Robert Edwards

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since January 28, 2001

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January 28, 2001, on List of Weasels:
I worried about copyright for ages on the net, and after reading Philip's angle on it have given up. I tried the 'no right click' JavaScript, kept my images small 72 dpi's, and placed them within Shockwave Flash and Acrobat files. All affected how people accessed my site much to the detriment of their enjoyment and ease of use. No Right Click means users who right click to Go Back or to Bookmark are miffed. Small thumbnails can be interpolated up. Flash files can be pulled apart with freely available software. And Acrobat can take too long to download. In the end I believe most people are honest and I am not going to let the Weasels take the enjoyment from the honest majority. I am lucky that my income comes mostly from commissioned work and turning a blind eye to copyright infringement doesn't bother me financially (yet!). However emotionally and artistically I would feel violated.