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Nancy OShea
Nancy OSheaCorrect answer
Community Expert
December 6, 2021

@pierre22113559wzfn,

There is no reliable way to prevent thieves who are intent on taking online images from your site.  But there are few ways you can deter them:  

  • Watermark images heavily with your URL.
  • Use low res images online.

 

The other option is to purchase digital barcoding service to protect your copyright.  Digital watermarks are not visible to humans and tracks where images are being used.  There is a Digimarc plugin available for Photoshop.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/digimarc-copyright-protection.html

 

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
December 6, 2021

@pierre22113559wzfn,

There is no reliable way to prevent thieves who are intent on taking online images from your site.  But there are few ways you can deter them:  

  • Watermark images heavily with your URL.
  • Use low res images online.

 

The other option is to purchase digital barcoding service to protect your copyright.  Digital watermarks are not visible to humans and tracks where images are being used.  There is a Digimarc plugin available for Photoshop.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/digimarc-copyright-protection.html

 

Hope that helps.

 

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Participant
December 7, 2021

Thak you Nancy for your answer.

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Legend
December 6, 2021

Or do you mean - changed on your web site?

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Legend
December 6, 2021

Do you mean taken and copied by "hacked"? If so, don't publish them on any web site. If it's on the web, it can be copied, shared, stolen, sold and hacked. 

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Participant
December 6, 2021

I actually meant "taken and copied" but, as you say, it will be the same on any site. I just hope that the quality of taken pictures won't be good enough for nice prints or files.

Thank you.

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