Re: You CAN Protect Images

A screen capture will get around this one too.

In my experience, Digimarc works best -- since there is no -=ultimate=-
solution. The watermark remains, according to these folks -- even when the
image is printed.

Unfortunately, that is probably the best one can hope for.

http://www.digimarc.com/




----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Boyer <galdor(at)vaix2.net>
To: <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 4:41 PM
Subject: You CAN Protect Images


> I've seen this topic bantered around for a week and a half now and
> finally decided I'd put in my two cents and clear up some things. There
> IS a way to make images safe. There is a software program out there
> called Artistscope that runs batch files on your images that makes any
> images taken from your website, immediately unreadable elsewhere. They
> appear scrambled. It's shareware, but if it's something you are truly
> concerned with, pay the money to have it registered. It's the program
> graphic designers and artists who display their work online in
> portfolios, use. You can find it easily on Download.com.
>
> Mike
>
> Mamie wrote:
> >
> > What about "watermarking" the image so that if the viewer prints the
image, it at
> > least reflects a boldly printed watermark?  Is this idea any good to
protect images
> > at least from being printed?
> >
> > Martin Krzywinski wrote:
> >
> > > > I am trying to figure out how to protect images from being
downloaded or
> > > > saved.  Is this possible by using HTML or putting the graphic in a
different
> > > > format?  The entire purpose of displaying the image is for sales, so
they
> > > > really need to be protected.  Thanks for any help, anyone can
provide.
> > >
> > > A lot of people have been bringing up the point of "protecting"
images.
> > >
> > > This is simply not possible.
> > >
> > > If you intend on having the image display on the client browser's
screen,
> > > then no matter what protection schemes you may "implement", the screen
may
> > > be simply captured to save the image.
> > >
> > > Even still, the client browser downloads the image and caches it and
thus
> > > gains an immediate copy.
> > >
> > > Because web pages, much like magazines, cannot be protected from
copying,
> > > be it electronic or xerox, the only thing you can do is copyright your
> > > work or concept.
> > >
> > > mk
> > >
> > > --------------------------------
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> > > Martin Krzywinski
> > > PET Imaging Research Group (www.physics.ubc.ca/~pet)
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>
> --
> Michael Boyer (aka Galdor)
> galdor(at)vaix2.net
> AUTHOR: "The Gladiator and the Princess"
> "That which does not kill us, makes us stronger..."
>

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