[DaveinGermany]

I personally can't see what the issue is, people have been blithely slapping up pics left, right & centre without any thought to "copyright protection" on an open forum. If you'd have been that concerned you'd have applied some form of watermark/trademark/ protection prior to posting up your happy snaps.

I understand that for reproduction of an item/article, requires the permission of the owner, but in all honesty how many of us truly follow protocol? How often have folk uploaded something to "share" on here that has been taken from the web without seeking said permission? After all it was somebody else's property initially.

Intellectual copyright is a good thing, but I believe it's a tad late now to be talking about protection as there's so much personal stuff already on display, if you've got concerns you need to be looking to protecting your property yourself & not relying on an outside agency.