I’ve long since come to hate (hate, hate!) watermarks on photographs. They detract from the image in ways small to large, depending on the watermark and the style. Yet, they serve a purpose and in a world where people are seemingly determined to not even give credit for Creative Commons licensed images, it’s not a black and white issue. Love or hate ’em in general, Getty’s new watermark is interesting for two reasons: 1) it gives credit to the individual photographer, not just Getty; and 2) it gives a shortlink to get directly to a page about photograph where you can license it.
Normally, I hate shortlinks as well, but something about this strikes me as interesting.
Linked by James Duncan Davidson.