how can I prevent people from stealing my images ?

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  kristathomasscott · Member · Jun 3, 2015 at 12:49 am

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  I know there are image security plugins for wordpress.org, but since I am on wordpress.com is there anything I can do to secure my images from being dragged to anyone’s desktop? watermarking is not what I have in mind, any suggestions?

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Jun 3, 2015 at 5:52 pm

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  Hi there! I highly recommend adding a watermark to your images to protect your images. It is not possible to disable the right-click function, but even if you did readers could easily take a screenshot of the image, which is why the watermark is always the best way to protect your images.

  Here’s some more info about preventing content theft:

  Prevent Content Theft

  Please note that it’s against the law in the United States and in many other countries to reproduce text or images created by someone else without their permission, even if you provide a citation.

  Here’s some information about Fair Use from the U.S. Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html

  If you find that anyone on WordPress.com is using your images without your permission, you can file a DMCA notice here:

  http://automattic.com/dmca-notice/

  Let me know if you have any questions with this!