[njsteve]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: chevyman0429</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just my two cents and mean nothing negative to anyone but if pictures are posted on the Internet which is available to anyone in the world how could anyone consider them Theirs </div></div>

Because the photos that a photographer posts get harvested and then sold off by others who attempt to then copyright them as their own and get paid a royalty on them. The watermark prevents another person from doing that. Unmarked photos also get used by scammers in fake ads on ebay and craigslist.