Coppermine, protecting photos

itsjustme · 10-21-2006, 09:26 PM

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I'm looking through the documentation for Coppermine Photo Gallery, but I haven't yet come across a config setting to turn off the View Image part of right clicking an image.

I want people to be able to see the image, but not View it in a new window where it can be saved.

Any experienced Copperminers out there?

Thanks...

bennie-smith.net

Simon Bridge · 10-22-2006, 02:59 AM

Ah - you want people to be able to look through a gallery of images online, but you don't want them to be able to save them when they see them.

I have occasionally found the "save image as" option disabled in the right-click menue, however this has been very very unusual.

What is to stop folk from getting the screenshot (for eg) or otherwise circumventing your precautions?

Why not licence your images under (say) a creative-commons licence?

Have you tried the support forum for coppermine? Presumably you've read the entry in the FAQ ... in what way does this not do what you want?

itsjustme · 10-23-2006, 07:32 PM

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I was just looking at the documentation in the app, I hadn't gone to the web site looking for a FAQ. But, now I do see this:

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How can I prevent users from saving (stealing) my pictures?

You can not completely prevent users from stealing your pics - that's the way the www works: if a picture is being displayed in the browser, the user already has a copy of it on his hard drive. There are however some methods to make it harder for newbie users to steal your pics:

* Add a watermark to your images before you upload them
* Apply one of the watermark-hacks: Coppermine support board / mods / Watermarking hack (w/ ImageMagick), Coppermine support board / mods / Watermark on a per image basis (GD), Coppermine support board / mods / Permanent Watermark with GD2. Please note that those hacks will result in a high server load, as the watermark is applied to a picture each time a users views the picture in his browser.
* Prevent Internet Explorer to show the image toolbar when a user hovers over a pic with the mouse. Edit themes/yourtheme/template.html, find <meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" /> and add after it <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no" />
* Use one of the many "no right-click" scripts that are available (e.g. Coppermine support board / mods / no right-click or codelifter.com: no right-click)

I'll look into that when I get a chance. The Coppermine I'm using is installed with Fantastico via my web host. I'll have to find out what I have to do to make any changes.

I was just hoping for an easy Config box to check.

Also, I understand that a screenshot can be taken, but most people won't be doing that. Whereas a simple right-click, save is quick and easy.