Watermarks over images

[Sean Brennan]

blocking access to image details and download
originally on mahara.org
http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=2600#post11433

I think there should be an option to add a watermark to an image before it is displayed to someone.
Creative commons is all good, but the image can still be copied.
Maybe also have a link to request the owner to release the full un-watermarked image to a specific person.

[Ellen Marie Murphy (emmurphy3)]

Yes, I think it's very important to have some sort of protection for images students will be displaying in their portfolios!

[Sean Brennan (the-ioniser)]

I have made a large commit to the file plug in allowing for watermarking of images. This could also be extended to allow for custom resizing, cropping of images.

http://www.gitorious.org/~ioniser/mahara/ionisers-mahara/commits/lp688416-watermarking

[François Marier (fmarier)]

Watermarks, like DRM, are all about restricting sharing of content.

Users are already able to prevent their views from being copied, specify (or not) any of the CC licenses, and prevent their views from being accessible to others. I don't think we need to add watermarks into the mix.