, it's not something I would pursue saving.