I'm a start trek geek as well.. lol My desktop is a Voyager computer console with Cpt. Lonny B. LOL my start up music is a Borg Asmilation hail "Resistance is Futile" and my shutdown is a Enterprise "Systems Off Line" by that computer voice. hehehe

My dog likes Star Trek as well... he watches it everynight with me...

Lonny, I was referring to a certain ........

something.

Gotcha! I understand now...

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Lonny, I was referring to a certain... (snip) I mentioned it before and Diesel got upset with me so I had to remove the reference. I'm not talking about hacking, but something way easier. Sorry for the confusion; hopefully you know what I'm talking about at this point.

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Hope you've happy now Diesel.

Lauren, I'm not sure why you bothered to remove the reference if you're just going to add another post that pretty much describes exactly how to do it anyway. I certainly was not "upset" with you, I simply (and politely) asked you to remove the part that tells you how to get around such a script (as well as my reason why), and I did it by sending you a private message, which you decided to drag out in the open instead.

And about people that know how to build a web page also knowing how to get around a script, sorry, that's just not true. Because of all the WYSIWYG editors (not to mention the dummy-proof instant page-building software offered by the web hosts), many people build web pages without knowing what I consider "basic" computer skills. As for putting the copyright notice on the image, well, that's easy to get around, too.

Fine, but the info is easily available on other sites. I don't see what the big deal is but I'll edit once again if you edit the quote out of your post. I honestly think that if people want to steal pictures what I posted is not going to be news, that's all.

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Tsk, tsk, tsk! Giving them ideas too I see

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> No step by step instructions, though. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I'm sorry, but this is a large part of what I do for a living. I know how easy it is for others to steal your work, I see it happen all the time (and it's happened to me, too). This is a very public place... just look at the number of registered users, or ask Ed how many hits his site gets per day. Visitors have stolen not just his graphics, but his articles as well. I just don't think it's a good idea to describe how to get around the safeguards when there are people around here that may very well use that information to actually DO it. And with all the tech support at work that I do (for people that work in our office and use computers every day), I also have to add that very few of them know how to use the method you described, or that it's even possible.

Many people just don't think there's anything wrong with lifting images from the web, and then there are some that know it's wrong, don't care, and do it anyway. Fortunately, in Josh's case, the person agreed to remove it.

Copyright notices are good... for the thieves that aren't too computer-savvy, Javascript will probably work, and I like Lonny's SSI idea. Subscribing to digital watermark services is more expensive than I'd care to pay. For my own sites, I use copyright notices (for those that don't know it's wrong), and depend on the honesty of the visitors (for those that do). I have one or two other tricks that will stop the average person, too, but it's true - if someone really wants to steal your graphics, they will probably be able to find a way. At least you can make it as difficult as possible.

Now we just gotta figure out how to disable that "thing" too. I say that all offenders should be forced to watch a video called "copy rights and copy wrongs" :rolleyes: . If you've ever seen it you'll know what I'm talking about. Corny and dramatic, but there was free pizza so I sat still <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> .