Re: Image Pirating [protecting against]

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50957
interpreted = N
texte = I've looked into theirs, but not used it. It can get expensive. >Thanks John, >Has anyone used: >http://www.digimarc.com/ > >Donovan > > > >John Hill wrote: > >> I'm not sure how important it is to you, but there is one other variation - digital watermarking. You can embed invisible watermarks in images which you can use to determine later if an image was stolen. The most obvious benefit of this is in situations where the images might be used on other websites. At least one of the companies that I know of doing this has bots that go out and look for illegal instances of the watermarked images. >> >> >Hello, >> >I have a job coming up where I will need to make an effort to protect >> >images. Here are >> >the things I know of: >> > >> >1.) watermarked images >> >2.) copywrite text >> >3.) 72 PPI images (obvious) >> >4.) disabling the right click (controversial) >> >5.) In the source put a comment about copywriting. >> >6.) copywrite your images. >> > >> >I have also heard about placing a transparent gif on layer over the >> >image... doesn't >> >prevent someone from looking at the source, but it does help with >> >hinderance. >> > >> >Another thought is that some browsers (IE 5 for exampe [I believe]) >> >adhere to >> >w3c suggestions that when a page is arrived at via method=post from >> >a form >> >AND when the http mime headers have an expired expires value, the source >> >is >> >not available to the user. >> > >> >Beyond this, I don't know of any other way to protect the images because >> > >> >it seems its always availabe either via screen shot or the source. >> > >> >What are your thoughts? >> > >> >Thanks, >> >Donovan >> > >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------------- >> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> > the mailing list . >> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> >> -- >> >> --------------------------------- >> John A. Hill >> Oak Hill Software >> Website Development/Consulting >> john@oakhillsoftware.com >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-- --------------------------------- John A. Hill Oak Hill Software Website Development/Consulting john@oakhillsoftware.com------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Image Pirating [protecting against] (Daniel Schutzsmith 2003)
  2. Re: Fwd: Image Pirating [protecting against] (Donovan home EHG 2003)
  3. Re: Fwd: Image Pirating [protecting against] (Gary Krockover 2003)
  4. Re: Fwd: Image Pirating [protecting against] (Donovan home EHG 2003)
  5. Re: Fwd: Image Pirating [protecting against] (Donovan home EHG 2003)
  6. Re: Image Pirating [protecting against] (John Hill 2003)
  7. Fwd: Image Pirating [protecting against] (Dave Hurley 2003)
  8. Re: Image Pirating [protecting against] (Donovan home EHG 2003)
  9. Re: Image Pirating [protecting against] (Donovan home EHG 2003)
  10. Re: Image Pirating [protecting against] (Gary Krockover 2003)
  11. Re: Image Pirating [protecting against] (John Hill 2003)
  12. Image Pirating [protecting against] (Donovan home EHG 2003)
I've looked into theirs, but not used it. It can get expensive. >Thanks John, >Has anyone used: >http://www.digimarc.com/ > >Donovan > > > >John Hill wrote: > >> I'm not sure how important it is to you, but there is one other variation - digital watermarking. You can embed invisible watermarks in images which you can use to determine later if an image was stolen. The most obvious benefit of this is in situations where the images might be used on other websites. At least one of the companies that I know of doing this has bots that go out and look for illegal instances of the watermarked images. >> >> >Hello, >> >I have a job coming up where I will need to make an effort to protect >> >images. Here are >> >the things I know of: >> > >> >1.) watermarked images >> >2.) copywrite text >> >3.) 72 PPI images (obvious) >> >4.) disabling the right click (controversial) >> >5.) In the source put a comment about copywriting. >> >6.) copywrite your images. >> > >> >I have also heard about placing a transparent gif on layer over the >> >image... doesn't >> >prevent someone from looking at the source, but it does help with >> >hinderance. >> > >> >Another thought is that some browsers (IE 5 for exampe [I believe]) >> >adhere to >> >w3c suggestions that when a page is arrived at via method=post from >> >a form >> >AND when the http mime headers have an expired expires value, the source >> >is >> >not available to the user. >> > >> >Beyond this, I don't know of any other way to protect the images because >> > >> >it seems its always availabe either via screen shot or the source. >> > >> >What are your thoughts? >> > >> >Thanks, >> >Donovan >> > >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------------- >> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> > the mailing list . >> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> >> -- >> >> --------------------------------- >> John A. Hill >> Oak Hill Software >> Website Development/Consulting >> john@oakhillsoftware.com >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-- --------------------------------- John A. Hill Oak Hill Software Website Development/Consulting john@oakhillsoftware.com------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ John Hill

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