Posted by Stuart Miller on 08/21/06 23:16

>>
>>> Could anyone tell me were I could go to learn what those web designers
>>> are
>>> doing?
>>
>> If you want to protect your images - forget about it, it's impossible,
>> you
>> just may hide it from few who do not know how to get it. It's not worth
>> the
>> effort.
>>
>> --
>> buy, bought, bye
>
> I agree, it's not worth the effort, unless you only want to protect the
> image from the uninformed...
>
> For One thing, in order for any web page element to be displayed in the
> browser, it first has to downloaded to the visitors hard drive.
>
> For IE, these images are stored in the Temporary Internet Files folder,
> and could be found through a search.

rigth - but it is easier of you empty this folder before you view the page.

>

I think the original topic was the way that web page tried to protect
images - and I agree it is not worth the trouble.
On one site, where I wanted a copy of a friend's baby pictures, I started to
examine the page source and found a message something like
'What are you doing looking here? This is copyrighted material'
That just made me more determined to get the images. Saving them took me
about 2 minutes more.

I recall this topic was discussed at length here some time ago. From my
point of view, it is better to alter the image with copyright information or
reduce the size/quality to the point that the display image is not worth
copying.

Stuart

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