Copying Photos

  • andysmart6866 · Member ·

    Hi there

    I have looked at the various suggestions made by wordpress about people wo may copy my photos I post on my blog.

    Merely posting a copyright on my blog or putting a water mark on each photo is wholly inadequate protection against theft.

    I am quite shocked at how limited this is with wordpress as it is a well known website all over the world. My albums on Flickr are all safe and cannot be copied.
    How come people can just swoop down and ‘save as’ my images.
    I value all my images and they have always been safe on Flickr until now.
    They are professional images that I’ve taken after years of travelling.

    I paid good money for this blogsite.

    Help please

    Andy

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • notawoodpecker · Member ·

    My albums on Flickr are all safe and cannot be copied.

    Wrong. Flicks from Flickr can be copied just as easily as from any other site.

    That’s just how computers work.

  • andysmart6866 · Member ·

    Hi there…….

    Right: you can copy from anything that is unprotected on Flickr including all thumbnails. However, you can set up your sets so if someone tries to right-click and ‘save as’ it will say “This photo is copy right reserved”.

    Anything similar to that here?

    Help please?

    Cheers

  • 1tess · Moderator Emeritus ·

    Well, banning the easy “right-click” to “save as” is not so difficult to over-ride if one is even mildly determined to copy a picture.

    As for wp.com, no, there is not any such impediment at all.

    You could publish only very small thumbnails, or use watermarks.

  • andysmart6866 · Member ·

    Cheers for the feedback.

    Happy Christmas to you :)

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