The stealing has to stop - Page 4 - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

TopFloor · 11-15-2009, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zinsco

Please tell me you didn't actually send this moronic letter to anybody.

dld · 11-18-2009, 05:43 PM

one choice is

Atom Park TagsLock Pro

search the web for it

" Disable right mouse button clicks to prevent surfers from seeing the properties of your pages and saving the images. An excellent resource for web masters of Adult Sites
" Insert a copyright string into the html page source

Elite1 · 11-18-2009, 06:32 PM

Happens to us all the time. I hate to say it but its probably not going to stop there... At least you know that your doing a good enough job that people are coping you.
http://www.eliteroofingwi.com/

480sparky · 11-18-2009, 06:36 PM

OK, I'm technologically challenged. If I find someone has my original work on their web site, I know I can ask them to remove it or face legal action.

Problem: How do I prove my work is the original and they copied me instead of the other way around?

Also, how do I found out where a given website is hosted, so I can contact them and ask it to be removed?

Again, I'm not a computer geek.

manny1602 · 11-20-2009, 06:44 PM

Search for network tools. The first google search result is the one I use.
Just type in the domain name and hit search. That will give you the hosting company and their abuse phone number and email address.

If you have the original pictures of your work you win.

brooksto · 11-22-2009, 04:20 PM

have run into image stealing many times. Unfortunately if it can be viewed it can be copied. Disabling right click and the like will thrwart maybe the computer illiterate, but there are other ways and programs that can be used. If it can be viewed it can be copied. Only solution I have found is putting a semi transparent watermark over the whole image or diagonally running down the image every so often. I dont like doing it because I feel it detracts from the image but ya gotta do what ya gotta do sometimes.

brooklynite · 11-22-2009, 09:20 PM

Put your pictures in a FLASH slide show and that makes it much harder to simply copy and paste. Suddenly the number of people who know how to copy and paste from a regular site vs a flash site drops from 90% to 2% of your site's visitors.

delavan · 12-10-2009, 08:24 PM

You will never win this war. This is normal practice on the internet. Next time put a visible watermark on your jpeg. Put a watermark with your real website
Next time you will have more visitors for free :-)

basswood · 12-11-2009, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kuba

Thats why I dont post my work here at all....

If everyone took your approach, this forum would be worthless.

I post photos of anything that others might find useful. I have no trade secrets and I am not worried about having photos or ideas ripped off. This is a place for sharing information to improve the trades.

Regards,

Basswood

basswood · 12-12-2009, 11:32 AM

Thought I should add that it is reasonable to be miffed when someone claims your work as their own. It is also good to be vigilant about poachers in your local market.

I'm no marketing guru (just got a basic starter website going last month), but I think that few leads will come my way from the web. I think of it as something for potential customers to look at between the initial phone call and the first meeting, or between the first meeting and closing the deal... mostly the website just helps to set the hook.

I like to think that few people will rip off my photos and pretend to be me... If you steal my identity, you should know you get two teenagers, lots of bills, and you have to take out the trash for Thursday pick up.

Bass