Keeping Your Images from Adorning Other Sites

Custom artwork can result from someone's effort, and taking without permission something that another has created is generally accepted as theft. This article has described a basic way to put your works of art behind a velvet rope--if you're so inclined. It won't stop determined thieves, but it should hopefully stymy or dissuade the more casual ones.

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About the Author

Ken Coar is a member of the Apache Group and a director and vice president of the Apache Software Foundation. He is also a core member of the Jikes open-source Java compiler project, a contributor to the PHP project, the author of Apache Server for Dummies, and a contributing author to Apache Server Unleashed. He can be reached via email at <coar@apache.org>.