[SEL] Re: Secure Pictures and Manuals

[Jeff Allen]

Peter,

I hate to say it, but I think you are destined to failure on this. I can 
rip a dual layer 7.5 Gig commercial movie, and burn it to my single 
layer DVD. In the process I strip all copy protection and region codes. 
The program I use is free. If I can beat that copy protection, I doubt 
we will ever come up with anything that will prevent the dishonest from 
using our data as they wish.

Jerry probably has the best solution.

>What I plan on doing is to add the words "Downloaded free from
>www.oldengine.org - not for resale" on to every page as well as
>superimposing it onto all illustrations (of course, in such a way that it
>does not cover any important part of the illustration).
>
It won't prevent copies, but will make them work for their money. Most 
thiefs are lazy, so this should work to some extent. I'll link to an 
example in a bit, and you guys can play with cleanup.

Jeff



Listerdiesel wrote:

>On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:44:18 -0700, Jeff Allen <transteck at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>Peter,
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>>I don't think you can prevent a screen capture. It would take on helluva
>>code writer to do it, and if it was done for a PC..............
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>>I would switch to the Mac and snag it.
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>>I have just decided I will share information that I have. I really don't
>>care if people download it for their own use. As I said the last time
>>this came up, if I see my stuff on e-bay I do have an option. Point the
>>bidders to the free version on my web pages. That should kill the
>>auction and provide me with some entertainment. :-))
>>
>>Jeff Allen
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>Hi Jeff:
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>I am all for people downloading for their OWN use, it's those that go
>on from there and start to market the stuff that I am after stopping.
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>We have something like 10,000 pages of stuff here including the old UK
>Patents going back to the 1800's that I would like to put up online,
>but as soon as the first pages became available they were pirated
>almost within hours of appearing, and that was without me even
>mentioning the fact that they were there!
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>I know that Paul Evans tried password protecting the access, but that
>becomes an administrative nightmare and takes up time, so I think he
>dropped it eventually.
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>I don't want to get into a commercial vending operation, this is
>supposed to be a hobby, I am just trying to find a way that works for
>us all.
>
>Peter
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