>> > How can I set up my image files (i.e. JPEG) in an HTML page
>> > so that it will display but not allow the user to download?
>> Rather than take this angle, perhaps it is sufficient to
>> "watermark" the image so that it displays without apparent
>> artifacts, but so that you can prove the image is yours
>That watermark (which is normally done by writing some sort of signature
into
>the low order bits of an image, across many pixels, so that it can't really
>be seen in the image) lasts exactly as long as the image is not manipulated
>in any manner (made larger, smaller, cropped or converted into another
>graphic format). At that point, the watermark is gone.
Makes sense. How about a *visible* watermark then? (Of course,
I don't know if this is acceptable in Dave's case.)
http://www.imagingweb.com/aff/visual_watermark.htm
or
http://www.graphicssoft.about.com/compute/graphicssoft/c/ht/00/07/How_Add_Te
xt_Watermark0963973007.htm
(with apologies for the wrap).
--Glenn