Posted by Karl S on 07/15/06 05:03

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.
>
> M
>
>
The usual answer is to provide a reduced-size, low-rez image suitable
for viewing on a website but nowhere near the quality of the original.
Adding some warning text printed across your sample image would complete
the job. Let them steal "thumbnails" if they want.

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