[Web4lib] Image protection

[Thomas Dowling]

Robert L. Balliot wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> Other than the perceived notion that images are protected
> by copyright and therefore off limits...


("Perceived" notion?)

The plain truth is that if something is online and people want it, 
people can get it.  I can't imagine any technical solution more 
effective than a simple copyright statement in the text of the page. 
The right-click script is not only easily defeated but is something a 
lot of browsers can be configured never to honor.  Visible watermarks 
just deface your image and invisible watermarks only allow you to pay 
for a search to see if the images have shown up on other web sites.


-- 
Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu