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Paul Shirley Inner circle Melbourne, Australia 1206 Posts |
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On 2011-08-17 07:58, Vikke Matikainen wrote: If they thought it was THAT good, they would have respect for the creator and NOT upload it.... and others would have respect by paying for it and not stealing it. that's like saying... "Not good business to press charges on a guy who stole something from your shop... take it as a compliment! He obviously thought your product was good enough to steal" |
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magic.mind Loyal user 247 Posts |
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Vikke Matikainen New user Finland 60 Posts |
Magic.mind the watermarking idea isn't very effective, because the data can be copied outside and reformatted without watermarks. What I had in mind, would be a generator which makes subtle changes to actual wording of the PDF. They can't be found without another copy.
Paul, that stealing analogy is broken, both a legal and ethical way. But it stands that guys who spread for free someones PDF think it as a good piece of information. Question is, how do you profit when someone thinks your stuff is good?
"The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense."
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
I would like to think that a mentalist who thought something was a "good piece of information" would NOT spread it around for free, because that would reduce its exclusivity and it wouldn't be as valuable anymore.
Generally, people who upload stuff so that it is available for free have NO IDEA what is good and what isn't. They will illegally distribute anything. Their behavior aptly demonstrates that they have no idea what mentalism is about nor do they have any respect for it. Paul's analogy to stealing is not really broken at all, except in a technical sense. Illegal copying and distribution of copyrighted works is a violation of US and International laws protecting intellectual property. So whether you call it "stealing" or a violation of copyright law, it is a criminal act nonetheless. |
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Stefmagic Special user 529 Posts |
Instead of watermarking the pdf document after it's created, why not doing it before ?
You have your "master" file (in.doc format), for each buyer, you kind of watermarking the file by putting name and email of the buyer as a background for the file. Then, you create you pdf file. that way, the watermark is part of the file, like if you put a colorful background! Can't be easily erase because it's under the text. You then put a 20 caracters password to protected the file agains any modifications. I'm not to much tech specialist but I know that an Informatician can do sometime like this. |
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Gordon Special user Chicago 692 Posts |
I don't thing watermarking is worth the effort, as many have said already, but if you're a Mac user and want to pursue it anyway... Automator (comes free with your Mac) has a built-in action that watermarks a PDF in many different ways. I've used it, and you can automate the watermarking process for each copy that you sell.
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Waters Inner circle 2508 Posts |
Each one of my files are unique. It was tedious and it took a lot of my designer's time. I don't like having to think about these things. I would rather like to think of (mental) people as my friends who share a bond forged through a rather strange common interest. It's a small pond when you really think about it.
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