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Re: [OM] protecting images from theft

Subject: Re: [OM] protecting images from theft
From: "Gregg" <giverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:40:34 -0400
What about putting both your name, copywrite info and a way to get in touch.
That way the downloaded image becomes advertising.

Gregg


From: "Dylan"


> Even if it does prevent the image being cached, I doubt it would disable
> the screen capture built into some advanced operating systems (like Mac
> OS 6 upwards;-)
> If anyone on this list is worried about theft of low-res web images,
> they might as well be on the disposable_p&s_list@xxxxxxxx mailing list.
> If I were worried about commercial misuse, I would use a copyright
> symbol near enough to the interest point of the image that cropping it
> would render the image worthless. Any more sophisticated techniques to
> remove the copyright notice would probably cost more in time than just
> paying for the picture! Unless you're actually selling your pictures
> from the website for screensavers or whatever, why not jsut let joe
> public download them and use them that way? It doesn't take away your
> copyright and exclusive right to market the image.
> Dylan
>
> > Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 02:50:03 GMT
> > From: "Lex Jenkins" <lexjenkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [OM] protecting images from theft
> >
> > Will this prevent viewed images from being cached?  If not, it's a minor
> > inconvenience to just retrieve a cached image and move or copy it to
another
> > directory.
> >
> > My preference is to put an inconspicuous copyright notice on the image
and
> > keep images small enough to discourage piracy for commercial use without
> > discouraging viewing enjoyment.
> >
> > Other than that, there's not much we can do to protect our images in a
> > market that's saturated and satisfied with mediocre image resolution.
> >
> > Lex
> >
> > >From: "Simon E" <ruralwales@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > >Anyone who has quality graphics on their site might like to know of a
> > >simple
> > >piece of Javascript which prevents those with Internet Explorer from
using
> > >the right click and "Save Picture as" option to pinch your images (it
> > >prevents the right click function):
> > >
> > >http://wdvl.internet.com/Authoring/Graphics/Theft/scripts.html
> > >
> > >I use Paint Shop Pro to put a copyright note in the corner of my
images.
> > >Neither is foolproof, but this is adequate for my purposes.
> > >
> > >Simon E.
> >
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