How do we ensure photgraphs are not copied off this website?

I'm looking at some stunning photographs on this site. How does one prevent one's images from getting stolen?

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Permalink Reply by alison oxley on February 19, 2010 at 4:35am

If you are worried about photos being stolen, check this out
http://www.copyrightaction.com/forum/uk-gov-nationalises-orphans-an...
if you are a UK citizen please send a letter to your MP before this bill is passed, there is a template for a letter that you can download at the bottom of this page http://www.copyrightaction.com/digital-economy-bill-mp-letter-template. thanks Ali

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Wilson on May 27, 2010 at 10:43am

Surely something to think about............does the same apply to Flikr do you know?

Thanks for that

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Permalink Reply by Ty on May 27, 2010 at 12:56pm

i was under the impression that a low rez and a lower-than-640-pixel longest side make prints of unwanted quality. now i'm rethinking that advice...

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Permalink Reply by Ty on May 27, 2010 at 10:17pm

no, it wasn't from you Mark, it was from a fellow amateur photographer. i definitely wasn't trying to quote or misquote you.
maybe as a way of testing that advice i will try to print some of the photos i've uploaded and compare their quality to originals.

as for Ning (don't know what that is), facebook, flickr...no

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Permalink Reply by Ty on May 28, 2010 at 4:47pm

100kb or less...gotta do that. watermark...gotta do that too. what is iptc code? sorry for the newbie questions...

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Permalink Reply by Mike Hiler on May 27, 2010 at 8:55pm

As others have said already, if its on the Internet, people can "save" a copy of it. Now to really scare people...If you post a photo file on any web site (photo file being a JPEG, GIF, TIFF, etc.) and ANYONE visits the page on which the photo file is displayed, they ALREADY have a copy of the photo on their computer (they just have to know enough to know where to look for it). Only real way I've seen around this fact, is images which are part of a Flash presentation.

Mike :)

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Permalink Reply by nathan mccreery on May 28, 2010 at 2:17pm

I think there probably is no fool proof method. Thieves steal, you' ll never change that. The best you can do, IMHO, is to upload the smallest file you can that will look good on the screen. It doesn't matter what you do as a preventive measure any thirteen year old at any jr. high in the country can crack the code and steal the photograph.