Customer wants “inaccessible images” on the website

Question

I need a method to make the product images on the website "naked" - I won’t be able to drag them to the desktop or right-click and save.

They should also be links and are in the javascript scrollable viewer ( http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex4/stepcarousel.htm )

Any ideas?

Thanks Stef

Answer 1

If you do not want people to copy images, do not put them on a website. Nothing stops screen capturing people, let alone disabling JavaScript or viewing an HTML source to find image locations.

The best you can do is put watermarks on them so that they understand where they are from.

Answer 2

Forget about it. You can turn off the right click and save and do a ton of other tricks (for example, use them in the background image), but a simple screenshot will make them useless.

I would try to convince the client that this cannot be achieved, and that their copyrights should be protected, say, often by surfing the Internet for any errors and, possibly, adding a watermark to the images shown.

Answer 3

To view the image, it must be on your computer. And if it is on their computer, they may find a way to get it.

Answer 4

There are several ways to imitate this, but it is not possible to completely stop users from downloading images.

You can:

• Disable right click using javascript
• Overlay a transparent gif or png on an image (flickr does this)
• Set the image as the background image of the container whose width and height are equal to the image of the image.

Answer 5

You can cut off the image in some parts that touch and create the whole picture. Thus, the user will lose their interest in trying to right-click on the saved image.

And many people stop trying after the first unsuccessful attempt to copy the image.

In addition, the PrintScreen button works almost everywhere except for video streaming. (not based on flash) You can try to open a movie using MediaPlayer classic, for example, and try to click the PrintScreen button - there is a black screen in the clipboard, not a frame from the movie. Maybe there is a way to use this in your case.

edit: Here is another suggestion, but isn't it that the technology is independent. I think that you can create a special limited .pdf file that does not allow copying both files and text. Not sure about PrintScreen.

Answer 6

It is impossible to stop them with images, they can just press PRINT SCREEN and voila, done.

It’s best to put a transparent flag on it to prevent right-clicking, but it won’t stop anyone but the most random users, and will random users really want to copy your images in the first place?

Answer 7

For images to be displayed on the user's screen, they must be loaded into the browser cache. Anyone who is slightly knowledgeable can extract images from the cache.

It is best to use an image watermark to make it unusable in any other context. A watermark places an image or text in the actual text that is visible. Although this will not stop people from copying the image, it will make it difficult to use them in a different context.

You need to work with a client to understand why they want the images to be “unaffected”, and then to tell them how the Internet technology works.

Answer 8

You can make it harder (but not impossible) by using something like Microsoft Rights Management Services with IE. The Active Directory infrastructure is usually used - not suitable for a public site, but only for an intranet.

Answer 9

The only good way to do this is to either display images using only css. (This view does not allow people who do not know anything about browsers by right-clicking and saving images as ... just enough for that. However, this will not stop the advanced user from looking at css and go directly to the URL to save the image Thus, the only good way to keep people from your images is a watermark.) Good luck.

Answer 10

"Solution" for the screenshot problem: the image is animated $ any, and each frame displays a different part of the image ...

If the user has enough time, he can get the key to the whole image, while the copier will often have to print a screen and combine photos ...

Perhaps we need magic ink printers with a crypto chip right in our heads?

Answer 11

A decent solution to use would be Copy Safe . Works for both images and videos. It does not currently support MAC. You can restrict MAC users to an intermediate solution.