designby Posted November 14, 2004 Posted November 14, 2004 Hi All, I've just found a competitor who lifted some of my design images and has them on her site and is presenting them as her own work. Besides the legal action I have taken, I know there is a way to code pics so that people can print them, but not save them to their computers. I would appreciate any help, Thanks, D Quote
TCH-Dick Posted November 14, 2004 Posted November 14, 2004 There really is no fool proof way, but search the forum for "theft" for some tips. Also you might want to toss a blank index page in your images directory. Right nw you can just browse thru your images. Quote
borfast Posted November 15, 2004 Posted November 15, 2004 There's no way to do it. Those irritating "no-right-click" JavaScripts are only that: irritating, because they can be easily bypassed. Firefox even has an extension just to disable those At the very least, a thief will always have the "Print Screen" button to make a screenshot of your site and then it's just a matter of doing some editing work to get the images clean. Quote
Deverill Posted November 15, 2004 Posted November 15, 2004 Check on the internet for graphics watermark programs. These programs allow you to put a mark in your picture that can prove it's yours. They can be either visible or invisible... they can make undetectable-to-the-eye changes that the computer can decode with your name or other identifying data. As was said, if they can see it on their screen then they can save it on their computer but you can mark it so you can win in court. Quote
designby Posted November 15, 2004 Author Posted November 15, 2004 Thanks guys for your quick responses. Jim - I'll look for that watermark program. I'm sure my phone call to her voicemail probably will scare her witless, but there are times in life when nothing beats a good lawyer! Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted November 15, 2004 Posted November 15, 2004 At the very least, a thief will always have the "Print Screen" button to make a screenshot of your site and then it's just a matter of doing some editing work to get the images clean. I know a site that disbled the print screen button (or its not working for me atleast) Quote
borfast Posted November 15, 2004 Posted November 15, 2004 Disabled the Print Screen button?? How is that possible? Can you share the link, Thomas? I'm curious to see how it works so I can find a way to go around it Quote
LisaJill Posted November 15, 2004 Posted November 15, 2004 *raises hand* me too, me too! A link, yes. =) Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted November 15, 2004 Posted November 15, 2004 (edited) Can´t do that because I would then violate the forum guidelines, but anyone interested can pm me and I take it under consideration. Addition: I just figured out its just for part of the site though. Edited November 15, 2004 by TCH-Thomas Quote
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