[plug] Protecting Online Files

[Alex Nordstrom]

Wednesday, 5 April 2006 16:19, Chris Watt wrote:
> I have a client who wants to offer his lessons online as PDF (or
> whatever).  He has about 300 of them.
>
> He is very worried about intelectual property and therefore wants to
> make it impossible for people to download and redistribute it.
>
> What kind of things have people used successfully for such a
> venture:? There will obviously be a members area, on a PAYG or credit
> system, but he wants them to not be able to get hold of the files.

I believe this is an example of cake consumption and retention being 
mutually exclusive. Either you distribute, or you don't.

There is no such thing as effective copy protection.

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Alex Nordstrom
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