After reading about how complete strangers took photos of a member here and photos of other people as well without their permission, I wondered if there was a way to prevent this from happening or at least be informed that it has happened so that appropriate steps can be taken. AND if there was any way of doing this without using code to prevent people from right-clicking (which you can't do in forums anyway and can be circumvented by certain browsers I think...) AND without resorting to a big, glaring watermark...
With Google, I found this:
http://news.deviantart.com/article/44441/
What interested me in particular is this:
Quote:
There is a simple way to protect your image without a big visible (and ugly) watermark..
METADATA...
Metadata is essentially information embedded into your media that stays there.
Through Photoshop (most versions CS, CS2, CS3 for sure) all you have to do is go:
FILE > FILE INFO, and it will bring up all your embedded info. Simply embed a copyright warning in the correct box (if in doubt, use the HELP function on your software)
For instance, i might use "©Scott_Alexander_2008"
Now my image is protected with an invisible, digital watermark.. but lets not stop there.. Lets have the internet tell us any time someone posts my image with my invisible copyright!
God bless google! Google alerts, one of the best kept secrets on the interwebs.
From here, i can enter into my Search terms: ©Scott_Alexander_2008, tell google to notify me once weekly (more if you are a big shot) and have them sent directly to your email!
Just like that, you are informed of every infraction that takes advantage of your work!
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I hope this helps
Prevent Image Theft
