How do I avoid others from downloading pictures on my site?

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I've posted copyrighted material on one of my websites and would like to
prohibit viewers from downloading or copying it.
Thanks
 
There is really no way at all to do this. Due to the way the web works, the
browser has to download the file to view it. It can end up in the cache of
the user's computer, or the user could have tools that would suck the file
directly from the server (not hard to do actually). Even if you managed to
get around this all they have to do is take a screenshot of their desktop
and they can create their own file.

Usually the largest concern is for images, so your best bet is to put a
watermark over them if you want to ensure they can't be duplicated. For any
other document, it's basically the problem of if you want them to view it,
they can make copies of it somehow, some way.
 
I've posted copyrighted material on one of my websites and would like to
prohibit viewers from downloading or copying it.
Thanks
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Another thing you can do is place low resolution images with web ready
colors (only 256 colors). Attempts to enlarge the picture for
printing would result in pixelization effects and low color quality.
Not to mention doing this makes your pictures load so much more
quickly over slow links.
 
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