j_enslen

<p>Okay, so I use online proofing for clients to choose which photos they would like to order from me. They are right-click protected, and a message comes up when you do right click, saying the usual thing about how any unauthorized copying or use is prohibited. I also have it in my contract that clients have printing rights ONLY to the edited photos they receive from me on a disc.<br> While browsing a Facebook buy & sell group today, I noticed one of my past clients had an awfully familiar profile pic, one I took as part of their session, but not one that was included in their order. She had obviously used her phone or tablet to take a screen shot, and then added this awful filter and over-done contrast. Upon further investigation, I noticed that both she and her boyfriend had done this to a bunch of photos from their proofs.<br> While they're not doing anything more serious than using them for Facebook profile pics (as far as I know), it just irks me. I know I would be fully within my right to contact them and tell them to stop, but I also know that they were really happy with their photos, have purchased gift certificates for photo sessions for family and a bunch of extra prints, and said that they are planning to hire me again next year to do more photos.<br> So I'm just curious what others would do - let it slide to avoid potentially losing them as clients, and next time around put a big fat watermark over everything, or somehow gently remind them that technically those screenshots of my photos they are taking are illegal?<br> Also, is there anyone who also does online proofing that has a better solution than just the right-click protect to avoid situations like this, or is that just kind of one of the downsides of doing online proofing?<br> Thanks in advance for your input!</p>