: Protect website images with copyright i have a website where firms can have a page dedicated to them ( like a directory ) and the sellers of my website are responsible for taking photos of

@Angie530

You need to specify what country you're operating in. While copyright has been standardized to an extent, there are still many differences from place to place.

Do you actually know that the images aren't under copyright? By which I mean have actually researched this, and can point at documentation saying so. In the United States at least, copyright is assigned automatically. Registering the copyright gets you some advantages, but is not generally necessary.

If after determining the above things(and probably some more) you determine registration is needed and still don't want to spend time doing it, then you need to hire someone to do it for you or find yourself another line of business.

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@Carla537

You can add a watermark to each images with your company or the firm logo/name automatically at print or upload time. You can use a software to do it prior the upload or using a script depending of the technologies you are using.

Keep in mind that your enemy are also images crawlers.

Services exists also to batch upload files to proof "date" ownership but it is useful only for legal actions.

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