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Posted By: <b>Keith O'Leary</b><p>I'm currently in the throws of helping a guy out that has a vintage baseball card home page by scanning my Turkey Red set for him. The set will be accessable for viewing by anyone who visits his page. Is there anything I need to be concerned about? Thanks, Keith

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Posted By: <b>David</b><p>If the images are going to be very large, you might consider putting a small like of text in a corner or on an edge, like T206Museum does. Though people are less likely to counterfeit large cards like the Turkey Reds. I supspect that T206Museum adds the text to prevent someone else using them on another sight, rather than to prevent counterfeiting.

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Posted By: <b>David</b><p>Also, if you are worried about the images being copied, there is a simple computer code that can be inserted into a web page that mades it difficult, though not impossible, to copy/save any images. If interested, I can pass it on.

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Posted By: <b>Keith O'Leary</b><p>David, yes I'd like the code. The copying aspect was what I came to mind quickly. Thanks much for your input. Keith

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Posted By: <b>David</b><p>I already emailed Keith, but for the benefit of everyone ... One can simply cut and past the below text into the source of your website (put it near the top). This prevents the 'right click' function of the mouse or trackpad, which is the function used to save images, etc. You can change the "Not for copying" text to whatever message you want. When someone tries to save or copy an image, a button pops up with the message. Visit T206Museum.com to see how this fuction works. <BR><BR><BR><BR> &lt;SCRIPT language="JavaScript"&gt; &lt;!--<BR><BR>var message="Not for copying"<BR><BR><BR>function click(e) {<BR>if (document.all) {<BR>if (event.button == 2) {<BR>alert(message);<BR>return false;<BR>}<BR>}<BR>if (document.layers) {<BR>if (e.which == 3) {<BR>alert(message);<BR>return false;<BR>}<BR>}<BR>}<BR>if (document.layers) {<BR>document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);<BR>}<BR>document.onmousedown=click;<BR>// --&gt; &lt;/SCRIPT&gt;<BR>

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Posted By: <b>Tom</b><p>people can still push the 'printscreen' button and go to Microsoft word or other software, press the 'paste' button and then crop the picture down. Works..........with or without the given code.........<BR>

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Posted By: <b>Mike Williams</b><p>if the image is viewed in its entirety, would it be available via your cached files?

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>that explains why that damn message pops up all the time when I go to the t206 museum. I hate it becuase I do all my navigating with my mouse, not the buttons on my browser, so every time I try to right click to go back, I get that damn message. They need to learn to confine that funstions to the image itself instead of the whole page.It's bad enough to make me not want to go back to the site anymore becuase navigating is such a hassle for me.<BR><BR>Jay

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Posted By: <b>petecld</b><p>I use a Mac so I don't know if this is possible on a PC but. . . <BR><BR>When I hold my mouse button down while over one of the images on the T206 site and, while continuing to hold the mouse button, down drag it to my desk top it makes a copy of the image on the desktop and I can then open it in photo editing software. <BR><BR>. . . There Is a Way<BR><BR>Sad thing is, I don't really have the need for any of the images. it's just that after reading the posts I just felt challenged.<BR><BR>Yes, it's a slow Friday night as well.<BR>

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Posted By: <b>David</b><p>The script is not intended as a complete solution. It will not prevent all people from copying/saving the images. If you know what you are doing, you can copy the images. It will, however, make it more difficult (a pain in the butt to do) and prevent many to most people from taking the images. The average Joesephine will have no clue how to copy the images.<BR><BR>To protect the images, T206Museum both uses the script and puts a text on the images-- which may be the most prudent thing to do.

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Posted By: <b>runscott</b><p>because all images are cached, you are susceptible to any viruses attached to images in web pages you view, whether you download the images or not.