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Services like\u00a0TinEye<\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0Google Image Search<\/u>\u00a0offer a reverse image search, where an image can be uploaded and the search will reveal where it has been used on the web. Action can then be taken against the site hosting the image. But as this example demonstrates, taking action in this way is akin to closing the stable door after the horse has bolted, if you don\u2019t have the resources to engage a legal case, there\u2019s not a lot that can be done. Active image protection is far more effective at preventing theft, especially the casual copy and use mentality of the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watermarking is by far and away the most effective strategy in tackling image theft. In the same way that a locked car would deter any casual would-be thieves, a watermarked image is less likely to be used without permission than another, non-watermarked image. If watermarked images are used without permission, they can actually advertise your work in the most direct way possible, wherever the image is syndicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WP Image Protect Plugin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s possible to add watermarks in a number of ways, but most of these are manual and laborious processes.\u00a0WP Image Protect<\/u>\u00a0is a plugin for the WordPress platform, which automatically watermarks all the uploaded images on your WordPress powered site. Unlike other watermarking plugins, \u00a0images do not need to be re-uploaded and the original image is unaltered by the watermarking process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For even more power, the WP Image Protect premium pack allows content creators to use images as watermarks and prevent image hotlinking. Readers of Find My Blog Way can use the code\u00a0FMBWSAVE30\u00a0at checkout to save 30% on their order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Noam Galai, a photographer living in NYC gives his\u00a0shocking account\u00a0of what can happen when you publish an image online. A self-portrait he took in 2006, was reproduced in books, magazines, on walls, posters and t-shirts in countries around the world. He received a royalty on just one occasion and lost thousands of dollars of income […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-marketing"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dicc.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-3-min-3.png\")
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