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[Jochen Fromm-4]

http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=23707

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[glen ep ropella]

Thus spake Jochen Fromm circa 11/21/2008 11:54 AM:
> http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=23707

That CopyNo mouseover is pretty annoying...  I wonder about things like
this.  Do they think such a thing actually prevents re-distribution of
the image?  Or are they just raising the bar a bit to avoid the lowest
form of criminal ... like locking your doors?

All you need do is turn off javascript or read the html and wget the
image.  Even if they created server-side, single hit, randomly named
image files, you can still browse your cache.  What's the point of the
annoying CopyNo mouseover?

--
glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://tempusdictum.com


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[Michael Nygard]

Snake oil. You sell it to customers who don't know that it doesn't work.



On Nov 21, 2008, at 1:58 PM, "glen e. p. ropella"  
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Thus spake Jochen Fromm circa 11/21/2008 11:54 AM:
>> http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=23707
>
> That CopyNo mouseover is pretty annoying...  I wonder about things  
> like
> this.  Do they think such a thing actually prevents re-distribution of
> the image?  Or are they just raising the bar a bit to avoid the lowest
> form of criminal ... like locking your doors?
>
> All you need do is turn off javascript or read the html and wget the
> image.  Even if they created server-side, single hit, randomly named
> image files, you can still browse your cache.  What's the point of the
> annoying CopyNo mouseover?
>
> --
> glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://tempusdictum.com
>
>
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[Robert J. Cordingley]

A better solution would be a low res image with a bigger watermark and a purchase link to the hi res version.  Here's the raw image from the source code...

http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/luckovich/art_images/lk1080522d_lr.jpg

It's copyrighted too.

R


Michael Nygard wrote:

Snake oil. You sell it to customers who don't know that it doesn't work.



On Nov 21, 2008, at 1:58 PM, "glen e. p. ropella" [hidden email] wrote:

Thus spake Jochen Fromm circa 11/21/2008 11:54 AM:

http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=23707

That CopyNo mouseover is pretty annoying...  I wonder about things like
this.  Do they think such a thing actually prevents re-distribution of
the image?  Or are they just raising the bar a bit to avoid the lowest
form of criminal ... like locking your doors?

All you need do is turn off javascript or read the html and wget the
image.  Even if they created server-side, single hit, randomly named
image files, you can still browse your cache.  What's the point of the
annoying CopyNo mouseover?

-- 
glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://tempusdictum.com


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[James Steiner]

Bingo.  Ignorant but paranoid/scared customers boondoggled by slick
sales tactics, I guess.

Its so sad to see bad software like that. I mean, if you're going to
be evil, then go all the way. Jeez.

~~James

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Michael Nygard <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Snake oil. You sell it to customers who don't know that it doesn't work.
>
>
>
> On Nov 21, 2008, at 1:58 PM, "glen e. p. ropella" <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> Thus spake Jochen Fromm circa 11/21/2008 11:54 AM:
>>>
>>> http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=23707
>>
>> That CopyNo mouseover is pretty annoying...  I wonder about things like
>> this.  Do they think such a thing actually prevents re-distribution of
>> the image?  Or are they just raising the bar a bit to avoid the lowest
>> form of criminal ... like locking your doors?

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