Is it egotistical to try to prevent someone stealing images that a
photographer has spent time and money creating? For photographers making a
living solely from photography stealing images can be and is a problem.
I've only just implemented the disabling of the right click. It's been
interesting to know what people think, some of the reactions surprised me.
Watermarking in my opinion is a better way of deterring stealing of images.
However that detracts from the images displayed. I haven't seen many
photography sites use it.
Julie
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From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Shunith Dutt
Sent: 03 August 2002 15:42
To: julie@lightdrawing.com
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Disabling right-click, etc. (was: Web home
page writing software)
Right on!
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From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
To: <shunith@vsnl.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 5:52 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Disabling right-click, etc. (was: Web home page
writing software)
Shunith writes:
> Disabling right click will not stop any of
> the ones you mention from using your pix
> if they so choose.
I know. I don't disable anything.
Furthermore, it seems a bit egotistical to me when photographers go to
extreme lengths (downloadable ActiveX controls and plug-ins, etc.) to
prevent people from stealing their work. Has it occurred to them that their
might not be worth stealing in the first place? There are plenty of cats,
dogs, sunsets, breaking waves, distant mountains, nudes, and touristy photos
in the world; most are not worth protecting, since they are a dime a dozen
anyway.
> So, what's your point?
That it's not something to worry about. Don't put anything on your site
that you absolutely do not want stolen under any circumstances, and accept
that there will always be someone stealing the images that you do put on the
site.
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