How can I prevent 'right-click' download on images?

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  michaeljoconnell · Member · Apr 19, 2012 at 4:12 am

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  Hi,

  I would like to prevent readers from right-clicking an image and downloading it. Is this feature available? If not, I would like to see it as an option in the future.

  Thanks,

  Michael

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  thesacredpath · Member · Apr 19, 2012 at 4:20 am

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  It would require scripting and we cannot use script here at wordpress.com, and in addition to that, it would simply give you a false sense of security. It is so easy to bypass that sort of thing, or simply do a screen capture.

  Bottom line: If you do not want people taking it, do NOT put it on the web.

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  raincoaster · Member · Apr 19, 2012 at 6:24 am

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  Well, you can use the MOnotone or Duotone themes. They do disable right-click but that doesn’t prevent people from stealing your images anyway.,