Why Big Businesses Pick on Small Ones

Yesterday I witnessed as a big business bullied a smaller business owner to the point of tears, all because one of the small business' photographs looked similar to one of theirs. Now, this got me thinking about two things, how to conduct yourself during a business dispute and how to avoid them in the first place.

In this case, the fans and owners of the big business harassed the smaller one via every possible channel, even on the Facebook walls of both businesses concerned. At one point, it even got hugely personal against the owner of the small business, which isn't fair. I had always thought that if you have a problem with someone else or something they are doing, you take it up with them, not make slanderous comments at their expense? I thought as you got older you got past being so childish. My advise here if you happen to be on the receiving (or giving) end of a business dispute, be discrete about it. You are more likely to get a result by dealing with things calmly and sensibly and not by slagging people off.

Secondly, avoid disputes where possible by adding disclaimers to your work. If you know that a certain business offers a similar piece of work or a similar service, add a disclaimer that this is YOUR work and any similarities are purely coincidental. Also on your photographs, add a watermark which you can add for free on websites like FotoFlexer. That way, you know the photographs and the work within them are yours. Some underhand businesses and individuals will try and steal your photographs, this works as a good deterrent.