Copyright Infringement

My best shot of the St. Mary river, rapids and falls.  We visited Bryan and Joan at Kimberley and spent the night in their driveway.  Before we left in the morning we were treated to a five minute walk from their house and walk along the St. Mary river to the waterfall.   What a marvelous location.  This river and waterfall is just out their back door.

Pat's 1912 Torpedo Roadster Model T Ford in the town of Lundbreck.  I have lots of good car pictures from this stop.  We also stopped at the Lundbreck waterfall and I have a few of those photos for addition to the album for my web page, eventually.

It was a coolish day today and would have been perfect for gardening.  I somehow got trapped on my computer and wasted the afternoon searching out places where my photos are being used by people without my consent.  I have noted the ones I found today on my Facebook wall.  For all the good it is going to do me.  This should be a link to my Facebook wall showing 5 of the uses of my Peace Rose photo, and one of my Peloric foxglove photo. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=701271576&sk=wall   When I complained to the abuse department about my Peloric Foxglove being used on photobucket,  this is the reply I received from them:
Thank you for notifying Photobucket of a potential infringement of intellectual property
rights.  Photobucket respects the intellectual property of others, and expects its account
holders to do the same.
Unfortunately, the notice you supplied is incomplete. Please submit the following notice:

NOTICE OF ALLEGED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
1. Identify the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or; if multiple
copyrighted works are covered by this Notice; provide a representative list of the
copyrighted works that you claim have been infringed. Direct links to the original images
or digital copies must be provided as proof of copyright:

2. Identify the material or link you claim is infringing (or is the subject of infringing
activity) and that access to which is to be disabled, including at a minimum, if
applicable, the URL of the link shown on the Photobucket service where such material may
be found:

3. Provide your mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address:

4. The following statement must be included in the body of the Notice:

        I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the
copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
(e.g., fair use)

5. I hereby state that the information in this Notice is accurate and, under penalty of
perjury that (CHOOSE ONE):

I am the copyright owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner or I am
authorized to act under an exclusive right of the copyright that is allegedly infringed.

I am not the copyright owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner or
otherwise authorized to act under an exclusive right of the copyright that is allegedly
infringed.

6. Provide full legal name and the electronic or physical signature of the owner, or of a
person authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of any exclusive
right under the copyright.
Please direct this form, with all items completed to Photobucket's Designated Copyright
Agent:

Heather Dana
Designated Copyright Agent
Photobucket Corp.
http://photobucket.com
PO Box #13003
Denver, CO  80201
abuse@photobucket.com
Fax: 303.395.1165

Thanks,

Photobucket

In looking around photobucket site I found that they actually encourage this action.  They actually have a 'download' button on each photo uploaded to an account, and the 'share' of course.  Looking through a couple of accounts I see what is probably many, many gifs or jpegs that are downloaded from whereever these people find them.  Copyright issues are impossible to control in situations like this.  Watermarks are no real deterrent, unless they totally cover the photo.  The best defence I suppose is to load only to 'private' galleries and give friends the password.  Otherwise, you will be seeing your photos all over the internet.  It seems the world has lost its good morals.  The news is full of more and more atrocities.  The recent unfathomable attack on people in Norway by an insane gunman is an example.  My heart goes out to the victims of the insanity.

When I see that and consider the weather conditions in other parts of the world, as well as the famine, fires, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, global economy collapse, etc., I consider that my copyright problems are really miniscule.