It’s even possible that you just want to remove a watermark placed automatically by an image sharing service used by meme-makers such as Imgur or 9gag, although that may already be starting to reach a legal grey area. Losing your original source files can be painful! Many older photos were automatically watermarked with the time and date, and you might even find yourself in a situation where you need to remove a watermark that you added to your own image. It may even help you design more effective watermarks to protect your own work. I almost didn’t end up writing this article because of all the legal and ethical complications, but there are enough situations where it could be helpful (and perfectly legal/moral) to justify a good explanation.
Depending on who owns the original image, your intentions, what you do with the edited image, and where you live, you might also get into legal trouble. Think long and hard about why you want to remove a watermark from an image before you do so – you might be unintentionally hurting the artist who created the image.
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