How do I stop downloading of photos

we are just trying making it more difficult... he can easily press Print Screen on his keyboard to capture any image he wants.

If it loads in the browser, the it isn't secure.

However, if a Java applet or an ActiveX control loads, then it may be possible to secure the image. e.g. If the browser window loses focus, blackout the image. And on any mousedown or keydown event, blackout the image.

BUT, even then you may have a situation where the user is running a virtual PC or virtual OS and you can't capture the mouse or key events. In that case, security is lost again because you can't know anything about the client because the client is a client of a larger client.

Examples would be "Virtual PC", PC Anywhere, and Terminal Services.

In order to overcome that problem, your Java or ActiveX control needs to be extremely intrusive into the client, and many people would consider it a violation of privacy and a serious security risk. The average user wouldn't know, but eventually the control would get bad press and reviews.

I'm not even sure that a control would run properly to protect against the virtual client scenario because of the massive degree to which you would need to "invade" the client. Built in security may prevent that.

Does this make sense to anyone?

Well, I am a flash designer, so the easyest way to protect ur images, is just import them in flash, infact, there are 10,000 of Flash Based Photogallery's Available, you dont need to "Import" that picture to flash if you dont know flash, Simply Load the picture form its Location

If you need any assistance in this matter, I am ready