tammymc opened this issue on Aug 12, 2003 ยท 173 posts
CryptoPooka posted Tue, 12 August 2003 at 3:15 PM
Leather-guy hits my points. "Open in new window" is my friend. Having to stop and load a new browser window to compare a few products side by side is a bit of a pain. Ditto on the galleries. I like to be able to load one image I want to look at while loading a new page of thumbnails. But, it is a start. Nothing is foolproof for protection, not disabling clicks or saves or watermarks. A determined thief can get around all of it. The "don't post your work online if you don't want it stolen" concept is equally useless. Printed images are at just as much risk, all it takes is a scanner or camera. Visible watermarks get you complaints and whines. Embedded watermarks can be defeated, and in the end, their efficiency depends on the amount of money you have to pursue theft legally. Most digital image thieves, though, have one thing in common -- they're lazy. If they weren't utterly lazy, they could learn to do it themselves. Every step to slow them down can help. I'm just not sure this step was implemented well. I LIKE my right clicks.