Re: FN-FORUM: Representing art on the web

date posted 18th March 2008 12:29

Also, and I don't enjoy recommending this because I believe in open web
standards, you could try a flash-based applet to display the photo (with
the photo location hard-coded into the viewer rather than being referenced
by the HTML). This won't stop people from taking screenshots, but they
won't be able to right-click to save the image.

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> I don=B9t understand you - either they are honest representations or they
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> If they are not an exact represention, you are not depicting the original
> work and that may have repercussions
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> If you are asking this because you are worried that people may steal the
> images - I don=B9t think you will ever come up with a watertight detterant
> without resorting to ugly watermarking - I think that the pros of
> advertising outweigh the cons of theft - and the images are so small you
> cannot use them
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> There is something that slices the images into several bands, hence making
> downloading tedious, although not impossible
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> On 18/3/08 1:15 pm, "John Wooding" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>> Hi
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>> I've got an art gallery site to work on and am trying to resolve two
>> concerns : that art images be honest representations, and that the
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>> shown should not be exact copies.
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>> Watermarking is only for those with large funds to chase the thieves.
>> Superimposing a gallery logo might detract from the impression of
>> the image.
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>> Any suggestions on how to subtly alter images captured so that what is
>> displayed on the site is an honest representation without being
>> an exact representation?
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>> John=20
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