I´m just looking for a bit of advice regarding watermarks for web publishing. I don´t like them, particularly, and don´t really know how truly useful they are. I have felt that a 72dpi image at 5X7, say, is good for the web and just about nothing else. But I also don´t relish having images used freely by just anyone, especially those who won´t even request permission, because I think it undermines our profession.

Digimarc, for example, sells you a yearly subscription from 79.95 to 499.99, and then there are the freeware watermarks. I also know that watermarks can be removed.

For me the problem is how to share our images without being completely open to all forms of piracy. Perhaps it´s a one or the other proposition.

Any thoughts or suggestions?