Photo theft
 

What do you recommend to prevent your photo's from being taken from the internet and used elseware? Thanks, Jimbo

I believe we are quite fortunate by the way this forum is structured. To view a large image any prospective thief must first register and enter details which are of course, recorded. There are two ways to protect your photos when sharing. Reduce the image size as most publications require 300dpi or close so an image shared on the Internet at 900px can only printed 3 inches wide. The second is to place a copyright marker or 'watermark' in a prominent place so if stolen it cannot be used. However watermarking can detract from the image but it is an effective way to protect your property. A happy-medium of compromise must be satisfied to allow people can enjoy your work as intended with protecting the photo from theft.

Photo theft
 

Thanks for the prompt reply.
Jimbo

Another way of doing it is to disable the 'right click' function so that the person cannot select 'Save Picture As'..... You'll find out how to this with a quick search on Google as i'm not sure what the HTML code is to do this.

.... But as with everything there are simple ways around it. e.g. 'Print Screen and then crop all the rubbish out.

Photo theft is becoming quite common, a number of online websites do it, and national newspapers aren't adverse to a bit of larceny either.

Are the anti-copyrighters to blame?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12..._and_copyright

I dont know whether what i do is right but as i own copyright on all my pic i really dont want other people taking credit for them. I change the image size to 72 pixel/inch and then make the longest side 400 pixels wide or high. That means that anyone copying them wont have the detail to enlarge them.

Anyway thats just my way i am sure there are others.

Karen

Karen; Very well done. You read my mind.

I always thought locks are to keep the gentleman away, Thieves will get in no mater what.

You said it best. That is one thing no one can defeat.
Keep the quality and size of picture at bare minimum, something that is not odd as is but gets very odd if one needs to print or enlarge it.

Hello, I had a few pics taken and altered by an animal rights activist.

Not flattering at all.

If they really want to get them, they will.

Even when it gets to the felony level, the govt will not do anything about it.

Now I am looking at a program to watermark my pics.

They can still steal them, but with a pices of the watermark missing, it is clear the pic has been altered.

I think you're on the right track.

Though I replied to this yesterday. Never mind. Recently found some of my photos on a site pulling images via an RSS feed to tart up their commercial pages. They're now blocked.