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How can we protect VITA collections from re-use without attribution?

ourdigitalworld
Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:12:34 GMT

[original post date 2014; originally posted by Jess Posgate] Sarah Ferencz at Whitby Archives and I have been having a discussion on email about how to reduce the improper use of digital collection items from a VITA site. This is a topic that affects the whole community and with Sarah's permission, I will paste some of our conversation here and hope you will add your thoughts: SF: >"I was wondering if there are plans for future versions of VITA to disable the right click feature on images? We are finding more and more people are taking the images from our site and sharing them without giving credit to us (this is particularly maddening when you see them appear on Facebook). Failing that, do you have any suggestions for how we can reduce this from happening?" JP: >"The disable right-click is not something we have been considering. It is generally frowned upon since right-clicking is a common and mostly useful choice users have available and to have a site that disables that is not friendly or consistent with web practices. > Instead, if you are concerned about "stea ling" the options are to upload only low-resolution images, you can disable the "full image" in VITA, or you can watermark the images (which is kind of too bad, but I see you've added some subtle ones here and there). The lack of attribution is more of a problem, certainly, and you are diligent at Whitby about assigning rights to records. It's a common dilemma of "you can lead a horse to water..." but I don't have a solution for you--you're doing everything I would recommend." SF: >"I think disabling the right-click is something ODW should really consider, despite whether or not is considered unfriendly. Our material is online for viewing not for people to take and display without proper citation. We are adding watermarks, but we can't go back and add watermarks to the 7000 images we've already uploaded. It's something we are really feeling strongly about here. >"Our images are already low resolution (72dpi). Maybe we will consider disabling the full image view but that seems a shame since you can really see the detail in the larger size. I think moving the copyright status closer to the image itself might be a good idea. Right now, you get all the information you need about the image without having to scroll down to the copyright statement. It would be a lot more obvious if the statement was directly underneath the image." Read more on the web at: A Discussion about how to disabling "right-click": http://stackoverflow.com/questions/737022/how-do-i-disable-right-click-on-my-web-page Protecting your material online: http://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-protect-your-photography-from-theft--photo-11025 Encouraging proper use and attribution: http://nyu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=133679&sid=3243384 Please, add your thoughts!

ourdigitalworld
Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:13:53 GMT

[original post date 2014; originally posted by Karen Miller] Are the images Whitby has posted still protected by copyright?

ourdigitalworld
Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:14:18 GMT

[original post date 2014; originally posted by Karen Miller] I have noticed that images uploaded as Zoomified do not download with the right click command. Several times users of our website history.wilmettelibrary.info have gotten in touch to ask how they can get a copy of the image for a program, or for study or whatever. I explain they have to click on "alternative image" at the top of the page to download the full image. Wilmette Public Library does not charge for use, but I tell them attribution is appreciated. Uploading zoomified images is an extra step, but might help Whitby Archives.

ourdigitalworld
Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:14:41 GMT

[original post date 2014; originally posted by Karen Miller] It is also possible to "embed" metadata in the digital image with programs like Adobe Photoshop. The metadata stays with the image but doesn't affect the appearance of the photo as watermarking does. I've found this online tutorial useful on the subject http://technicalillustrators.org/2011/04/how-to-protect-your-images-with-metadat/