write protected cds

[robin m. roy]

i've written a cookbook and am in the process of having
it copyrighted.

several of my accounts have requested a copy of my
cookbook on a cd.

my concern is that if i sell the cd to a client, they
have the option of making copies of my book (cd) and...in
turn, giving those copies away.

can i write protect the cd i sell to my clients, i.e.,
book? i don't mind if a buyer prints the book and has it
bound, but i don't want a client to have the access to
make changes to the book or copy the book onto another cd.

any help or suggestions would be most appreciative.

robin m. roy

 

[Don MacDougall]

i've written a cookbook and am in the process of having
it copyrighted.

several of my accounts have requested a copy of my
cookbook on a cd.

my concern is that if i sell the cd to a client, they
have the option of making copies of my book (cd) and...in
turn, giving those copies away.

can i write protect the cd i sell to my clients, i.e.,
book? i don't mind if a buyer prints the book and has it
bound, but i don't want a client to have the access to
make changes to the book or copy the book onto another cd.

any help or suggestions would be most appreciative.

robin m. roy

www.adobe.com

Review the security features of Adobe Acrobat Version 6.

Don

 

[DL]

There are a number of solutions, enabling a serial number to be generated
for an individual cd, however if someone realy wishes to 'hack' it they
will - its possible to purchase hacked cd's of most apps, WinXP and OfficeXP
etc are readilly available.

 

[John Ski]

From: "DL" (e-mail address removed)

Date: 9/28/2003 12:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

There are a number of solutions, enabling a serial number to be generated
for an individual cd, however if someone realy wishes to 'hack' it they
will - its possible to purchase hacked cd's of most apps, WinXP and OfficeXP
etc are readilly available.

It is not necessary to "hack" a Microsoft CD. One can use a valid Product Key
with any program CD or copy thereof that the Key was created for. Nothing on
an MS CD ties it to any particular Product Key. I have a slipstreamed XP
Pro/SP1 which I created and burned and it works just fine with several
different Keys. There is a routine on the CDs which checks the entered PK to
make sure it fits the algorithm used to create valid Keys at MS.

Cheers,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***