[consulting] Copy Protection/DRM approach

[Kevin Reynen]

I think you're missing an opportunity here.

I would tell the client I'll do everything I can to limit a user's ability
to copy their content, but since no one can guarantee that users won't find
a way around those steps they should sign an contract with me or another
gorup to monitor bittorrent and other sites used to exchange files for their
content.

As many people have already pointed out, there is a balance between
functionality and security.  Since the client obviously doesn't want to go
with the computer in a locked room approach, help them feel comfortable that
people aren't stealing from them by trying to find stolen versions of the
content on a regular basis.

In addition to the other suggestions for making the site more secure,
consider water marking some images and/or video with unique ids making it
easier to trace back to the user.  I'd also track each IP addresses a user
uses and look into users how use the most addresses.  It's a lot easier to
share a username/password than to copy an entire site of content.

Good Luck!

- Kevin Reynen

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Domenic Santangelo
<domenic at workhabit.com>wrote:

> Cameron Eagans wrote:
> > I think I'll just let him know it's 100% impossible from stopping 100%
> > of the copying that may or may not occur.
> You could also tell him that it's possible to do like lyric sites and
> use JS, shoot you could even take 5 minutes and write a script that
> listens for common screenshot key combos and matches the background
> color with the text color to wash it out. Salesmanship is about
> presenting alternatives instead of saying "no."
>
> Although I could see some clients where you'd just want to straight up
> say no ;)
>
> -Dom
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