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tracey
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Topic: dont want users to be able to save image Posted: 10 March 2003 at 7:15pm |
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I have some .gif images on my website that are copyrighted, and I don't want anyone to be able to save them. When you move the curser over the images, a rectanular box comes up that says "save this image, print this image, send this image in an email, and open my pictures folder". What do I need to do so that this box doesn't come up and nobody can save my pictures on their computer?
Thanks.
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michael
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Posted: 10 March 2003 at 7:48pm |
You can simply use a script like below to prevent a right click but it is far away from fool proof. You can still look in the source code to get the image location and download it or just dave the web page. You can use a Watermark like from Digimarc which still does not matter when printed. One thing that you do is use some slicer tool, that slices the image in like 100 tiles and puts it in a table, user will have a hard time putting it together. But still nothing is impossible. Though here the script.
<script language="JavaScript"> <!-- var message="Right click disabled"; // Message for the alert box
function click(e) { if (document.all) { if (event.button == 2) { alert(message); return false; } } if (document.layers) { if (e.which == 3) { alert(message); return false; } } } if (document.layers) { document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN); } document.onmousedown=click; // --> </script>
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KCWebMonkey
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Posted: 10 March 2003 at 10:28pm |
You can also layer a clear image over the copyrighted one, so that when they right-click all they get is the clear image.
This works for some people, but like Michael said, nothing is impossible if they want to get the picture from the source code.
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cr*piecorn
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Posted: 11 March 2003 at 8:23am |
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grr i just typed out my solution, but a freaking forum error got rid of it , it all came down to this , display your images in flash , it makes it harder to save , and if you put a copywrite notice in the flash file they wont be able to delete that notice
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MKrivanek
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Posted: 12 March 2003 at 7:33am |
But even using flash, the user can just do a screen capture. I think the best method of avoiding people taking your images is using watermarks. Look at Getty Images- one of the largest image databases in the world - they simply use watermarks.
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cr*piecorn
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Posted: 12 March 2003 at 9:35am |
mzz don't get the concept , i can save all those images :p
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KCWebMonkey
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Posted: 12 March 2003 at 11:06am |
The only way to completely protect your images:
Password protect the whole website, and make sure that no one has the password, not even you!
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cr*piecorn
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Posted: 12 March 2003 at 11:18am |
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true , but whats the point of putting images online if no one can see them ? :-)
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