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Watermarks ruin stock photos to force expensive purchases

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Media companies intentionally vandalize their own digital assets to prevent theft. By stamping massive, highly transparent logos across every single preview image, they ensure that any publisher too cheap to pay the exorbitant licensing fee is publicly shamed by publishing ruined, unusable graphics.

Watermarks ruin stock photos to force expensive purchases
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