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Posted by Rob McAninch on 01/02/06 21:35
David Dorward>:
> scully wrote:
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>>I have a tag that i use to stop users stealing images from a sight
>>that uses java script tag as per following:
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> No you don't. Scripts which attempt to block the right click are
> [annoying and useless]
I encountered one of these scripts the other day. When I was viewing
a photographer's gallery. I wanted to open a full size image (from a
thumbnail link) in a new tab. Thus spending more time viewing the
photographer's work.
Firefox showed the JS copyright pop up right beside my context menu
that let me do what I wanted. It just made the site look amateurish
(and it was a 'professionally' commissioned site).
Annoying your visitors is the surest way to lose them, and their
money. The visitors that want to steal the images are not there to
buy them or hire you anyhow.
That said, you can consider watermarking the images. Something like:
http://www.digimarc.com/ You can also stamp your copyright mark on
the face of the image as visibly as you care to. With a JPEG you
could consider leaving a copyright comment in the EXIF fields --
that's easily removable of course.
As someone else pointed out, hire a lawyer and check into your
country's copyright laws. Where you need to register and so forth.
If you put it on the web anyone can take it and do what they want,
they may not have the legal right to do so, but it is up to you to
enforce your legal rights to your work.
--
Rob McAninch
http://rock13.com
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