Since the entire content is fully visible (and copyable) by simply turning
off JavaScript (in spite of the warning at the top, which suggests
otherwise), you have to consider whether the potential of discouraging
visitors is really worth the minimal protection the scheme provides.
Chris
Chris L Peterson
http://www.cloudbait.com
- Original Message -
From: "David Weir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sterling K. Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "MeteoriteList"
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 8:04 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] website security program glitch
Hello Sterling and List,
I was unaware of the inadvertent effects that my HTMLProtector program has
been causing. As Sterling has acurately remembered, it was after the fifth
time that whole or parts of my html code were stolen for commercial
purposes, a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, that I
installed this software from antssoft, described here:
HTMLProtector is a tool that helps you protect the content of your web
page by preventing others from viewing your source code. Additionally, it
will stop spam robots from extracting email addresses from your pages as
well as prevent people from using automated downloaders to download your
entire web site to their hard drive. HTMLProtector offers three JavaScript
based encryption methods to choose from and a variety of other features
like right click disable, printing disable, password protect your pages,
insert copyright information and more!
I am aware that it's not a perfect solution and that there are ways to
beat it, but since I haven't been faced with theft of my website material
since I installed it, that I'm aware of, perhaps those with enough sense
to beat it are also those with enough integrity to not steal from it. I
don't think I've ever refused permission for any "reasonable" use of my
text, including for a few commercial purposes, but I need to maintain
control over that use, for psychological reasons at least.
I have added a line at the top of my homepage similar to what Sterling has
recommended in order to warn of the inadvertent problems it may cause to
other open programs. Until something better comes along or until it
becomes totally obsolete for its purpose, I'll keep using HTMLProtector.
If you feel you don't want to deal with this program then feel free to get
your meteorite information from the primary journals and abstracts as I
do -- I actually have always recommended this.
Regards,
David Weir
meteoritestudies.com
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