Question about safety/copyrights/stolen sites
I have a site im building, that im pretty proud of and been putting alot of work into lately. I run another website, so I have a place to host it for now, I wanted to get it hosted so I can show off what ive done so far to a few friends, and to post some places like the critique area here to ask for opinions.
I was just wondering if theres anything I can do to avoid having my site stolen or copied, or if thats something I should even be worried about?
Thanks for any help
kb posted this at 03:46 — 16th June 2006.
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Good question.
There are many thoughts on this topic...but unless you're implementing some fancy new AJAX application there's not a need to "encrypt" or protect your website. People rip off websites sometimes, yes...but when they do, it means two things:
a) you should be flattered
b) you probably have enough money to sue them anyways
Good luck!
Wonka posted this at 03:54 — 16th June 2006.
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lol I'm pretty sure I have no where near enough to even consider that, I cant even afford to get the site hosted yet.
I dont think the sites all that great, afterall I made it in Frontpage, but I have put alot of work into it so far and would hate to see it all go to waste.
kb posted this at 04:05 — 16th June 2006.
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Then I wouldn't be too worried about it!
Wonka posted this at 05:20 — 16th June 2006.
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Oh, I also wanted to ask what kind of things I should look into learning to avoid the site being stolen when I do get it completed and hosted etc.
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 05:44 — 16th June 2006.
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Learn IP law?
Really, don't worry about it. Should someone copy it, all you can do is ask them to stop. You can threaten them with a lawsuit (bluff, if you can't afford it). And you can contact their host or ISP -- they'll usually listen if you hint at legal action. Most such cases are resolved this way.
Chances are that their copying won't impede your site anyway. So think about whether it's worth getting anxious over.
In the end, there is no way to prevent someone reading data you send them -- HTML code, Javascript, and images are sent client-side via HTTP. Any 'anti-theft' mechanisms you implement will probably only annoy your users, make your site non-standard, and fail to prevent code from being lifted.
Wonka posted this at 05:55 — 16th June 2006.
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Thanks for all the help.ill have to edit the name of the site out of a few pages so no one steals that, i havnt registered the domain yet and it took me forever to come up with it and it would kill me if I lost it lol then ill be able to upload it and see what people think. =)
kb posted this at 01:59 — 17th June 2006.
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Obviously you didn't get our point.
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 06:16 — 17th June 2006.
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Actually, I think Wonka did. That last post was in reference to the unregistered domain name, I think, which could easily be lost.
kirpal_06391 posted this at 07:15 — 17th June 2006.
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RUN IP Grabber and add javascript to avoid right click
Greg K posted this at 07:23 — 17th June 2006.
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See the end of Abhishek's first post. If the "anti-copy" techniques actually block someone, then they are so inexperienced that them copying in your site most likely wouldn't be any harm to begin with.
-Greg
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