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grahamfourth

So I am really curious - how do you prevent unauthorized use of your pictures once they are online? What if someone downloads (or simply “print screens”) your images and claims them as their own? I assume there is a way to protect them?

Billy Bob 2 Loc: Marengo IN

Your web site host has a lock to prevent unauthorized copying.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

grahamfourth wrote:

So I am really curious - how do you prevent unauthorized use of your pictures once they are online? What if someone downloads (or simply “print screens”) your images and claims them as their own? I assume there is a way to protect them?

Can’t stop it, but you can make it so they won’t want to use them.
I can think of two right off the top of my head.

#1: imbed a watermark so that it shows in a conspicuous area.
#2: Post only low-rez images online so what they get will be of low quality.

If you can see it on screen, there are ways to copy it, more than just right-clicking it.

Edit....A third way.... take and post crappy photos people won’t want to steal.
(Think of it as a compliment that you’ve shot something someone covets)

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Billy Bob 2 wrote:

Your web site host has a lock to prevent unauthorized copying.

Usually some way around it.

(WHO's website?)

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

GoofyNewfie wrote:

Can’t stop it, but you can make it so they won’t want to use them.
I can think of two right off the top of my head.

#1: imbed a watermark so that it shows in a conspicuous area.
#2: Post only low-rez images online so what they get will be of low quality.

If you can see it on screen, there are ways to copy it, more than just right-clicking it.

DRM Loc: NC

Sharing images in any fashion includes risk of theft. Only way to eliminate that risk entirely is to avoid any and all sharing. Obviously, not sharing makes it pretty difficult to sell; potential theft is a risk (or cost) of doing business, therefore.

Hosting sites make it difficult (though likely not impossible) to download or copy images. I am unable to download or copy images from my own website, but then I'm definitely not a techie. One solace is that images on websites are usually at low resolution, not really suited for making prints of any significant size. Personally, I would never deface images with an obtrusive watermark--if someone is interested in purchasing an image I want them to view the best representation of it I can provide.

Billy Bob 2 Loc: Marengo IN

i use smugmug.com (snapshots2010.com] it will lock if I want.

ClaudiaA Loc: Venice, FL

Strictly for sales, not bad for $39 a year.

domcomm Loc: Denver, CO

I have 3:

metropolitan style.weebly.com which has 1 page of photos, and the rest is my design work.

facesoftheworld7619.weebly.com is a collection of faces from my trip around the world.

tkcinc.weebly.com is for our non-profit organization that has helped nearly 50,000 people over the last 11 years – with no building and no money.

I did all of mine on Weebly.com, because you can do them for free, if their name is in the address, or for a fee if you prefer, for more flexibility.

RightOnPhotography Loc: Quebec,QC

grahamfourth wrote:

So I am really curious - how do you prevent unauthorized use of your pictures once they are online? What if someone downloads (or simply “print screens”) your images and claims them as their own? I assume there is a way to protect them?

In smugmag.com, where I keep my images, there is a provision in Settings to turn on the "right click" message (prevention of copy and paste) and also to disallow downloads.

splatbass Loc: Honolulu

My art photography site:

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/7-john-durham

My real estate photography site:

https://kahalamoonphotography.squarespace.com/

twosummers Loc: Melbourne Australia or Lincolnshire England

splatbass wrote:

My art photography site:

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/7-john-durham

My real estate photography site:

https://kahalamoonphotography.squarespace.com/

Very nice splatbass - if only I could expand from property!! - did you begin with fine art and move to R/E or vice versa?

I've modified my website based on comments here - https://propertyphotography.net

twosummers Loc: Melbourne Australia or Lincolnshire England

Longshadow wrote:

Usually some way around it.

(WHO's website?)

All and any image that you can see on your computer screen (or phone etc) can be copied.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

twosummers wrote:

All and any image that you can see on your computer screen (or phone etc) can be copied.

I'm surmising that you are referring to viewing images (that one can see on one's monitor) is via a browser and
not your images that are residing in memory (phone) or hard drive(computer).

"All and any image that you can see on your computer screen..." is a wee bit vague.

twosummers Loc: Melbourne Australia or Lincolnshire England

Longshadow wrote:

I'm surmising that you are referring to viewing images (that one can see on one's monitor) is via a browser and
not your images that are residing in memory (phone) or hard drive(computer).

"All and any image that you can see on your computer screen..." is a wee bit vague.

Sorry - I meant any image you are viewing on any website on any device on an app or via a browser