While it is true that hosting and name registration need not be connected, it often is. Especially by those not so tech savy and/or in a hurry. You can register an domain, purchase a hosting plan, and throw up a template website at literally hundreds of places, as a package deal. Still I was incorrect in making such a broad assumption in this case, based on the limited information. Thank you for clarifying.
In any case, as we both pointed out that is less likely to be the risk for photo theft, as it is far too easy to capture photos from almost anywhere they may be posted online. The best way to protect photos posted for online advertising is to watermark them. While watermarks can be digitally removed, a properly located one requires some effort which most thieves are not willing to apply, as there are too many un-marked ones to choose from.
Good morning everyone! I have encountered an advertising issue. I posted an ad on an advertising website and I went to check it this morning to see if I received any hits. Guess what? Now the domain is up for sale? What in the world?!?! My MAIN concern is having my pictures sold off to a porn website or something. I am freaking out! Any advice for this?
If the domain is up for sale, it means the owner did not renew. The site is gone and he/she no longer have access to the data. Whoever buys it will only have the domain name. No access to any previous data. As London says, it is much better to stick with well known sites for advertising, for many reasons. As for the risk of your photos being stolen, you take that risk anytime you post one on the web anywhere.
Not quite. The owners of the site likely has access to all of the data from the website. DNS and hosting are done on a separate basis - as in I can have a web server with no host name, or a host name without a web server attached. Most companies don't sell it as a package deal, but you can buy them from the same company at the same time.
As for photo stealing, it's just as likely that they manage their way all over the internet on their own. I actually researched the first provider I visited pretty deeply, and found that her pics were on quite a few other sites. I let her know, of course, but there's no way you can really keep it from happening. Fortunately for her, the sites in question didn't actually copy them, they just linked to them, which makes it really easy to get them off the other site, but there's nothing you can really do if someone is even a slight bit determined to copy them.
I just could not "publish" anything because the domain was dead. Most of these sites are not looking to do anything but create the illusion of being a reputable advertising venue, and many just give you free but inaccurate profiles. All in all, it is not anything to really worry about.
While it is true that hosting and name registration need not be connected, it often is. Especially by those not so tech savy and/or in a hurry. You can register an domain, purchase a hosting plan, and throw up a template website at literally hundreds of places, as a package deal. Still I was incorrect in making such a broad assumption in this case, based on the limited information. Thank you for clarifying.
In any case, as we both pointed out that is less likely to be the risk for photo theft, as it is far too easy to capture photos from almost anywhere they may be posted online. The best way to protect photos posted for online advertising is to watermark them. While watermarks can be digitally removed, a properly located one requires some effort which most thieves are not willing to apply, as there are too many un-marked ones to choose from.
not just the owner of the site - most pics can be saved simply by positioning the cursor on the image, then with a mouse right click and then chose "save picture" and the viewer has saved the image file on their computer; some more sophisticated sites try to disable right click - which blocks the above technique, but if the pics are saved in the temporary folder of the browser, the user just has to navigate the file directory to that folder then copy the image files to a more permanent location on their drive;
even sites that use programs like flash can have the images saved simply by using the "print screen" option - then paste the content into a document file like word, then convert the word file to a jpeg and trim the picture.
Bottom line if you make the image available, it can be copied, and then the user can (although not legally) do what they chose with it.
You can get the image from any non-Flash site by using tools that are built into every browser, too. Inspect element on Chrome, View Source on Firefox, etc. give you the source code for the site, and the image's URL is listed there. Nobody ever blocks the ability to get images this way, because it's technically challenging.
People really don't get how easy it is to get around stuff like disabling right click. It deters the bottom of the barrel decently well, but anyone with a semblance of technical knowledge can always get past restrictions.
Thanks to everyone for the advice! Sorry it took so long thanking y'all as I was driving from Charlotte. Now I have to pay this speeding ticket I have gotten lol.
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