richnovak opened this issue on Jul 23, 2003 ยท 30 posts
pakled posted Wed, 23 July 2003 at 10:53 AM
I've been to a lot of 'professional' art sites ( you do it to put food on the table, and not only for fun), and they disable the right-click altogether..another trick they use is to post it as a thumbnail, or not much larger, even a screen cap is going to degrade the image if it's blown up much. Putting a high price under each pic (there's one site I saw out there that went to 14-30k US, and that ain't chump change)..large notices about copyright, threats against theft (one site had something to the effect of 'I prosecute everyone, I will come after you, I have lawyers,etc.). Some folks put outsized signatures on their works, but I think that detracts from the enjoyment of same..especially if it's dead center (no names, please..;). Finally, if you actually are having folks take things, you might want to set up a fee for downloads, and get some money off them. As long as the art is copywrited, you've got a chance to get after them. If you need to, contact their ISP, if you can find it, and lean on them..they're usually pretty accomodating about that. Hope this helps.
I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
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