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Is there a way to protect my jpg from being distributed across the net? Can the file be protected some way? Based on number of times it is opened and/or time?
If so, is this difficult to do?
Thanks,
Mitchell
Register your copyrights with the US (or applicable) government Copyright Office, clearly tell your customers that the images are sold for specific use(s) by the buyer only, and may not be re-sold or re-distributed. Clearly define your terms of use, so that there can be no misunderstanding of those terms. Litigate against anyone who violates your terms.
For details, consult with a Copyright attorney.
Jim
Going after people for Copyright infringement is just a way for attorneys to get rich.
is the only way to defend your copyright. It's just business.
Jim
iTunes must protect the music from being passed around, right?
Who is selling your photo's online? [guardian.co.uk]
Syzygy
I need I am going to invent the "Mission Impossible" code. You open the file one time, and at the end it goes up in smoke.
But while you're over at the unlicensed machine, my 11-year-old kid sits down at the licensed machine, hits the CTL-ALT-Print Screen keys, opens MS Paint, pasts the Windows clipboard into Paint, saves it as a .jpg file, and e-mails it off to all her friends from her Yahoo Webmail account -- takes thirty seconds to do, tops.
The only thing that saves audio sellers is that most PCs are not set up to simultaneously record what they are playing. In other words, they cannot record themselves playing a tune.
However, the same is not true for images, and utilities such as Camtasia mean that even videos can be recorded right off the screen. But even for audio, the output can always be patched out to a separate recorder, or to another PC; The only loss is that this 'patch' is usually analog. But given the low quality of MP3s (in absolute 'audiophile' terms), the slight loss of fidelity from one digital-analog-digital translation is of little consequence.
The basic problem is that once anything is "downloaded" from your server it is, by definition, "copied." You are not looking at the original page containing this thread on WebmasterWorld, you are looking at a copy stored in your computer's memory by your browser. That WebmasterWorld logo at the top left corner, although copyrighted, has been copied into your machine. A copy exists in your browser's cache in your PC's memory at the very least, but also probably in the page swap file on your hard drive. It's copied and copied and copied.
The registered copyright on the WebmasterWorld logo doesn't protect it from being copied, as it must be in order to be displayed. But if you save that image to disk and offer it for sale as your own original work, then the law comes into play; By this time next year, WebmasterWorld may own your business, your house, your car, your appliances, and your furniture -- This depends on whether you're incorporated, and on how well your attorney has separated and protected your corporate and personal assets. (This scenario is purely hypothetical, just to illustrate the point.)
Jim
offering the perspective of the infringed everyman.
In the first case they weren't allowed to take photos but did.
In the second case the lady at the very least violated a trust put in her by the band she was taking photos for.
Was there some point to this article beside a primer in what not to do online?
