elrick said:
well...as somebody, who likes free things...I do like your site, but as a photographer...I do understand that by posting my works on any website I have a possibilty, that they would be used without my permission...now your concept is relativley new...but...do you think, that photographers will upload their origibal works to you site, or just resized (smaller) images? and will this images have a text in them about their authors? (yes, may be this questions are answered at you site...)
As a matter of fact YES!
There will be links to the photographer, or artists website and you have the option of writing a short description on each of your images you upload.
As far as photo size. You can read the photo submission guidelines for what image formats are supported and what size they need to be:
http://www.pdfoto.com/showthread.php?bid=19&threadid=7
All photos that are uploaded to the site will be donated into the public domain. Each one will have a description of the image, and you will be permitted to post a credit to your image and your website where your COPYRIGHTED works are.
It's a great marketing tool for your site.
The LOGIC behind it? - Everyone loves free stuff.
Simple as that, and if you are concerned about someone using your images don't be. Rest assured that you are allowed to post all the images you want (for now... we will see what the bandwidth is. I still have to pay bandwidth fees) Each image you donate will then become public domain. You don't have to upload all your work and I wouldn't even ask you too.
The cool part about this is that they are free. The people that visit PDfoto.com will be able to download your images and use them free of charge. The "idea" is that you should get more exposure once the site starts getting major traffic. You are allowed to link directly to your website from your image gallery on PDfoto.com.
It kind of works like the DRUG thing. You give the people a taste for FREE and in turn are marketing your work at the same time through the links you get on our links page and in your own image gallery.
Great Concept I think...
The work you donate will become Public Domain and the "word of mouth" will spread about this really cool site that has free photos and art, by real artists and photographers.
Another great part about this idea is that the work that is on the site will be FRESH. It won't be some watered down, stale, or worse, OLD images. The work is current and created by REALWORLD artists like you.
People who visit the site will be able to post comments of course and the ratings will no doubt be good.
It all works on the "word of mouth" concept and is strenthened by the fact that the word will pread much faster because the site and all it's content are FREE.
There is no other site like this on the web right now. Believe me I have looked and been researching this idea for about a year. I believe that this concept will grow very fast, and judging by the fast and "POSITIVE" response I have receive thus far, I think it will be a great success and provide a valuable resource to people looking for high quality imaging.
I am a photographer and artist and the work that is on the site now is created by me. I have donated all my work into the public domain first as kind of a primer or to help jumpstart the site, and I will be uploading more and more images onto the site as it grows.
I currently have about 500-1000 of my own images that I am going to add and about
25,000-30,000 other Public Domain images that I have collected over the past couple years that I am also going to add. Unfortunately I can only upload a few at a time so it will take a little while to populate the site with more content.
So given all this, and the fact that you will be marketing your site while at the same time be contributing to the Public Domain, don;t you think this is a powerful concept?
I welcome everyones opinions...
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