Those laughing at the watermarks must not really be 'into' photography. Jason puts his name, chang has his logo and I have mine.

LOTS of times on MANY forums people have noticed their photo on someones website advertising a wheel. Or on some other forum claiming it to be their shot. Or uploaded to a stock photo site.

So it matters and some people care. Sure most of the watermarks here could easily be edited out but hey, just like you protect your stuff I at least put a little effort into protecting my images. They are mine. I have made money off them and I will keep it that way.

Those that are REALLY anal and are paying the bills and feeding their family with photography normally don't really upload that much to the web anyways. Fear of theft is a big issue.