How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

[nksiefert]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

I suggest the same. The good photo co's like Stock Photo all have watermarks (which is just your name/website name) in a very light gray even an outline font across it. It doesn't take away from your photo and helps prevent those that want to right click and save it

[Nite Producer]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

Hi There,

Few of you people are right about the idea of putting a shade watermark like most of professional photography web sites do, looking at "Gettyimages.com" for example, but the thing here, this option will work only to NOT PUBLISH IN THE WEB, but anyone now can still copy it and retouche it if he really looking for it.

[Watdaflip]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

Hi There,

Few of you people are right about the idea of putting a shade watermark like most of professional photography web sites do, looking at "Gettyimages.com" for example, but the thing here, this option will work only to NOT PUBLISH IN THE WEB, but anyone now can still copy it and retouche it if he really looking for it.

watermarks arnt meant to be a solution, just a deterrent. The only way to prevent people from stealing your work is to not put it on the internet...

[MaryH]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

I tried Sues suggestion of covering a photo with a transparency, it's the first one on my memories page, and it seems to work.

I'd appreciate it if someone can spare the time to look.

My instinct however tells me it can't be as easy as this?

Mary

http://www.huntertheatrearts.co.uk

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[Andy128]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

Sorry Mary-
I was able to copy "quick-fast-and in a hurry"! Even with a transparency one only needs to do a print screen, past in MS Paint and then trim and save.

There really is no way except with water marks.

Andy

[MaryH]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

Thanks Andy,

I think deep down I knew that I was clutching at straws.

The irritating thing is I don't care who perhaps takes a photo because they may be interested in the professional that we happened to be working with, it's because I'm super sensitive about posting up current photos of children.

When I need to change my pages I'll just have to carry on searching my archives for those who perhaps now are parents, or horror upon horror, grandparents themselves.

Mary

http://www.huntertheatrearts.co.uk

[Collectors-info]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

If you can’t get round the copying side of things, you may be able to inbed your site address in to the back end of the image. So if someone else use’s your image for their site, they will have placed a type of link on their site. I notice a lot of sites where you get free scripts from all have their website address in the script. I assume this is to get their sites sort of linked to other sites for free when the spiders from search engines have a look around.
(Think I am right in saying this, it would be nice to know for sure)
If I am right I would be pretty sure there is a search program out there that can search the net for your images if your web address is still in the back end of the image.
I tried this type of search with my email address & couldn’t believe how many site finds this search found on where I had left my email address, so i assume this might be the same for a web address .

Chris

[Andy128]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

How about a water mark that says

"Caution-Virus embedded in image"

That would cut down on the problem I bet. (hee, hee, hee, hee!)


Just a malicious thought.

Andy

[hanif]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

hi firstly u should get a javascript code to disable right click on your website, or get a javascript code to protect that specific image.

this should be inserted (the code) with the add html box not the add javascript box as this slows it down and may crash ur computer.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to protect images as there are a number of ways to steal it such as viewing the source code (html) and finding the url for the image.

Also people can just print screen onto paint and then select the image and save it.

There are no nonononononn ways to protect ur images and less u have a complicated watermark (e.g floral backgrounded watermar) etc. which are less possile to erase or cover up etc.

I hope this helps
let me knwo if it helps or pls tell me if u found an alternative

Hanif

[allstarfaces]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

I know the code for how to protect an html page, but it doesn't work on my Blue Voda site. I had someone copy my show dog puppies and pretend they were his and he tried to sell them. How can I protect them other than a watermark?

Thanks!

this is an old thread but i would just like to ask the original person , what realy does stopping someone taking your pics do to your bussines i can go to google pic search and many others in an instant have the same pics as you and millions of others, if the person is a crook and is trying to sell a dog he doesnt own then how does that effect you? if you feel strongly enough phone th police if he has posted contact deatails
at the end of the day the internet is a vast wide open free for all if you dont want it copied dont put it out there
hey this is only one mans oppinion so you can take or leave

[davidundalicia]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

I agree with andy......I simply copied your photo from my cache....

[lost-angel]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

the only way to 100% protect an image is not publish it... there are ways around the "no rite Click"... it just makes a person have to take an additional step to get the photo. copyrights and and water marks can be cropped out or edited with photo editors. laws are made to be broken... while you are thinking of ways to stop, others are thinking of how to go

[racefan20]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

How about a water mark that says

"Caution-Virus embedded in image"

That would cut down on the problem I bet. (hee, hee, hee, hee!)


Just a malicious thought.

Andy

LMAO!! Nice! How about a custom right click menu that pops up and says the same?

[islandcrazy]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

Racefan says:
LMAO!! Nice! How about a custom right click menu that pops up and says the same?

Rofl!!! I have seen some really great ones like "if you copy this I'll break your arm" or "you are very, very bad to take this picture" etc. etc...but I really like this idea!!! My industry is hugely affected by this "stealing" problem...and watermarks are the way to go unfortunately. BUt I think i will put a virus warning just for kicks!!

How do you make a custom right click menu anyhow??

BTW, digital images can be embedded with what is called a "digimark" and they can be tracked....i have never done this to my art yet, but a company I work for does this on the digital s****booking kits and it is really cool. If they find their images pirated somewhere, they can prove it was theirs by the digimark.

[smitone]

Re: How do I protect my pictures from copycats?

I don't know I might have imagined it but when I tried to copy some pictures once, I found some slide shows where you couldn't copy the images themselves. Sometime they were moving slowly across the screen or appearing,fading and replaced by next one. Obviously you can printscreen but you will need a lot of fiddling for anyone to be able to use any picture. I don't know which program was used I am a novice, but they are beautiful brains out there they will know better. we'll see.