I have to say that I got mine plus later the CD by sending cheques in the
post (ok, more difficult if you are not in the UK but maybe buying via
Paypal?) but, considering the cost of photocopying, printer paper, printer
ink etc, it's probably around the same price as buying it anyway (not to
mention the time it would take and the fact that you have to bind it, punch
holes in the paper or have a great wad of papers to try and keep in order).
It IS a good point though that, if someone thinks it is out of print, they
may see this as the only way to get a copy of an essential book.
I think it IS on-topic as many of us have learned a lot from the "method"
and, if a solution isn't found, it may well go out of print for good and
that would be a disaster for HG players.
Colin Hill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Minstrel Geoffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Greg Lindahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Hurdy Gurdy Fourm" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:06 AM
Subject: Re: copyrighted material was Re: [HG] Music
Greg,
I have to disagree with you. I worked as the IT person for a motion
picture group at a f500 company. Of that, I worked foe the story dept.
I worker with them, on the watermarking of scripts. It can be done, but
with anything, it requires time, money, equipment, but once in place, I
could tell you from any given digital copy, who's office it came from,
moreover, any hardcopy had a watermark on each and every page.
It can be bullet proof, but as passwords go. Write them down, and stick
it in a saftey deposit box, or mail it to your self, etc.
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On May 19, 2008, at 6:45 PM, Greg Lindahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 06:13:38PM -0700, Minstrel Geoffrey wrote:
Regardless of your platform, Adobe Acrobat Professional will allow
water seals digitally embedded into the copy. You also can password
protect it with the users name, code, etc that would reflect that
person whom bought it.
There is also a way to encrypt of, so it can't be copied, printed,
editeded, etc.
These features are an illusion: some are easy to circumvent (the
no-print flag), others decrease usability. If the customer forgets
their password, how do you plan on supporting them?
Watermarking is definitely a good step to take, but of course this,
too, can be circumvented.
-- greg
