On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Ken Chandler wrote: > > I use this on my own site at www.paulsimagegallery.com. If you want to > > see how it works, just right-click on any image. > > Disabling right click is considered by many to be quite rude. Some > people use right-click for navigation and other legitmate purposes. > Taking away standard browser behaviour is not an answer for protecting > images online. As others have pointed out, if someone can view your > photo on their computer it's too late to stop them from "stealing" it.
Yes, we had this discussion on some list sometime ago. Disabling javascript just adds one step into "stealing" your images. If you want to see an example, email me off list and I will grab a few of your images and email them to you. > I don't encorage image theft, though I do question the worth of stealing > 300x450, or other low-res image. I just think that it is important to Personally, I think using watermarks or simply adding large copyright info on there is enough to impede someone. Generally, if someone wants a low-res version of their photo to put online, I'll just give it to them. At the resolutions Ken describes, there is not much they can really print with it. It has yet to cause me to miss out on any revenue. Fair Winds and Following Seas, Branden R. Williams, CISSP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.brw.net/ "My mind flows like the wind, my soul becomes the rain, My imagination the storm." -- Public Key ID: 0x34AE58E0 | PGP Keyserver: pgp.mit.edu Public Key Fingerprint: 5C0B 2526 7519 6C2E F844 DF26 8793 594B 34AE 58E0 * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
