RE: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images

2001-07-04 Thread Jesse S. Williams
Well- The best form of protection against this that I have seen is on Microsoft's satellite imaging server (can't remember the name off hand, if someone else can, post it please!) Basically it uses Java to display a satellite snapshot and it's broken in pieces (so it's easy to navigate west or

RE: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images

2001-07-04 Thread John Meyer
On Wed, 04 Jul 2001, ..s.c.o.t.t.. wrote: there are two answers to this: 1) it cannot be done. as long as that image is on the person's computer screen, it is physically impossible to prevent that person from saving the image and using it. (a simple tap of the print screen will take a

Re: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images

2001-07-04 Thread Todd Cary
At http://www.floatographs.com , I reduce the resolution and put a watermark in the JPEG. Not very clever, but it works. Todd P.S. The site is using PHP and Interbase plus a lot of help from all of you folks!! Many thanks -- Todd Cary Ariste Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General

RE: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images

2001-07-03 Thread MRossland
I don't remember exactly the code on how to do it, but you have have the images placed in a folder outside the server's public document tree (like you would do with includes) ... that way, I couldn't link directly to your pic. As for stopping someone from right clicking on the image and doing a

Re: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images

2001-07-03 Thread mike cullerton
on 7/3/01 6:36 PM, rodrigo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is probably more of a client side programming issue rather than something that has to do with PHP. But I figure that some of you might have something meaningful to comment. I need a way to prevent the download of some images in a

RE: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images

2001-07-03 Thread Peter Houchin - SunRentals Australia
yeah use macromedia's flash is One way there is a java script way ... but i think that basically just stops people right clicking the page -Original Message- From: rodrigo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 10:37 AM To: php php Subject: [PHP] How to

Re: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images

2001-07-03 Thread Aral Balkan
I bought (it was something like $5-10) a java class called imageProtect from Liquid Cool Research (their new page is http://www.liquidcoolresearch.com/) a long time ago and I just checked on their site -- it doesn't seem to be on sale any more. It worked for me (basically it was just java loading

Re: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images

2001-07-03 Thread antipode
rodrigo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need a way to prevent the download of some images in a web page. I also require that these images be presented within the web page. That is, I don' want them to be displayed in another window. They should remain embedded in the web page along with the rest

Re: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images

2001-07-03 Thread John Meyer
On Tue, 03 Jul 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rodrigo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need a way to prevent the download of some images in a web page. I also require that these images be presented within the web page. That is, I don' want them to be displayed in another window. They should

RE: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images

2001-07-03 Thread ..s.c.o.t.t..
there are two answers to this: 1) it cannot be done. as long as that image is on the person's computer screen, it is physically impossible to prevent that person from saving the image and using it. (a simple tap of the print screen will take a screenshot on windows machines, as someone else

Re: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images

2001-07-03 Thread Aral Balkan
if that image is viewable on the computer monitor, it's impossible to protect it if someone wants to steal it bad enough. True, and I have friends who are professional photographers who actually *don't* want to protect their images in this way. It is much more profitable to be able to log who

Re: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images

2001-07-03 Thread Victor SpÄng Arthursson
There is only one way to prevent people from steeling images, and that is to print a logo all over the image: http://www.agefotostock.com/age/sueco/enim01.asp?foto=29580light= If you write a javascript that disables the right mouse button, I'ld be able to steel it anyway cause I'm a Mac user