Reverb Fraud Right

[pawlowski6132]

Thinking this through a bit more, AI-driven tools could probably remove watermarks from graphics pretty easily. I'm still sure that watermarking would deter a lot of the lazy criminals, but it wouldn't stop the really sophisticated and motivated fraudsters.

How would watermarking fix anything? If I wanted to make a fraudulent ad I would just grab a watermarked picture. Now my fraudulent ad even looks more legit.

[Woody Sound]

Y'all have raised an interesting point: it would be trivial for reverb.com or ebay, etc. to add a little code that automagically watermarks every pic before it even gets posted.

Sellers who don't want their pics reused can use freeware graphics programs to add their own watermarks before posting. A quick google search brought up links to 18 free programs that can add watermarks to images.

Afa Reverb goes, they could end up watermarking pics lifted from other sources. Kinda useless.

[Dennis D]

For guitars that cost an arm and a leg.

..." ...and put it on the cuff. "

[Mick-7]

How would watermarking fix anything? If I wanted to make a fraudulent ad I would just grab a watermarked picture. Now my fraudulent ad even looks more legit.

A watermark is a unique identifier of the original owner/seller.

Thinking this through a bit more, AI-driven tools could probably remove watermarks from graphics pretty easily. I'm still sure that watermarking would deter a lot of the lazy criminals, but it wouldn't stop the really sophisticated and motivated fraudsters.

A watermark can be integrated into an an image so that removing it would degrade it. If a seller used such a recycled image it would be fuzzy and turn off potential buyers. The quality and thoroughness of pics provided can be indicative of the sellers ethics.

[Ukena]

Well, that sums things up neatly. And dovetails into my personal psychological corollary to explain the state of the world: "the human race is not as smart as it likes to think it is."

It's important to remember that by definition half of us are of below-average intelligence.

[Dennis D]

..." ...and put it on the cuff. "

...Here's the entire bit, ' borrowed ' from this LP - - : )

[pawlowski6132]

...Here's the entire bit, ' borrowed ' from this LP - - : )

PSA, stupidest thing I've ever heard Don't waste your time

[jazzshrink]

PSA, stupidest thing I've ever heard Don't waste your time

I'm not surprised we don't share a similar sense of humor. This is a classic bit that's well-known and well-regarded in comedy circles. It was part of Brian Doyle-Murray's stand up routine in the 1970s.

[pawlowski6132]

I'm not surprised we don't share a similar sense of humor. This is a classic bit that's well-known and well-regarded in comedy circles. It was part of Brian Doyle-Murray's stand up routine in the 1970s.

Wow. Shocking. I'll try again.

Am I the only one???