Suggestion: Watermarking Images on GTP News Articles

[Sanji Himura]

I was browsing Facebook recently, and this article was trending number 2 on Facebook. That said, I knew that people were going to be talking about the recent leak. While most of them were respectable in linking back to GTP, one person did not.

Is there any possible way that the site can watermark any images that the site uses in the future in a manner similar to IGN so that people know to go to GTP to get it straight from the horse's mouth sort of speak?

 

[FoRiZon]

 

[Jordan]

First of all, thank you for letting me know this article was trending, @Sanji Himura. I couldn't quite believe my eyes when I actually realized Facebook had featured it. This has long been a personal goal of mine and it is a great feeling to have accomplished it.

As for watermarking, I do sometimes mark my own pictures or exclusive images. However, I thought it would be in poor taste to watermark these GT Sport images as they were originally taken by others on social media.

 

[Samus]

Yep, watermarking photos that you have no rights on is a big no-no.

 

[Sanji Himura]

As for watermarking, I do sometimes mark my own pictures or exclusive images. However, I thought it would be in poor taste to watermark these GT Sport images as they were originally taken by others on social media.

Ahh, I see the story.

 

[Swagger897]

The idea is nice. I know some of us in these forums create stellar images, and when featured on the News page, I wonder if someone has taken the images for their own uses.


I think it would be nice to ask us either whilst signing up for GTP, that any image posted on these boards, hosted here solely or not, gives the exclusive right for GTP to use for publication (unless we already do..), or, PM us when you guys make the rewinds/new stories.

 

[Barra333]

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[Swagger897]

Ah... Must've never made it that far then.