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BallsUp wrote:Well, I’ve had a right old time of it the last couple of weeks……..
I run a bingo review site, I only launched in September 2006 and its been steady….I haven’t got round to the SEO yet but I’m getting there….
Well, as part of my “research” I always have a look see what others are doing, how their sites look etc, I’m sure we all do the same….
I stumble upon a site that has a very similar name to mine….ballbingo, im ballsupbingo! The cheeky blighters have only half inched ALL of the screenshots on their site from mine. To make matters worse they then have the audacity to watermark them with THEIR logo……
I have emailed several times, to which I have had no response AT ALL and they have gradually been taking their own screenshots.
This only happened after I spent the time emailing all affiliate managers involved……
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Protecting images is difficult and the watermark is mostly likely the best method. Even still there is no way of fully protecting them but you can discourage the would be thieves.Protect your images on the client (browser) side (vs. server side) by adding the GALLERYIMG=”no” attribute/property in your image tag to protect individual images. This will disable the image toobar in IE that appears when mousing over an image. You won’t see the little disk. Note: As of Internet Explorer 7.x The GALLERYIMG attribute/property is obsolete and no longer available.
You can also use a META tag between the
tags and
disable the image toolbar for all images on a page:Add a javascript (courtesy of Dynamic Drive.com) to disable the right click for older browsers:
Just change the message text to whatever you want.Another method used is to place the copyrighted image as the background image in a table and then put a blank transparent GIF image in the table. The table and images must be all the same dimensions. When right clicked and saved all they get is the blank image.
On servers running APACHE you can also block access to a certain directory (such as an image directory) via an .htaccess file although I’ve never tried it, I’m assuming if visitor gets the image link from the source code and types it into the location or address bar access is denied.
I just disable the image toolbar and the right mouse click.
Cheers,
SlotplayerSucks that they short-cutted taking the screenshots themselves to steal them from you, but I’m not sure you can copyright a screen capture of something that is public domain anyway
On the other hand if they are stealing and altering unique graphics designed by you without your consent, then you have a legitimate gripe and the dirtbags should be lined up and shot.
Uhg, I want to smack you for advocating a no-right-click script, :banger: lol
I hate those things! The tend to be triggered by my wheelie ball click *twitch* They don’t work, anyway. If you’re viewing an image on a website, that image is already on your computer. All you have to do is check the appropriate folder on your computer and voila – every image you’ve viewed is cached on your computer.
All they really do is anger visitors, in my opinion.
Watermarks are the way to go.
