• Many photo tools, including Photoshop, now allow you to digitally watermark your images. If you're very concerned about security and rights, you can consider using that.

• I don't like this, but some site operators concerned with image security, will plaster a visible notice across the front of the image shown on a Web site. The image can still be discerned, but can't necessarily be copied without the visible notice.

• There are some very high-end tools that are specifically designed for image rights protection. We're not fans of such tools because they reduce the quality of the Web experience for most users -- and they tend to cost more than you'd save from casual pilfering.

I hope that gives you a good start. If you've got a photo-related question, feel free to send it in to editor@connectedphotographer.com. There's no guarantee we can answer it, but it'll give you something fun to do.

Jack Davis is co-author of the award-winning and best-selling guide to Photoshop, "The Photoshop Wow! Book", as well as an award winning designer/illustrator/photographer and contributing editor to numerous other books on digital imagery, design, and online communication. He is also co-author of the award winning "Web Design Wow! Book" and his latest release is "Adobe Photoshop 7 One-Click Wow!" from Adobe Press.