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Posted by Robert Moir on February 1, 2006, 6:04 am
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> Byron Hynes [MS] wrote:
>> I suspect that Serkan does not claim English as his first language.
>>
>> I think his question is "How can I prevent anyone from copying
>> pictures displayed on my MSN Spaces blog site." If that is the
>> question, the answer,
>> unfortunately, is that you really can't. You can use MSN spaces
>> permissions to
>> restrict who can see your Space, but, basically, if they can see the
>> photos
>> on your Space, they can save a copy.
>>
>> I know that some of the photo sites claim to block users from
>> saving/downloading photos. However, this is done with client-side
>> Javascript or custom controls (usually ActiveX) or embedded
>> applciations like Flash. I believe that these could be defeated by a
>> knowledgable client, and I also do not
>> believe they are supported by MSN Spaces. However, I'm not a Spaces
>> expert (or
>> in that division), so I recommend their team blog
>> (http://spaces.msn.com/thespacecraft/), FAQ
>>
(http://spaces.msn.com/thespacecraft/Blog/cns!1pBU8QRvZvOfXG4QTjpv_GFg!2840.entry)
>> and the Spaces "Learn" function.
>> The entry on permissions is at
>> http://spaces.msn.com/mmm2006-01-16_18.44/#
>
> Knowledgable client could be as simple as "screenshot".
Yep - or as complicated as a tool i've seen recently that lets you extract
"resources", including pictures obviously, from flash files.
If you publish content, you have to assume determined people will download
it. Perhaps watermarking might help protect a picture to some degree?
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