From: Joe Ortenzi
Sent: 21 December 2007 07:32
Why not simply make people register for it? Then you
have their details and if you make the registration
process intelligent, they will be aware they are being
tracked and more likely to behave. All sorts of benefits
and if the discussion
Dear All,
Many thanks for all the feedback on this question. It really serves to
back up my own opinions and the message that I have been trying to
convey to the client.
As someone mentioned - the client is sure that they had 'seen it done
somewhere'. My own view is along the lines of
Nick Roper wrote:
We have been asked by a client whether it is possible to any extent to
prevent/deter users from copying content from a particular web page.
The best solution I can think of is to implement a policy to cover that
content. Either get the user to sign a non-disclosure
Nick Roper wrote:
Hi,
We have been asked by a client whether it is possible to any extent to
prevent/deter users from copying content from a particular web page.
Apart from putting copyright information on it and relying on visitors
integrity to not plagiarize it there is not a great deal
It's rather off-topic, but more to the point it's impossible, and your
main task at this point is to explain to your client why even trying to
do it is pointless and silly. If they can see the text, the text is on
their computer.
As Andrew said, either they want their information on the web or
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:48:17 +, Nick Roper wrote:
Is this possible to achieve in a way that is standards-compliant - or
indeed in any way at all? One suggestion has been to apply a
transparent image over the results table - but not sure if this could
be done with CSS etc?
You can make
Nick,
in general, the web is designed to allow people to copy and paste
freely. Web Standards are, by and large, designed to support the maximum
interchange of information. So, in my opinion, you can't do this using
web standards.
That said: you could output the results into an XML file off the
Hi
This is an oft asked question by a lot of clients and relies on a basic
misundertanding of how documents are passed around the internet.
Basically, it is impossible (see examples below). If you don't want
information copied from your web page then don't put in on the web. period.
: James Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [WSG] Preventing copying of text from web page.
Hi
This is an oft asked question by a lot of clients and relies on a basic
misundertanding of how documents are passed around
- Original Message - From: James Ellis
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [WSG] Preventing copying of text from web page.
Hi
This is an oft asked question by a lot of clients and relies on a
basic
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