Content protection question

would really appreciate help here ...

[TRiley]

Hello all,

I am close to releasing my new computing site and have spent weeks writing all my own content, loads of pages and would be very annoyed/upset if someone was to simply copy and paste my content onto their site. For this reason I ask if people could point out ways, show scripts or otherwise give links to sites which will help me on this.

I thinking more of code use, not getting it all copyrighted by a company, for example are there codes which wipe the view source page so that people cant copy source, scripts that stop a page from loading if its not the right referrer, canceling right click etc. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you very much

[Dreamquick]

At the end of the day if someone wants to steal content that you have placed on a publically accessible website they will find a way around all your security. Why? Because in order to display a page the browser has to be able to interpret your page so it can render it, and if it's visible via a browser it can be copied.

The more you try to protect content with javascript tricks and referrer checks the more you'll infuriate real people who want to browse your site as your security gets in their way - this is especially true if you are aiming for a more internet savvy user.

For instance what if I want to right click a link and open it in a new browser? What if I want to right click to access some other feature? What if I forward an internal link to someone who clicks it and finds it doesnt work because of "referrer protections".

If your site stops me browsing the way I want to then I'll just leave and select your nearest competitors site and/or the next result in the list.

for example are there codes which wipe the view source page so that people cant copy source

If you show a browser the source then sooner or later someone will work out how to get the source for themselves, but for for what it's worth I'm pretty sure javascript can't do this.

scripts that stop a page from loading if its not the right referrer

Presumably you mean that someone needs to go through "page a" to get to "page b"? If so that's pretty trivial to do but...

The problem with this is that not only would you have just made that page impossible to get into a search engine and you'll have stopped any bookmarks from working as well as blocked access from those wonderful people with firewalls that filter out all referrer information.

canceling right click etc.

Very few sites attempt to cancel right click, aside from being really annoying and counter-intuitive to navigation it makes the sites using this look either amaturish or untrustworthy (what are they so desparate to hide?)

- Tony

[divaone]

why not offer your content freely? on each page you can offer a javascript to your visitors, allow them to add it to their website, and you supply content via the js. people seem much more willing to go this route rather than emailing and waiting for permission. (i've been waiting 2 weeks for permission from one site..) there is no foolproof way of keeping others from using your content, and afer all, a pen and paper are still mighty tools.

also, make sure your TOS links are placed prominently on your pages. the TOS should read very clearly. i appreciate a synopsis TOS provided above a fully detailed TOS for quick review.