The light of Ashur, the king of the gods, may read them. Have placed them in my palace, that I, even I, the ruler who knoweth I have arranged them in classes, I have revised them and I Learned, together with the wisdom of Nabu insofar as it existeth [in I have transcribed upon tablets the noble products of the work of the scribe which none of the kings who have gone before me had Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria from 668 to 627 BCE, had the followingĬurse written on many or all of the tablets collected at the library You might consider this a form of early DRM.įor example, from the Wikipedia article on Book curses: This isn't against scanning specifically, but creators of ancient and medieval texts did attempt to protect their work against theft, vandalism and misattribution by writing curses on the book. It is called El Libro Que No Puede Esperar - The Book That Can't Wait, This provides a good incentive to actually read the book, before it becomes blank paper. On a more light-hearted note, there is a book that is printed with a special kind of ink: it is sold in an air-tight package, as the ink starts to fade upon contact with air. Same company sells special paper for books as well, though I was unable to find examples of it being used, The end result - a clearly distinguishable copy that can not pass off as the original. Then, when this "original" is copied of scanned, the hidden word pattern becomes visible on the duplicate. Text information or other artwork is placed onto this paper. This patented technology involves the printing of hidden text messages ("VOID", "COPY", "UNAUTHORIZED COPY", etc.) into the background of a document. For instance, there is a technology that will make "VOID" texts appear on scanned copy:Īll of our paper products are protected by AuthentiGuard Pantograph 4000TM. There are multiple technologies available, that make traditional scanning and copying impossible. Why fault-proof? Because digital cameras use the same working principle as the human eye, so DRM, in this case, will be more of a double-edged stick than it is with digital content. Combine this with optical character recognition, and you have a fault-proof home-made analog piracy system. Off top of my head, I can already think of a "lamp + tripod + DSLR camera stand", which is not very hard to construct, but is good for practical purposes. While it may be nigh-impossible to decipher a DRM-protected book, or crack a DRM-protected game, once you have a physical copy of an object there is a number of ways you can copy it. While this doesn't apply to every country, it may still be an obstacle.Ĭoming back to your actual question, what you are describing is called, per Wikipedia, the "analog hole". Oh, and some more diligent copy centres will not allow you to copy more than a certain per cent of the book. What was equal to hitting the 'download' button, now requires taking a stroll to the library, or paying money for an actual copy. With hard copies, copying "files" is significantly harder, because one has to get a hold of the physical copy of the product. by entering a license key, inserting an official CD, etc. Companies cannot prevent files from being copied and re-distributed so they need DRM - a system that alters the files in a way that the contents can only be accessed under specific circumstances, e.g. Look at it this way - the reason why companies need DRM is because digital files can always be copied verbatim, i.e.
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