watermarking sponsor's content

[SmithsMedia]

Originally Posted by frankthetank

Intellctual property law has more or less different rules in different countries. But there are international contracts which have brought some standards. For further information have a look here:

http://www.wipo.int/library/en/

One is that the owner of the property - and only the owner - is allowed to mark the property with his name or business name.
It´s exactly that what you do with your domain name in the example and it´s of course not allowed, because you claim to be the owner of that property, though you don´t have any copyrights on that pic.

No I dont have the CR or do I own the pic, what I do have is the consent from the sponsor.

[frankthetank]

Originally Posted by SmithsMedia

No I dont have the CR or do I own the pic, what I do have is the consent from the sponsor.

OK, if the sponsor allows you to do so, it´s not a problem. I was speaking generally. And it´s generally not OK to watermark any content without permission. Most sponsors don´t allow it anyway.