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<tt>Don't we all hate to deal with "silly" clients (I use term "silly"
just to be polite) and "silly" requests of "silly" clients.<br>
Unfortunately, most of us have to deal with that from time to time.
Don't forget, if all clients will be very smart, then most of them will
do they web sites by themselves.<br>
So, paradox is that more "silly" clients produce more jobs.<br>
I hate to acknowledge this paradox but it is true.<br>
;P<br>
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</tt>Matt Chapman wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Larry Garfield wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Printing: Go to your users' computers and unplug their printers.
Screenshots: Hack into your users' computers and hack their OS to disable that
feature.
As for your client, he needs to be banned from using the Internet until he
gets a clue that it's no longer the 1800s. Hell, Xerox machines have been
around forever and they allow all sorts of duplication of physical books.
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Xerox machines are exactly the loop hole you've forgotten. Once we've
unplugged their printer and hacked out their screenshots, they can
simply place their monitor faced down on the xerox machine and hit 'copy.'
What you'll need to do is run the site on a single computer in a locked
room that is not connected to the internet, and charge people an
admission fee. Don't forget to check their pockets for camera phones,
pencils, and silly putty.
Speaking of silly...
-Matt
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<pre wrap="">On Sunday 11 October 2009 3:47:23 pm Cameron Eagans wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I have a client that is requesting a sort of DRM/Copy protection scheme for
his website. The site will be an educational site for medical students to
help them prepare for an exam for their field of work, and access to the
site will be granted on a subscription basis. The client is requesting
something that I don't know how to do: prevent getting the content out of
the site in any way. He wants to disable copy/paste, printing, screenshots,
etc. I'm reasonably certain that there is no foolproof method of doing
this. Does anyone have a method of preventing users from copying website
content and sharing it?
(for the record, I don't support this approach -- I'm more partial to the
'Don't copy our stuff or we'll sue the crap out of you' approach. The
client is asking for it though, so I have to at least make an effort =D )
Thanks in advance!
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Cameron Eagans
Owner, Black Storms Studios, LLC
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.blackstormsstudios.com">http://www.blackstormsstudios.com</a></pre>
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