copyright
saw an ad today asking for a freelancer to remove watermarks from a few photos. As a photographer who takes copyright very seriously I am amazed I found freelancers openly advertising removal of watermarks. This is illegal so why on earth is this allowed on this website?
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Hi Mark,
We take these issues very seriously, but occasionally our moderation team can miss things. If you see something like this, please report the project so we can remove it. Thanks for your cooperation.
Best wishes,
The Community Team
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...same as students wanting dissertations and essays written for them - against uni rules, but PPH don't monitor the job boards scrupulously enough. They can't even identify scammers and fraudsters who wish to work outside of this platform.
It's up to us to report these projects. Ethically, despite needing work, I'd never ever write an academic essay for a student. It's not fair on their cohort, and more importantly gives people qualifications they don't deserve. We need to trust our professionals, not wonder if they've acquired their qualifications through stealth.
So yes, it is a real eye opener. Just report any of these illegal projects and hopefully get them removed.
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the ad has now been removed but the person who placed the ad had used someone before to remove watermarks from some photos and the freelancer had lots of feedback from other buyers who got watermarks removed. The buyers and this freelancer are breaking the law and its ridiculous that PPH doesnt remove these people. The whole idea of watermarks means the buyer should come back and order prints/digital images so the photographer can earn a living, basically its stealing from the photographer.
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