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Originally Posted by Scott Charles
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Scott Charles, you did an excellent job removing the 'watermark' on the Broadway Tunnel / Hall of Justice photograph.
Years ago a fellow noirisher was removing 'watermarks' for us, but was told to stop. I don't recall who dropped the hammer. It might have been a ebay seller. (?)
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I didn't think the seller would mind in this case, since my post came after he had already sold the picture... but if it's considered bad form to remove watermarks, I'll stop doing it. 
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E_R, as creator of this forum thread are you officially saying you don't want posters to remove watermarks?
The only instance of what you mentioned that I remember of this on NLA is when there were a series of great Kodachrome photos being posted with the green
embitt scan across them and _______
*_ had removed a few of those watermarks and he related that the seller had notified him not to do it.
*I know who it is but not sure I should say.
Anyway, it makes me wonder, are there internet rules about removing watermarks? I know eBay sellers do it as they're selling things that otherwise might not sell without those watermarks, but a lot of what they're selling gets sold and never seen again, so removing them after they're sold? Problem? I don't know.
Selfishly, I love whenever someone removes watermarks on photos I like, but I'd also rather see a photo with one than not see it at all.