One of the most commonly used methods for protecting images online is by using 'no-right-click' scripts that disable the right click mouse button. Touted as a most effective image protect software that is even available as plugins to add to your favorite CMS such as WordPress, that method does little to prevent copy. Sure, by disabling right mouse button options, the visitor cannot select an image and save so easily, but all of the other copy methods are still at everyone's disposal. For example, from the web browser toolbar a site visitor can select to download the whole page, complete with all images and media saved to a folder for easy sorting. 


Image theft is employed by all types from amateur to professional website builders. Especially when considering that to make pages and posts more "engaging" as they say to influence search ranking, the use of images for every post, blog and bookmark is encouraged. But where do they get those images. Some professionals may purchase the right to use images from online stock image libraries, but most will simply scour the web by performing an "image search". The better quality the image, the more likely it was taken by a professional and most probably obtained from an image stock library. 
So those images become fair game because who is to say that the pirate has not also purchased the usage rights? What can 'no-right-click' scripts do to prevent web site builders from obtaining your image if they want to save $12-30? Answer = absolutely nothing! However it may help if you disallow your images folder in your robots.txt file. Search engines claim to abide by such limitations, if you can trust them. But anyone collecting images to dress their website will be using software to search the web and download them directly. Ever wonder where they get all those old photos of movie celebrities?
The best way to protect images is by using image encryption, or by using web page encryption to obscure the download location of the images. Image encryption can lock images to your web site by using what is known as "Domain Lock" where the key to decrypt them is validated by the url displaying them, requiring that the image be displayed on your web site only. Or you can use web page encryption where the image is sent from the server in encrypted format so that the web browser needs to decrypt and display it. However to do that properly you need to use a web browser that won't give away the page's source code or image location after that page is encrypted. For that you need to use the website protection software known as the ArtistScope Site Protection System (ASPS) which utilizes the ArtisBrowser web browser. Then not only will your images be protected, but everything displayed on the page, including all media, plus the data sent between browser and server, is securely protected from all avenues of exploit.