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Raptors and Rockets. Every single picture on the website has their watermark on it. I know for sure Raptors and Rockets did not take those pictures, but they are using their watermark on them. It's because they are hosting it and using it in whats considered fair use media. They are not trying to take credit for taking any of those pictures - because page after page of their site has hundreds of pictures all with just their site watermark, not their claim to taking the photos.
I wonder who took the pictures of the new BMW superbike coming out in 2010. The pictures are on every website, and every website is using them and adding their watermark on them.
MCNews is using them and just looked around and whoa
Faster and Faster is using them too, exact same pictures, but they have their own watermark on them. Neither site is taking claim to taking the picture, but both sites are hosting the pictures so they can put their watermark on them under fair use media and they are not violating any copyright laws.
2008 Ducati 696 - same picture being used on every site, each with their own watermark. Let's see here:
Raptors and Rockets,
MC News,
AutoMotoConso,
Motorcycle USA,
TopSpeed - all of these websites have the exact same red 08 Duc 696 photos and all of them have their respective site watermarks on them. Fair use. No copyright laws being broken.