Posted by Els on 07/13/06 22:46

Michael Laplante wrote:

> I know the answer is "No, because there are always work arounds and the user
> can do a screencap as a last resort"
>
> But I'm a stubborn bastard and started thinking about it. How about an
> animated gif with each image composed of half the original, or alternating
> bands with the reverse image? The viewer would sorta see the image to get an
> idea, but it would be a lot of work, if not impossible for them to grab the
> gif and reconstitute the original.
>
> Hey stop laughing. . . No, I haven't tried it but was wondering if it
> inspired anyone with a new idea, or if they had heard of similar tricks to
> render an image difficult to steal.

Heard/read plenty of tricks, but the word "screenshot" always comes
into play. And even without that - you cut the picture up, I'll glue
it together again. You make a reverse image, I'll re-reverse it.

Of course, you could show your colour pictures in black and white, and
yes, then I would not be able to copy the colours. But then you didn't
show me the colours either. End of it always is: if I see it, I can
steal it.

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Els http://locusmeus.com/

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