We are currently working on a new website for a group of visual artists and have been sorting out the best ways to prevent their artwork being misused on the internet. We`ve encountered these issues a number of times before with other artists` websites that we`ve created over the years.
In each case the starting point has to be a reality check. There`s no simple failsafe method to prevent images being copied or stolen from the internet. Whatever clever scripts or solutions that we come up with, they can all be circumvented in one way or another. But that doesn`t stop us trying!
In this new site we`re employing 3 different techniques:
Using Javascript code to disable the right click option which is normally used to reach the "save image as" option. Instead of the normal menu the script displays a copyright notice.
Disabling the image toolbar in the <head> of the website.
Including an .htaccess file in the site to prevent images from ... Read more