On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:01:03 -0000, you wrote:
>You know with a Hex editor it is pretty easy to encode information
>into a Jpeg. Maybe someone here could write a little app that Jim
>could use to encode the buyer's name onto each of the pictures in
>the collection, and then call winrar to create their own
>personalized copy. (I find its command line functions useful)
Unfortunately, all it would take to undo that is to open the file in a
graphics editor and then re-save a new copy of it elsewhere. Sure, it's a
tedious, repetitive process for a large number of files -- but a simple
batch-processing script to automate the process could be knocked together
in a couple of minutes.
>Then if someone does a buy-n-download, they could be notified that
>there would be a $300 surcharge if *their* copy of any/all of the
>pictures appeared online
Heh -- good luck *collecting* it, though. Anyone who would ignore the
warnings not to do the buy-and-upload bit will probably also ignore any
demands to pay the $300 penalty... Jim would probably have to take them to
small-claims court to get a judgement against them, and even *then* that's
no guarantee he'd ever get the money out of them.
Received on Tue Apr 29 2008 - 05:56:34 CDT