how can i ensure that my copyright displayed in the footer of a website designed for someone will stay there for aslong as the site is still there?
ahah, yes, i remember seeing this is some wordpress theme i used ages ago, but how do i get it to work? as the file got to be a .php file? or ?
I do not think many people will be all that happy when you design a website for them with an encoded piece of script in it. Just make sure your copyright is very small, or just put it in the source html instead of a visable copyright.
Put a piece of javascript on the footer that is served from your server. That way you can also track how popular the other site is.
Yeah, put it in the source code in a non-editable area. most people have the respect not to remove it. The copyright symbol isn't the important thing. If you find that someone has used your original work and you can prove it you will usually be able to sue them for copyright infringement, although it depends on the country and you probably wouldn't go to the effort or expense of actually doing it
1. If you're worried about someone physically removing it regardless of the agreement, encode the file using technology. You'll need to know what you're doing in order to make sure (a) the encoding doesn't break the rest of the site by accident at times, and (b) the encoding isn't circumvented easily. I'd mention this to the client who might be furious to find out you've encoded their site later. 2. Make sure there is an attribution clause in the agreement and define the remedies for a breach.
Yawn. OK, let me spell it out for those of you who only have an 'iota' of understanding. Encrypt it, and make it do something essential as well as log access / display copyright. Unless they have enough tech knowledge to decrypt it, removing it will hamstring the site. For those of you with slightly more than an 'iota' of knowledge, of course, you already understand that there's no way to *really* protect something that's delivered in source code format, obviously, but you can make it harder. Which is the best that can be done. if its a php site, encode a php footer, do the same thing as the javascript, but much better encryption available. as anyone with an 'iota' of knowledge will understand
That makes more sense. Using encription would help to an extent. However consider this If you are going to include some code that is run from your server then I dont think people are going to use your script if they have any sense. You could put god knows what into that script and the site owner would have no control over it. Not acceptable. If the site was designed by you then the site owner should not have any problems leaving it there for you.