Quote Originally Posted by Grizzly View Post
Jock I have to agree with Richard above, it largely depends on whether you have "shared" your pictures on Photobucket. It is a public website used for photo sharing which means that anyone could "steal" your photos and republish them elsewhere. In general that is not a problem unless there are photos that you dont want to be made public in which case you are better off just storing them elsewhere such as a separate hard drive, flash drive or backed up to CD.
Also never store photos on a photosharing website at full resolution. PC screens only need 72ppi to render a decent image on a screen whereas a print will need a minimum of 200-300 ppi for decent quality. I know this is a bit technical as most people just download what is on their cameras, but it does pay to be a bit savvy about these things.

In short dont upload on to photobucket or flickr anything that you dont want anyone to see or "borrow".
Excellent advice, Simon.