Due to potential liability issues, the old
Baseball-Birthdays de-autographing and de-watermarking requests thread has been closed and all of the images in the closed thread removed from OOTP servers. The closed thread included, among other things, instances where watermarks had been removed from copyrighted images. Watermarks are designed to enforce copyright and deter image use without permission. Circumventing such copyright protection creates an exposure risk for OOTP. OOTP has been kind enough to let us use this forum to share photos and improve photopacks, but we will not be able to continue to use their forum if we create potential legal exposure for them.
I have opened a new
image cleanup thread, with some specific guidelines outlined in the initial post. I based these guidelines on discussions I've had with the OOTP moderators, and believe we have a set of parameters that will work for everyone. I propose that we'll use these simple guidelines for both image posting and cleanup requests on all of the OOTP photo threads:
De-watermarking requests and fulfillment will no longer be allowed, but de-autographing requests and fulfillment, along with other cleanup requests that do not circumvent copyright protection (such as cropping, enlarging, sharpening, rotating, etc.) will still be allowed on the forums.
Anyone who has any questions about these guidelines, or any other concerns may contact me via PM or email.
Thanks!