Posted by Erwin Moller on 08/18/05 10:59

Malcolm Dew-Jones wrote:

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> Methods such as this do nothing to stop a person who has a desire to steal
> your html.
>
> A trivial proxy will allow a programmer to save all your html no matter
> what little inconveniences you put in the way.
>
> The typical result of things like the above is simply to inconvenience
> regular people when something unexpected happens, such as (in this
> example) a slow connection perhaps.
>
> Some people have suggested JavaScript to hide urls. Again, they can
> inconvenience a regular user (e.g. preventing them from bookmarking some
> pages) but do nothing to a programmer who decides to "rip" your site.

Excactly!

If the browser can display the HTML needed, so can a skilled programmer.
That is the bottomline for ALL tricks presented here.

That is why I think creating a few hurdles is not worth the trouble.
It costs you a lot of time, it will surely not stop a serious skilled ripper
longer than a few minutes, and you might accidently hurt normal visitors
too with all these 'smart tricks'.

If you content is so precious, don't publish it.
Or simply copyright it, and send a lawyer their way if they rip it.

Regards,
Erwin Moller



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