Image copying / Copyright

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hello,

 

I am thinking about making a program in C# that willl allow users to download and view pictures from my webserver. However i dont want people to be easily able to capture the pictures using some graphics editor like paint shop pro or Photoshop.

 

So could someone please give me some suggestions please?

 

I thought about using REAL Player cos that stops image captures and screen shots but the problem is that not everyone might have Real Player.

 

I am pretty sure i can disable the print screen key but wot other methods are there?

 

Thanx

[Volte]

It's not possible to completely stop people from doing this. Even if you stopped print-screen, a good screen-capture program would still do it. The only reason that print-screen doesn't get RealVideo is because the video uses the overlay features of the video card to display the video, so although they are displayed on the screen, it's not really being drawn on the desktop.

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Thanks, I understand that u can't stop ppl completly from copying images but i want to limit it as much as possible. My main concern was to stop Screen capture feature of Graphics programs to capture the images.

 

The only reason that print-screen doesn't get RealVideo is because the video uses the overlay features of the video card to display the video, so although they are displayed on the screen, it's not really being drawn on the desktop.

 

So Should i download the picture data and render it as a DirectX screen or something?

 

I just need someone to point me to the right path, thanks

[Volte]

Normally I would never give advice such as this, but I have to recommend against putting any amount of work into this at all. It will not do you any good at all, and certainly it won't protect anything. Even good screen capture programs can probably capture the video from RealVideo. If it is displayed on the screen, it's possible to capture quite easily. I wouldn't worry about it. If you don't want people to be able to use your images so badly, you should consider other forms of protection, such as watermarking.

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You mean putting a faded image over top with his name on it or something like that, right?

[Volte]

Watermark would be putting some sort of logo or text mark on top of the picture which, while not disrupting the look of the picture, makes it rather useless to others because it has your name on it.