How do I keep my photos from being stolen?

[Bea]

I'm trying to keep people from right clicking on my web page and getting my
photos for free. I have heard there was a code you can put in your "head"
tags!??? If any one has any insight I would so appreciate it!! Thanks

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

What you've heard is incorrect. Yes, you can disable the right click but it
will *not* keep people from getting your photos for free. Most people know
how to get around that.

The reality is this - The ONLY way to keep anything from being
copied/stolen/borrowed/saved/whatever is don't put it on the web.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash Gordon®\)]

The reality of it is no.

When your webpage is viewed in a browser all images are automatically downloaded to the viewer's machine and saved there (browse your cache folder with an image viewer someday and you'll see).

 

[Mike Koewler]

Bea,

Do a google search on Image Slicing or Image Splitting. It isn't
foolproof but it will take a lot more work for people to use your
images. I've also seen a technique where the image is huge in physical
size but only 1 dpi. Unfortunately, I do not remember the web site where
this was done. It too, can be defeated but it takes a lot of work and time.

Mike

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash Gordon®\)]

It actually takes 2 seconds to put together sliced image...since it's viewed as a whole all you'd have to do is Print Screen...or if you were industrious just put the slices back together from within your Cache.

Even the transparent gif overlay trick doesnt work very well.

 

[John Inzer]

If an image is posted on a website...
there is always a way to copy it. I
think the best defense is to emblazon
a copyright notice across the face of
your images. Even this can be removed
but it's still a good deterrent.

Examples:

Example of Copyright
http://tinyurl.com/5v4al

Example of Copyright
http://tinyurl.com/6nlrq

 

[Mike Koewler]

Rob,

Depends on how it is sliced and diced. Make each slice small enough and
it becomes a major undertaking to get a useable image Print Screen will
work, but it has major drawbacks if one needs a hi-res image - it will
come across at 72-96 dpi.

I believe it is also possible to make an index inaccessible, so if
someone want to "View Image" it will not work. Of course, this means one
needs C-Panel access or something similar.

As has been stated, there is nothing I have run across that will make it
"Impossible" to copy an image but lots of tools to make it hard.

Mike

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash Gordon®\)]

You don't even have to go to that extreme...just do a Print Screen, then paste into photoshop...2 seconds..takes longer to open Photoshop than to take the image.

Not sure what you mean about C Panel..you mean make a folder none browsable?...still wouldn't help anyway.

 

[Ed Bennett]

Depends on how it is sliced and diced. Make each slice small enough
and it becomes a major undertaking to get a useable image Print
Screen will work, but it has major drawbacks if one needs a hi-res
image - it will come across at 72-96 dpi.

Web images should be stored on the server at the resolution they will appear
on the web page - otherwise it wastes download time for the user.

That means that a PrintScreen will give the same resolution as retrieving
the actual image files from the server (although with JPEGs, additional JPEG
artifacts would be added)