In article <tgumi1piqgti4r17qdcs5th2jmmre1gld7_at_4ax.com>, Paul_at_nonet.com
says...
> I?m close to launching a brand new site that my wife and I
> have worked very hard to build that contains beautiful pictures and
> text (stories).
> It just happened that somebody stole one page of my primary business?
> website and used it for his own, so I realize that I better think
> about copyright issues before launching the new one and being robbed
> again.
>
> (BTW, I am not sure about what to do about the stolen page me an
> entire big page from my primary business site, to use it in his own
> (this just happened and I?m not sure what I?m going to do), now I
> realize that I?m not going to upload my brand new site,containing
> hundreds of beautiful pictures I took after traveling all around the
> world, just to be robed again, so my questions are:
>
> I just checked the Digimarc site and I like what thy offer. They have
> 3 pricing levels: Portfolio, Collection, and Professional, and only
> the more expensive ?Professional? assures the ?tracking? option. Is
> this important?
>
> Does this mean that Digimarc does the tracking or they offer the tools
> so I do the tracking? Can I do the tracking myself?
>
> I do not have many images, so I?ll prefer to go with the less
> expensive Collection (3000 images).
>
> Besides the pictures, what to do next to have the best protection
> regarding the entire home site itself?
>
> What to do to protect/Copyright not only my pictures, but my
> home site design, text and others as well?
>
> I?ll appreciate any help regarding this matter, and of course you
> are going the first to know as soon my new site is ready to see.
>
> (BTW: I am not sure what to do about the unauthorized use of my other
> website.
> I called the thief and he reacted like an idiot, saying that maybe I
> stole from his webmaster instead. Do I need to call a lawyer?)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Paul
>
Anything you produce is automatically copyright. To protect yourself
you need to *register* your copyright. You make a copy in a suitable
format, fill in an application and pay the fee to the copyright office.
You also should put a copyright notice on every page and every picture
on your site.
Digimarc and similar products allow you to track who is using your
images.
To enforce your copyright is a separate issue. The first step is to
notify the infringer and ask them to stop. This sometimes works.
If they refuse you will need a lawyer. At this point you have to
consider if the legal costs will be greater than the economic loss.
Most probably they will be.
Make your pictures online small and low resolution so they can't be used
for most purposes.
There are several techniques that make it harder to copy or link to
images from a web site. You need to have access to your web sites
configuration file to make these changes. They are also of limited
effectiveness.
If you are annoyed think about the music and film producers...
