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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 07/14/06 13:06
Michael Laplante wrote:
> "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
> news:5c082$44b6f0cc$40cba78d$22018@NAXS.COM...
>> Michael Laplante wrote:
>
>> How about opening up the image with a hex editor (you could also use the
>> old debug.exe) and overwrite the entire image fill with 0x00 characters,
>> that ought to do it!
>
> You're mocking me, aren't you?
Yeah,'fraid so. But seriously, I am an artist and copyrights on visual
media is very important to me, if you publish your images you have made
them accessible to the public and that is a fact. The best you can do is
>
> However, it does give me an idea. . . maybe those ascii art programs?
1) Limit the size, overall resolution, of images publish online, (should
anyway for bandwidth reasons) but images <= about 400px are not really
useful for print reproduction, but will look okay on the monitor, and
thus your website.
2) Clearly post your copyright and copyright policy
3) Trust in human integrity. (Best you can do, some folks will be
jackasses or dishonest, but unless you have unlimited funds, legal
avenue is not a real option). Most folks are just ignorant and if you
catch them pilfering your images usually a polite but firm letter/email
informing them of their transgression is all that is required.
4) This option really does not work, but in another thread there is
someone who is relying watermark technology to protect their
work....well firstly the watermark is only detectable with professional
graphic software AND if you have the watermark plug-in AND you bother to
look for it! If the thief had such they could make their own image
rather than steal them! Another think to note, the watermark is lost
with a screen capture, so an image can very easily be cleansed of the
watermark. IMO not much protection.
HTH
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Take care,
Jonathan
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