It's really sad when someone steals an image and pretends it's their own. And it is very hard to swallow.

But some of the 'solutions' I'm reading here border on the ludicrous. The internet does not revolve around us no matter what the egos in us say.

"Everytime one of these threads comes up we should mass email Microsoft and tell them to figure out a way to stop the print screening, right click save as IF we want that function disabled."

Utterly selfish. Your artwork is not the only thing on the 'net. There are many reasons for saving images. Store product images, science sites, NASA images, family sites with photos to share with other family members.

"we have a right to show our work and not fear that someone will take it."

No you don't, actually. What you DO have is recourse if there is a copyright violation.

"Here is what I think should be done all gallery images should be rigged to alert the staff when a right click occures giving them the name of the member who did it."

Uh huh. Right-clicking is not just for saving images. There are other items on the menu. Besides which just saving an image to disk does not constitute theft or copyright infringement unless you display it elsewhere.

I also read somewhere a suggestion that Renderosity institute some means of image protection in the galleries.

Consider this. What if a book publisher is browsing the galleries and wishes to save a few images for comparison later. You wouldn't want to anger them by disallowing access.

Or you've sent your dear old mom the link to your gallery. What if she wants to save your images to disk for herself. Why make it hard for her.

The truth is that the vast majority of people viewing your images are NOT taking them to claim them as their own.