Re: Tying use of pictures to one computer only?

From: Marko (Marko_at_mmct.net)
Date: 12/30/04


Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:36:45 -0500

no because you can copy and paste whatever your computer displays

on the other hand a 800x600 wallpaper is not a "full" picture. the
camera makers rate their resolutions in comparison to cheap film, I read
somewhere that Kodachrome 64 would need a 35MB image to match its quality

Carolyn wrote:

> I was talking to a guy who had some beautiful pictures on his web site. I
> wondered if he was willing to sell me a subscription so that I could
> download some of them for desktop wallpaper.
> He is concerned with letting the full size pictures out into the wild
> because other people could get hold of them without paying.
> I wondered if there was any way to tie the pictures to an individual
> computer or some other anti-theft device that would make it possible for him
> to sell the pictures for me to use and yet be sure that they could not be
> transferred illegally. Watermarks are out of the question, unless it is
> something really unobtrusive, because I think that they destroy the
> beautiful pictures and find them quite annoying.
>
> If anyone has any thoughts on this subject, I would appreciate it.
> Thanks in advance,
> Carolyn
>
>

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