tammymc opened this issue on Aug 12, 2003 ยท 173 posts
electroglyph posted Tue, 12 August 2003 at 5:31 PM
You get me wrong. I'm for protecting other people's work if they desire it. I'm just saying this solution will not work. I've already circumvented it and posted evidence in message 61. I also have not been spouting how I did it. Figure that out on your own time if you're a thief. Let me say again; There is no possible way to keep people from downloading an image from a public server. There are ways to prosecute people who take such images and sell them for profit. It will require Renderosity allowing each artist to post a copyright statement on their gallery page to the effect that: 1. I allow download of my artwork to the browser cache only. No saving on the computer or printing to other media real or electronic. 2. I allow personal download and storage or printing. Resale is prohibited. Free distribution may or may not be allowed with or without the attached copyright statement. 3. I don't care. rob me blind. If a statement of your intent for your work accompanies your artwork and the only source or sources contain that copyright statement then you can take legal action against people who steal and sell your work. I'm sure Renderosity does not want to get into the legal hassles or cost involved. You would be acting on your own since it is your complaint against the person who stole from you, not renderosity against hostX. Renderosity can code this statement to float along with your work in the galleries just like they keep your name with your pictures.