While at an art festival I spoke with many artists who not only had a booth at the show, but also a website. These artists often asked the same question. “How do I stop people from stealing the images off my website?”

Since their images are their livelihood, and it’s so easy for a visitor to the site to steel an image, it’s only a matter of time before that thief prints the image out with their home printer (probably a photo printer these days). Worse still are the professional thieves who take that image straight to a professional printer and print thousands *on canvas*.

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