Tips and Techniques to Protect Images on the Internet

Protecting Images - Put plain and simple: the only way to protect your images from being downloaded or stolen off the internet is to not put them online in the first place. While I put this fact out there as blunt as possible, there are several image protection techniques we can use to make website downloads and image theft much harder. Of course, image theft can be defined in a number of ways, and its definition - and hence measures (if any) taken to prevent it - will depend upon the individual.
There are many ways to protect images, ranging from modifying the image itself (tips 1-3), to preventing webpages downloads (tips 4-8), to being pro-active in finding unauthorized usage of images online (tips 9-10). And while I discuss many common types of image protection, there are likely many others that I do not mention. A few of the techniques mentioned in this article are directed more towards individuals with both their own webpage and a knowledge in website design (these tips are marked with an *), several can be used for image protection on photo sharing website's such as smugmug, flickr, pbase, and webshots.

Please click over to Greg Cope's article at Nature Focused about Website Image Protection

Greg also provides links to other Resources on Image Protection:
US Library of Congress - United States Copyright office for copyright registration.
Stolen Content - Content protection and what to do in case of theft.
Wildlifephoto - Jan Allinder's article on Image Protection.
Nature Photographers.net - Protecting images on the web.
Greg also provides very useful information about Copyright
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A copyright is a form of protection provided by law that prevents the use of a piece of work, and the copyright owner the person who originally created that work (please visit the United States Copyright Office for more information). In almost every case, if you push the shutter button you hold the copyright. However, it is always advisable to register a copyright of your images with the United States Library of Congress or a similar entity in the country where you reside. While this will not prevent images from being downloaded and/or stolen, it will give you proof that you are the copyright owner. Registering is easy, cheap, and can be done in batch (eg you can register several images, such as "Photographic Works of - First Quarter, 2008").
There is no international copyright law which provides immediate protection for an artist against unauthorized usage: however most countries have copyright laws that pertain in that country. Protection is also provided internationally through the Berne Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Property (Berne Convention) and the Universal Copyright Convention (UCC). For more information on international copyright laws, please visit the US Copyright Office International Copyright webpage.

and much more.
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