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Re: filmscanners: Stealing images
Rob writes:
> For what it's worth, the code I mentioned IS
> javascript but it seems to have been more
> important to figure out whether I used the right
> word ...
The difference between Java and Javascript is enormous, despite the similar
names, so it is important to refer to each correctly.
> Then it's "his" loss.
Not if you are hoping that he will buy _your_ images.
> The code I'm talking about doesn't determine whether
> the image is displayed. It just intercepts the
> right mouse click to make it a little harder for
> people to steal images without permission.
In that case, if he has Javascript turned off, he'll be able to see the image
_and_ right-click on it to save it.
> The other two things I've been doing consist of
> watermarking large images (the facility is built
> into PSP 7) and putting on a copyright notice.
Visible watermarks are not a bad idea, but digital watermarks are a waste of
time (I'm not sure which type of watermark PSP 7 provides). A copyright notice
is informative for honest people, but it is not an obstacle to the dishonest.
> I save it as an LZW TIFF raw file and crop file.
Are the raw files really useful enough to justify the space they occupy? I
usually save images as JPEGs with minimal compression, after carefully tweaking
each scan.
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