As a webmaster, I can help answer this.  From a technical standpoint, you
want to keep the images small and not very good quality.  (the smaller size
will hide the quality issue). If you want to enlarge the images, give
enlargements of part of the image, not the whole thing.

copyright and legal issues:
1) If you are going to be showing pictures of people, make sure that you
have a waiver signed by all parties involved, everyone in the picture, as
well a the photographer.  Make sure that you stipulate clearly that the
images will be used in the web.  Also, if you are going to use pictures of
people under 18, you should get waivers from their parents.

2) If possible, use stock photographs, they have the best rules reproducing
images.

3) If you have to use images of artwork, you might want to look into some
sort of watermark, something which, you and the artist (if it is possible to
contact the artist) agree upon.  This could be a modification of the image
in some way, either adding / removing something.

4) finally make sure that your copyright is prominent on every page.

In reality you will not be able to stop everyone from stealing your images,
graphic designers who really want to use the image will be able to use
Photoshop to remove any watermark.  Others might just use the image with the
watermark.  But when the image is small and low quality, it will probably
useless to most people.

Look at the image of the camel at the bottom of this page:
http://localhost/Departments/Anthropology/Petra/excavations/history.html

now look at the image itself:
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Anthropology/Petra/pics/Colonnaded-Street.j
pg

The image has been loaned to us by a professional photographer who is a
friend.  We protect her work because this image in the state that it is in,
is useless.  Too small and too little detail to be use to almost anyone.

for more see this:
http://builder.cnet.com/Business/Law/

- Adam Brin

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