....and prove damages. That's the difficult part of an infringement suit.
| Just to add a bit and clarify Tom and Andrew's remarks: Unless your web
site
| disallows it (most do not), the visitors log in using the Anonymous
Internet
| user account. The server can keep track of IP addresses, but these are
only
| leased for a period of (at most) several days to any customer of an ISP,
| with a few exceptions for those who need "parked" IP addresses. So,
tracking
| down who copied your content is not really going to be possible, unless
(as
| you have mentioned) you see it somewhere on the Internet. In that case,
you
| may be able to get them to remove it, but a court battle is unlikely to
bear
| fruit unless you have ensured that you can prove you were the original
| author of the content via copyright, etc.
|
| --
| HTH,
|
| Kevin Spencer
| Microsoft MVP
| Professional Chicken Salad Alchemist
|
| I recycle.
| I send everything back to the planet it came from.
|
| | > I'm sure there are ways to track what people are downloading - for
example
| > to the extent of how many times a file is downloaded ("download
counters")
| > ; but not necessarily to personally identify the specific person doing
it.
| >
| > Every web site is downloaded to the user's computer in order to be
| > viewed - so the minute they view your page, it is on their PC. With the
| > know-how, they can dig through the temp internet files for the images
they
| > want.
| >
| > Anyway, the basic web logs are designed as "stats" logs and save data
such
| > as unique visitors, recurring visitors, and other info including browser
| > type, country, operating system version etc, but not necessarily telling
| > you that it was Joe Bloggs in Iowa as compared to Bill Bloggs in
| > Massechuessets (sp?) that took your pictures!
| >
| > Are you in a business where people stealing graphics would be a
concern -
| > e g selling artwork or photos online, where you want people to purchase
| > them, not just help themselves? In this case you can make thumbnail
| > copies, watermark them, use low quality versions for the "demo"
versions,
| > and sell the high quality copies once payment is received. Of course
| > this still doesn't stop people putting them online themselves, even
though
| > you've received payment.
| >
| > I'm not saying the above is applicable to you, but that's the kind of
| > thing that is a FAQ on this group, and your question touches base on
this
| > subject in part.
| >
| > | >> Hi all!
| >>
| >> I've seen some graphics of mine floating around the web. I'm not that
| >> concerned as they weren't important, but still shocking to see hosted
| >> elsewhere.
| >>
| >> Is there any way to track to see if someone has imported my site? I've
| >> checked server logs from my web hosting company, but it really just
| >> tracks "basic" type of stuff.
| >>
| >> Does anyone have any experience with getting more advanced information
| >> from server logs?
| >>
| >> Thanks in advance!
| >
| >
|
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