Re: Protecting The images I work so hard to make

Toby, this is pretty interesting stuff, thanks! On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Toby Butzon wrote: > A bit off topic :/ nonetheless.... > > Most of the popular graphics programs (namely Adobe Photoshop) have features > in them to embed invisible "watermarks", additional copyright information, > and more. Try consulting your graphics editor's help for more info. > > If your images are _really_ worth it to you, you _could_ set up a spider (or > a few) to roam the internet looking for images with your invisible > watermark. Such a spider could run on its own forever (theoretically) if > given a good starting point like a major search index (and I say index > because the actual categorized listing of links given by the indices is very > important - your spider can't really type in search phrases ;)). > > I think, too, that there are probably services out there to do this sort of > thing. > > Your question about a PHP script to protect your images, however, must be > answered with a "no." If the visitor can _see_ the image, the image can be > stolen with a simple screenshot. > > All of this not-so-uplifting news can be made a little bit better in knowing > that the original work _is_ automatically copyrighted upon creation; if you > find it on someone else's site, they are most likely violating their host's > service agreement and probably also area laws. It's always worth a shot to > get in touch with an offender's host ;) > > Hope my rambling has pointed out something of value. > > Toby Butzon > [ criticism spurs improvement ] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brandon Orther" <brandon@webintellects.com> > To: "PHP User Group" <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 4:27 PM > Subject: [PHP] Protecting The images I work so hard to make > > > : Hey everybody, > : > : I am making a web site for my company and have noticed a lot of Images > that > : we made for the last site were stolen and used on someone else's site. > : > : > : has anyone ever ran into this problem and found a solution? > : > : is there a way to at least make it harder for people to steal them with a > : php script that makes sure they are getting downloaded from the html and > not > : just a person? > : > : Thank you, > : > : -------------------------------------------- > : Brandon Orther > : WebIntellects Design/Development Manager > : brandon@webintellects.com > : 800-994-6364 > : www.webintellects.com > : -------------------------------------------- > : > : > : -- > : PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > : To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > : For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > : To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > : > : > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >