Simple solution to this would be to block (blacklist) that url on your .htaccess file so that it can't access the images on your server.... Or even better... you could create a whitelist of sites where YOU do post your work-logs and allow only those sites to access the images on your server.... I'd bet it would be easier to add a whitelist of say 20 sites than try to blacklist all the abussive ones out there.
I'll try that.Thanks! I read up on .htaccess some time ago and it only spoke of white listing. I couldn't find anything in my web provider's help section on black listing. White listing would be a nightmare because I have posted photos all over the 'net in the last seven years. Might be best though. Thanks.
You could use photoshop/GIMP add your website addy to every image as a watermark in the corner, a small actionscript would do the job.
To stop hotlinking from sites you have not allowed: Code: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(.+\.)?myspace\.com/ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(.+\.)?blogspot\.com/ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(.+\.)?livejournal\.com/ [NC] RewriteRule .*\.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2806/hotlink.gif [L] * replace the myspace\.com/ part with the url of the site you want to block. You can add as many lines (sites) as you wish to block.
I started using watermarks in my latest project. Found this today... http://www.casemods.ru/news796/ Cropped out all my watermarks. I'm not surprised really. Talentless hacks tend to migrate to other skills. I suppose these photos will be used to promote kiddie porn next week. жертва аборта
Not sure how it works, but it is possible to digitally encode a signature into files so that the signature can't be removed without destroying the file and it doesn't impinge on the image as water marks can... Will have a word with my brother about it some time (he's doing a PhD in video encoding so it's in his general ball park) I have a hunch that it'll require a file type a bit more sophisticated than .jpg though.
Sadly, a digital signature doesn't show up where it counts. The average browser will never notice it. I'd really hate it if you had to watermark through the center of your pics. I can't stand that type of watermark. ...wonder if you can add an alpha mask to a .jpg...
Ive seen a different technique used in the past, not sure if it is still valid, but here goes. For each picture, you layer the images on your page, with 2 images of the exact same dimensions. the bottom layer is the actual image you want to show, but the top image has the 'name' of the photo but is nothing more than an image of checkerboard squares that are all transparent. Your actual photo needs to be named something randomish, and is buried in the html code near the bottom of the page information. The net effect is that 'right clicking' on a picture will allow them to 'save as' etc just like normal, but they save a blank image of the correct dimensions. this won't really stop everyone, but it might help out some. Nano
Erase the part which will have the watermark behind it, once the waterwark is rubbed out the shapes of the letters will remain in white
That's just lazyness and a defensive excuse. I see that you're still serving images to that allquest site. If you don't want to block hotlinking, at least block them as a referrer. And just because content is posted on a forum doesn't mean that it lost is copyright protection. I know I'm late to the discussion, but congrats on getting those sites taken down.
Re: the latest one with cropped watermarks.. he does reference to you in the text. Googletranslate states: "Greetings to all who knows what the Dremel. A prominent representative of Western modding scene under the name slipperyskip recently finished his new project called Level Twelve. The name is certainly not accidental - Modder already produced the second building on the grounds Corps level 10. . At this time the project was designed specially for the competition from Lenovo, so the basis was taken as a miniature PC Lenovo H320, which is able to accommodate all but the most necessary. . As in the case of level eleven design idea was taken from the body level 10. The main material was wood. Housing is essentially divided into two functional parts. The first is itself a miniature Lenovo H320, and the second is a kind of stand on which the power button, extra connectors and slim DVD drive. So, take a look at photos of modding and results:"
Thanks for that. Sounds interesting and a complete waste of time. I agree about covering the subject of a photo with a watermark. Doesn't make much sense to spend all that time trying to produce a flawless project only to deface it with an intentional flaw. These skills I do not have and wish to never have. Thanks for sharing. Others reading might benefit. Sounds like some lost art form. Cool. Thanks. I wish I had all that time spent doing it back. I find that blocking individual hot-linkers to be very difficult and they always figure a way around it if they want to. Sometimes I think that allowing hot-linking is better than straight-up theft. At least I have some control over it whether I exercise it or not. Yes. That makes it odd. They didn't provide a link to my site and cropped my photos but mentioned me in the article so I'm guessing these aren't the smartest people. The slipperyskip is what triggered the Google Alertt and led me to the site. Maybe just a habit? Maybe they just crop everything they post to their site as a policy. I don't know.
If they are too lazy to erase the EXIF data from your images you could put identifying information in there for google to catch. Seems to imply google does look at it. http://www.labnol.org/tech/google-images-reading-exif-data/14211/
Latest round of scumbaggery...this time from the Chinese. I copied these instead of linking. No sense in giving them any traffic. Interesting blurry effect to cover my watermark. I guess they call that innovation in China.
Sorry to hear that it's happening again. It is a pity they have gained a few brain cells and have learned how to host the image themselves. Way back, when everyone just hot-linked images, it was much easier to "resolve" said problems with a simple image swap
