WARNING to all - leeching of pics (summer breeze deleted!)
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Why not disable 'right-click' for the CS Galleries? It is not perfect but helps a lot! There are ways around it, but most people won't bother.
Here is the code that I use in pbase. Just paste the code into the tech notes on the edit photo page. Also, you can use the tech notes batch update function.
Here is the code that I use in pbase. Just paste the code into the tech notes on the edit photo page. Also, you can use the tech notes batch update function.
Code:
<script language="JavaScript"> <!--
function click(e) {
if (document.all) {
if (event.button == 2) {
alert("please do not right-click");
return false;
}
}
if (document.layers) {
if (e.which == 3) {
alert("please do not right-click");
return false;
}
}
}
if (document.layers) {
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
}
document.onmousedown=click;
// --> </script>
i suggest u guys and gals to password protect ur pics. i noticed that after the warning on sammyboy, the people there are threatening to replicate the pics here on another server to hotlink them.
mods, is there a way to prevent such things? :think:
mods, is there a way to prevent such things? :think:
nightwolf75 said:
They can always resort to taking snapshots of the page to get the image, if they are really that desparate....... :bsmilie: Juz make it a lot harder than keying in a url to frustrate the lazy lamers. u cant really stop the determined lamers, esp if they are hormone driven..... :devil:
juste_millieu
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HOw to add password for picture?
zorro18 said:
i tried doing a test in the garbage area. dunno how to do it.
i second the suggestion to implement some form of protection at server level. can the mods pls consider?
juste_millieu
Senior Member
Blokcking a direct linkage to image is a good idea. :bsmilie:
Picture owner can put a Copyright statement on the picture as well. At least do something for you own picture, right?
****!! It is a R(A) web site. The models reputation/image will be affected.
Is it posibble to sue them?
Picture owner can put a Copyright statement on the picture as well. At least do something for you own picture, right?
****!! It is a R(A) web site. The models reputation/image will be affected.
Is it posibble to sue them?
Sorry to hear that some of the members pics have been leeched to Sammyboy - this issue (leeching in general, not specific to Sammyboy or SGGirls) will pop up from time to time. Only now, the severity and impact of the leech is due to the nature of the site where the leeched pictures are posted.
There's only a couple of things that we as Admins/Mods of this site (and the affected member) can do:-
1. Email/contact Sammyboy owner (Samuel Leong) and request that the offending posts/threads are removed.
2. Edit the links (replace with a JPG that basically says "Image removed" or something) or remove the images from your site.
Thats it - not a lot more that we can do.
Technically speaking, since the images are stored on a site which is not controlled by us, we cannot stop hotlinking to the images.
We can control hotlinking if the files are stored in a server in a ***.clubsnap.org/com domain; but even then, that doesn't stop the leechers from downloading the images and storing them somewhere else.
At the moment, we are working on a couple of things that we can control on our Gallery server which is :-
1) disable hotlinking (which is currently *not* enabled due to some issue with firewalls, notable Win XP SP2 firewall) - images will still be able to be hotlinked to the Forums (within our domain).
2) disable right-click functionality (double-edged sword as it also prevents the rightful owner from using right-click to see the image properties/URL for embedding into the Forums)
3) disable downloading of pictures from Gallery.
Once we have those features implemented on the Gallery server, the pictures are "safer" but leechers can still take a screenshot (an extra step?).
So, in short, there's no totally foolproof way (well, there is, but it cost $$$ and everyone has to install a viewer program on their PC) to prevent leeching of images.
There's only a couple of things that we as Admins/Mods of this site (and the affected member) can do:-
1. Email/contact Sammyboy owner (Samuel Leong) and request that the offending posts/threads are removed.
2. Edit the links (replace with a JPG that basically says "Image removed" or something) or remove the images from your site.
Thats it - not a lot more that we can do.
Technically speaking, since the images are stored on a site which is not controlled by us, we cannot stop hotlinking to the images.
We can control hotlinking if the files are stored in a server in a ***.clubsnap.org/com domain; but even then, that doesn't stop the leechers from downloading the images and storing them somewhere else.
At the moment, we are working on a couple of things that we can control on our Gallery server which is :-
1) disable hotlinking (which is currently *not* enabled due to some issue with firewalls, notable Win XP SP2 firewall) - images will still be able to be hotlinked to the Forums (within our domain).
2) disable right-click functionality (double-edged sword as it also prevents the rightful owner from using right-click to see the image properties/URL for embedding into the Forums)
3) disable downloading of pictures from Gallery.
Once we have those features implemented on the Gallery server, the pictures are "safer" but leechers can still take a screenshot (an extra step?).
So, in short, there's no totally foolproof way (well, there is, but it cost $$$ and everyone has to install a viewer program on their PC) to prevent leeching of images.
We will re-implement the Hotlinking Protection for the Gallery server sometime today.nightwolf75 said:
It was turned off due to some issues that members were having with their firewall setups.
Please note that we can only control hotlinking if the images are stored within the ClubSNAP domains (clubsnap.org/.com/.net/.com.sg) and we cannot help you if your image is hosted elsewhere (eg pbase, photobucket, your own domain )
This also does not address the ability of the leecher to *download* the picture and store it on his/her own server/image storage elsewhere.
Actually, you can make it hard for the leechers by chopping up your pics into small pieces and use code to rearrange them to display them.... example, divide your pics into 10 x 10 squares. Say your image is 600x400 pixels. You chop it into 100 pieces of 60x40 pixels and label them randomly! No way the leecher is gonna take the trouble to download 100 pieces and then link them together again. hahaha!
afiend
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Zplus said:Actually, you can make it hard for the leechers by chopping up your pics into small pieces and use code to rearrange them to display them.... example, divide your pics into 10 x 10 squares. Say your image is 600x400 pixels. You chop it into 100 pieces of 60x40 pixels and label them randomly! No way the leecher is gonna take the trouble to download 100 pieces and then link them together again. hahaha!
:thumbsup:
Brilliant method, feasible to implement with some coding.
Sad to hear that, hotlinking and leeching of model photos do happen now and then since the formation of Clubsnap.
Some ways...
1) Disable Right Click
http://www.google.com.sg/search?hl=en&q=disable+right+click&meta=
2) Stop hotlinking to others sites using your server control panel
3) Don't post
4) Password protect
5) Use Macromedia Flash, mask out the URL links.
These are some of the ways but not fool-proof. There still web/images grabber to grab images using software without visiting your websites, screen capture, etc
You can't stop them but to minimize the damage to some extent..
Some ways...
1) Disable Right Click
http://www.google.com.sg/search?hl=en&q=disable+right+click&meta=
2) Stop hotlinking to others sites using your server control panel
3) Don't post
4) Password protect
5) Use Macromedia Flash, mask out the URL links.
These are some of the ways but not fool-proof. There still web/images grabber to grab images using software without visiting your websites, screen capture, etc
You can't stop them but to minimize the damage to some extent..
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