How to Disable the Copying of Web Pages
As a webmaster or website owner, you might be concerned about someone hijacking your website's content, such as your pictures and text. There is a simple method that allows you to turn off the copy-and-paste functionality while a visitor is viewing your website. It involves a small Javascript code snippet. Approximately 95% of Internet users have a browser with Javascript automatically turned on; so, there is a tiny chance this method will not work for all your site visitors.
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Instructions
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Open the webpage files on which you want copying disabled. You can open your files in a simple text editor or your preferred HTML editor program.
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Paste the following Javascript code snippet into your open webpage file. It should be copied between the existing HEAD tags.
<script type="text/JavaScript">
function killCopy(e){
return false
}
function reEnable(){
return true
}
document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false")
if (window.sidebar){
document.onmousedown=killCopy
document.onclick=reEnable
}
</script>
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Save the webpage file in your text or HTML editor.
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Upload the newly saved webpage files to your web server. You may choose to upload via FTP or your server host's built-in file manager. Make sure the webpage files are uploaded back to the same directories in which they were previously stored.
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Tips & Warnings
This code works on Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
For additional security, you may want to disable mouse right-click for your webpages.
This code snippet only works on browsers that have Javascript enabled.
