Re: hijacking of graphics...

Don't know if this is what you're looking for, but, I found a few scripts 
that say they can protect you from image/bandwidth thieves. A quick search 
on Google for "image thieves" and "bandwidth thieves" produced these 
results respectively

CGI based scripts (2) .....
http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Image_Display/Image_Indexing/

PHP based script (1) ...
http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/protectimages.shtml

If nothing else, perhaps they'll afford some ideas for a custom 
implementation. Hope this helps,

Jim





At 09:48 AM 7/28/01 -0700, Bob Maine wrote:
>Lyle.
>
>I frequently have this problem on several sites. Had one guy who sold used
>video gear via an auction site, and hijacked the images and data sheets
>from one of my customers. Every time he did it I would relink my customers
>site, then doctor the images, either greatly distressing the look of the
>product and then adding words such as LIKE NEW or UNUSED, or putting in
>the image of say on old opaque projector when he was pitching a hi-res
>data projector. Because he also misrepresented the capabilities of the
>items he was selling I also sometimes just put up a piece telling his
>potential customers that he was defrauding them. It was fun to watch the
>bidding stop abruptly on his items. It didn't take long for him to find
>another victom.
>
>Robert
>http://parlorsongs.com
>Musical Reminiscences of years gone by.
>An amazing collection of popular and classical
>sheet music from the 1800s to the 1940s.
>
>On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Lyle wrote:
>
> > I just came across my first example of someone hijacking graphics from
> > another web site.  The guy put the FULL url for the graphics from the other
> > site in his webpage.  Is there a way to prevent this problem?  I remember
> > discussion of this here from time to time, but don't remember the outcome.
> > I seem to remember that it's just a hazard that we have to life 
> with...  But
> > before I get too involved with this problem, I was just wondering.
> >
> > Lyle
> >

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