dear people of flickr (and the rest of the don’t-steal-my-shit-people),
please end the attempts to protect your pictures online – people can save them anyways. what i do (if you don’t know how to already) is read the source code, get the image url and copy and paste it into the browser. so i can just browse right to it. now, i know most people suck – and people are just trying to claim your work as their own – i don’t do that. i even give credit when i can… but if you don’t want it being taken, don’t put it out there. it’s just the nature of the beast. plus, how else do you think all the tumblr people survive? duh.
i mean, you could watermark i suppose… but it’s super easy to blur/rubber stamp and blend…
anyways! there are always ways around your “don’t steal” things. that also goes for the “no right click” people… not only can people screen shot your stuff, but you can also simply disable javascript and have a free for all… (oh come on, the majority of these people don’t even own the shit on their websites anyways…)
gosh, you would think that having to take the extra step would deter one from doing such awful things, but no… it doesn’t. it’ll never discourage anyone… not me, or anyone else in the millions of other online image embracing people, lol.
i know it’s annoying, and a hard idea to really grasp – i’m sure it might even enrage you – but the truth is… your shit isn’t safe, and it never will be… just save everyone the trouble of the next step, and just stop the protecting, it’s just silly.
sorry i’m the one that has to break the news if you didn’t know – but look at it this way, as well as supplying the world – you’re also “inspiring” people! i collage a lot, so that’s why i do it…
love, the web nerd.