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Old 08-09-2010, 05:16 AM  
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Originally Posted by Ann-Angelcom View Post
We tried a similar script that was written by Manny from Isprime. We actually had the script write the user names on the images in random locations, all over the image, in 3 various spots per image. The pirates are not affected by the script because they don't use conventional ways to get into the sites, therefore they are able to still download the images essentially without the script "seeing" them and it never ends up writing anything on the images.

Good idea, but won't work! What needs to be done, is we need to know how they are accessing the sites, then find ways to block that.
Because you're fighting the wrong people.

You will never win against true PIRATES. You will never win against torrents and file sharing.

You can however, win against the average Joe who shares your galleries with everyone else. Joe usually doesn't know how to crop images and the few who do, either won't bother or don't care. You can cut tubes and board sharing way down. But fighting professional pirates is a losing battle.

Don't stop fighting, keep chipping away at the stone. Even a 20% reduction is HUGE.
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