picture perfect... or not

[dr4b]

Okay, I need a second opinion.

Recently I've been getting VERY frustrated at the way people seem to be taking my picture archives for granted, as if it's just an obvious thing that I'll go to events and snap lots of pictures and spend a lot of time resizing/editing/captioning/etc them and put them up on dr4b.org for everyone to do whatever they want with them.

Well, I'm getting sick of that, to be honest. Yes, I might just be having a really bad day (I forgot my keys, I'm stressed over this trip, I need to do my taxes still, I spent last night resizing pictures instead of packing, etc), but considering I seem to keep revisiting this theme, maybe it's time to do something about it.

So I basically nuked my entire pictures directory an hour or two ago. Whee!

The question is, "now what?" Your input is greatly appreciated:

[Poll #122318]

Also feel free to post any advice. Whee.

Comments

[fiannaharpar.livejournal.com]

I didn't answer the third question because i've been to sites where if you try to click on the image, you get a little message that tells you that if you want a copy of the picture, you have to send email to the site owner, who will then send you a copy. I don't know how to do that, but since i've seen it, it *can* be done. Ask your webgeek friends and see if they have any answers. It's less extreme than the offered options, and it gives you control over what happens to your pictures.

[sorakirei.livejournal.com]

This sounds like the best option. I was going to mention this myself. I don't know how to do it either but you can prevent people from directly saving pics.

[chaoticgoodnik.livejournal.com]

It's done with JavaScript, so it can be gotten around by disabling JavaScript, which some people disable to avoid pop-ups.