Yes, Hammer, it's nothing personal at all. As I said, I've heard nothing but good things about the folks at Mobygames and have contributed to them as well. Ironically, the screenshots I uploaded don't seem to have the watermarks, though I'm not sure why.

I'm only objecting to the policies concerning the watermarks and the "all rights reserved" approach on the images and such. I'd rather see this be opened up, and it's definitely wrong to be trying to make money selling stuff that people gave you for free. What would you do, for instance, if a company approached you and wanted to buy a few hundred screen shots, scans, or entries, that had been submitted freely by users? Would you take the money for yourself, share it with them, reject the offer, give it to them for free or what?

My guess is that the policies are designed to protect you against pirates who just want to copy or mirror the entire site and put their own ads on it. I can completely understand why you're opposed to that and have no problem with it. I also understand the issues with "hot linking" and all; no one wants to host images for somebody else's benefit. Likewise, I can understand your need for the ads and incentives to make money. I'd just like to see a more open policy, preferably one based on creative commons share-alike type thing. The watermarks are what really need to go, though. They're really limiting the utility of the site, particularly for those of us who'd like to use the images in books and videos and what not. I doubt the original contributors would mind at all, but the site's policies seem to be in the way.