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    How can I protect the images in my photo gallery from being copied, downloaded and used by others?

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    Arnel C
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    Thanks for your question about protecting images from being copied on the internet.  Basically, there are few things that you can do to protect images from being copied.  The first option available in a cPanel environment is called Hotlink protection.  It will help keep people from linking to your images.  If you’re unfamiliar with it, then you should consult with your web host’s documentation.  Secondly, you should watermark your images.  Images that are watermarked will often not be used.  You can also look for plugins that disable the right-click option so that people can’t click on your images.  Finally, you can also add a copyright to the page that may help to discourage people from taking content from you.  You can find more specific information on this topic in this article.  You should also keep in mind that if you have valuable images/content that you don’t want people to copy then you should use either a thumbnail or low resolution version representing the image, or not publish it on the internet.  As much as ALL of these steps can be used to help prevent people from copying your images, it is far too easy to bypass it using capture software or even the basic capture options on a PC or Mac.  Hope that helps!

     

     

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