About The Technology
PixelShield™ helps protect high-resolution online images from being downloaded in order to prevent copyright infringement. The patent-pending technology presents images to website visitors in such a way that the visitor cannot download the original image. Existing encryption technologies require users to download or install additional software. Even Flash® requires regular updates in order to continue to function properly. Asking the user to install or run programs can drive users away from a site. PixelShield™ requires only that the user have a web browser.
PixelShield™ does the following without JavaScript or Flash®, all without requiring the website visitor to download any additional browser plug-ins:
- 1. Prevents right-click download
- 2. Prevents drag-and-drop of image onto desktop
- 3. Prevents image from being saved in user's cache
- 4. Prevents Google® from cataloguing the image for its image search technology.
Photographers, graphic designers, stock image providers, and photo sharing websites can use PixelShield™ to present high-quality images without fear that a high-resolution images will be downloaded, rendering obtrusive watermarks unnecessary.
PixelShield™ strikes a balance that strongly favors security, without disrupting the user experience, since there is no software for the user to install.
How PixelShield™ compares to the alternative methods of online image protection:
| PixelShield™ | Flash® (standard dynamic flash file) | JavaScript Protection | Transparent Image Overlay | |
| Prevents Right-Click to download? |  |
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| Protects when Javascript is disabled? | |
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| Prevents Drag-and-drop to desktop to download? | |
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| Prevents when Javascript is disabled? | |
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| Prevents indexing by Google® images? | |
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| Displays image when user doesn't have the necessary version of Flash®? | |
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| No links to original images appear in the HTML source | |
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| Image protected in the browser’s Cache? | |
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| Requires NO third-party software for display (beyond standard browser)? | |
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| Requires NO Programming? (beyond a single line of HTML to add the image to the page) | |
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| Requires No Flash® Programmers? | |
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| Requires No Javascript Programmers? | |
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