arampan
Posts: 196
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Registered: 9 Oct 2005
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Stopping image theft
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 8:26 GMT
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I've recently encountered a Spanish website that's linking my VRs directly off my server and using them for their article. I don't understand a word of Spanish and I can't seem to contact them. I've used the "domain lock" option but they're still able to use my VRs. I ended up adding a message into the VR to try and stop them. Any way to prevent future occurences?
Have a look at the website here:
www.arq.com.mx/noticias/Detalles/10616.html?utm_s...
Anyone able to read spanish, able to tell me how to contact them?
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Hans Nyberg
Posts: 2760
Location: Denmark
Registered: 28 Aug 2005
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 8:44 GMT
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Unfortunately this is the result of the Youtube era.
Lots of sites permit this, including many Panorama sites and some blogs and news sites seems not to understand that they can not do it with everything they find.
I suggest you to send them a large bill.
Normal is to ad 100% to the price for unauthorized use.
Hans
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Sid
Posts: 97
Location: Athens, Greece
Registered: 4 Nov 2009
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 8:54 GMT
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Do a google search for stopping hot linking of your images/swf files
this basically prevents people from stealing your bandwidth
it requires you make some changes to your .htaccess file
a sample tutorial can be found here
altlab.com/htaccess_tutorial.html
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arampan
Posts: 196
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Registered: 9 Oct 2005
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Sid
Posts: 97
Location: Athens, Greece
Registered: 4 Nov 2009
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 9:56 GMT
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yes it comes in very handy..
I use this .htaccess code for a forum i run.
its annoying when people steal your bandwidth..
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Peter Stark
Posts: 389
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Registered: 12 Sep 2007
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 10:20 GMT
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oooo I like that; subtle and to the point 
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Paul Thomas
Posts: 133
Location: Sunny South East UK, United Kingdom
Registered: 7 Nov 2007
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 11:43 GMT
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That's a worthwhile piece of code and wished FLICKR would do the same 
Arampan, good on you for shaming them on their website! At last a useful tool in protecting our content 
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vn2009
Posts: 263
Location: duluth mn, United States
Registered: 24 Sep 2009
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 13:13 GMT
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krpano has krprotect. can set expiration dates on panos and it has a domain locking feature. panos can only be viewed from the domains on the list.
you already found a solution but it would work in the same fashion. i also like that it will encrypt your source code so noone can even read it.
fpp will probably have this feature with version 3 comes out.
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Guest
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 16:02 GMT
updated: 14 Mar 2011 at 16:13 GMT
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One of the links on their site for fullscreen view is this here:
www.singaporevr.com/vrs/HendersonWave/HendersonWa...
That's a direct link to your site, so it's not hotlinking theft... but it also displays the warning message.
Checked by going to your site, and indeed this security is a bit too strict, since it displays the warning message here:
www.singaporevr.com/vrs/HendersonWave/HendersonWa...
If you can make it so that visiting the panos/images on your site, while displaying the warning on hotlinked sites, it would be a very nice way to discredit the image thieves.
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arampan
Posts: 196
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Registered: 9 Oct 2005
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 23:10 GMT
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Hi Trausti,
Actually, none of my VRs are ever displayed just as SWF files. They are always displayed with the banner and menu. I think that if thay had just provided the usual HTML link, that warning massage would not appear.
Can you re-confirm that this link is also giving you a warning massage? It should be displaying correctly
www.singaporevr.com/vrs/HendersonWave/HendersonWa...
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jimmyd
Posts: 171
Location: United States
Registered: 6 Nov 2004
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 23:45 GMT
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I took a look....no warning message on that one.
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Guest
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 23:50 GMT
updated: 14 Mar 2011 at 16:13 GMT
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Now it displays the panorama, but with a warning message inside the pano... which would be good if it wasn't on your own site.
I visited the robber site in mexico, and they have changed their site... no links to your panos there now 
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DennisS
Posts: 1210
Location: Los Anglels, United States
Registered: 1 Sep 2007
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 17 Mar 2010 at 0:09 GMT
updated: 17 Mar 2010 at 0:14 GMT
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The panorama displays just fine without any warning messages.
Earlier today I posted a comment using their form saying "Way to steal someone else's panoramas". That may have gotten their attention. I see that there are many more comments now listed, all with praise. Imagine that, editing your public comments so people only see the positive.
They have replaced your panoramas with static pictures. What was the full screen link is now a link to what I think in an album of their own pictures. (could be someone else's pictures, you never know until the author finds them)
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arampan
Posts: 196
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Registered: 9 Oct 2005
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 17 Mar 2010 at 1:43 GMT
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Those still photos are works from Singapore photographers too. I've posted about them in my local forum and left it to the respective photographers to contact them.
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Peter Patricelli
Posts: 154
Location: Eugene, OR, United States
Registered: 20 Dec 2006
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Re: Stopping image theft
Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 13:11 GMT
updated: 18 Mar 2010 at 13:12 GMT
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Is it just the devil in me or would it occur to anyone else to post up or link to some really disgusting content at those addresses and reconfigure my site?
Oops, my id got away from me there.
Peter Patricelli
www.flyfishingfotography.com
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