[Carl G]

Hi Guys and Gals
Can a person copywrite a cd they make on my own computer, or something else
that would make it imposable for the average person to keep from makeing a
copy.
My son wants to give his son CD'S with pictures on when they do things
togather. (divorced and she has costody)
She copys them and gives them all out to friends and relatives.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks
Carl G

[NoNoBadDog!]

"Carl G" <cgerving@ecenetDOTcom> wrote in message
news:u2IEBeSdFHA.1384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi Guys and Gals
> Can a person copywrite a cd they make on my own computer, or something
> else that would make it imposable for the average person to keep from
> makeing a copy.
> My son wants to give his son CD'S with pictures on when they do things
> togather. (divorced and she has costody)
> She copys them and gives them all out to friends and relatives.
> Is there a way to do this?
> Thanks
> Carl G
>
Not sure whether you mean Copyright or Copy protect. If you mean copyright,
you can apply for a "collected works" copyright that would protect the
rights to a body of photos you produce, but if the photos are not meant for
publication, then there is no real need to copyright them.

If you mean copy protect the photos, there is currently no "unbreakable" way
to dopy protect photos. While there is (rather expensive) software that
will add copy protection to a CD or DVD, all current forms of copy
protection used for this purpose are easily defeated by downloading free
software from the internet.

Bobby

[kurttrail]

Carl G wrote:
> Hi Guys and Gals
> Can a person copywrite a cd they make on my own computer, or
> something else that would make it imposable for the average person to
> keep from makeing a copy.
> My son wants to give his son CD'S with pictures on when they do things
> togather. (divorced and she has costody)
> She copys them and gives them all out to friends and relatives.
> Is there a way to do this?
> Thanks
> Carl G

LOL! Your son can wait til his son moves out of his mother's house
before giving him the pictures.

Techically all he really needs to do is put the copyright symbol on each
picture with his name and year, then get proof that she copied and
distributed the pictures to someone without his permission and then sue
her for infringement. HOWEVER, if he cannot prove any financial loss,
the case will probably tossed out, or he may win but she may not get
penalized in any way, with the only people making anything out of it
being lawyers.

Is it really worth putting the kid in the middle of a copyright suit
between his parents? In the best interest of your grandson, if I were
you, I'd sit my son down and tell him to get over it, let the bitch be a
bitch, find a new gal, and get on with his life, for the sake of his
son.

--
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[Alan Smith]

"Carl G" <cgerving@ecenetDOTcom> wrote in message
news:u2IEBeSdFHA.1384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi Guys and Gals
> Can a person copywrite a cd they make on my own computer, or something
> else that would make it imposable for the average person to keep from
> makeing a copy.
> My son wants to give his son CD'S with pictures on when they do things
> togather. (divorced and she has costody)
> She copys them and gives them all out to friends and relatives.
> Is there a way to do this?
> Thanks
> Carl G
>

Not with pictures. They can just copy them off the CD. Even if protected
they can be easily recovered from a PC. Consider a Powerpoint Presentation
(if you have Powerpoint), there's a free presentation viewer on the MS site.
But if antone knows what they are doing it's possible to get at individual
pics.

Seems a bit strange though- why isn't he proud of his offspring that he
doesn't want others to see him?

[Harry Ohrn]

Tell your son to get over it. If only for the sake of his son.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Carl G" <cgerving@ecenetDOTcom> wrote in message
news:u2IEBeSdFHA.1384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi Guys and Gals
> Can a person copywrite a cd they make on my own computer, or something
> else that would make it imposable for the average person to keep from
> makeing a copy.
> My son wants to give his son CD'S with pictures on when they do things
> togather. (divorced and she has costody)
> She copys them and gives them all out to friends and relatives.
> Is there a way to do this?
> Thanks
> Carl G
>

[Carl G]

Thanks for the info guys.


--
Carl G
"Carl G" <cgerving@ecenetDOTcom> wrote in message
news:u2IEBeSdFHA.1384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi Guys and Gals
> Can a person copywrite a cd they make on my own computer, or something
> else that would make it imposable for the average person to keep from
> makeing a copy.
> My son wants to give his son CD'S with pictures on when they do things
> togather. (divorced and she has costody)
> She copys them and gives them all out to friends and relatives.
> Is there a way to do this?
> Thanks
> Carl G
>

[Richard Urban]

I can think of nothing that would not put the grandson in the middle of a
heated battle.

For instance, zipping up the photos and then password protecting the zip
file. But what happens when "the bitch" demands that her son give her the
password. See what I mean!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Carl G" <cgerving@ecenetDOTcom> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the info guys.
>
>
> --
> Carl G
> "Carl G" <cgerving@ecenetDOTcom> wrote in message
> news:u2IEBeSdFHA.1384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Guys and Gals
>> Can a person copywrite a cd they make on my own computer, or something
>> else that would make it imposable for the average person to keep from
>> makeing a copy.
>> My son wants to give his son CD'S with pictures on when they do things
>> togather. (divorced and she has costody)
>> She copys them and gives them all out to friends and relatives.
>> Is there a way to do this?
>> Thanks
>> Carl G
>>
>
>

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Carl - Since you've already had some appropriate technical responses, I
won't go into that. But taking off my MVP hat for a moment, if you'd
indulge my curiosity in an OT question? Why would you/your son not want
your grandson (and/or his mother, FTM) to be able to give pictures of the
boy and his father to the boys friends and relatives? Is it just an issue
of 'bad blood' over the divorce between the mother and your son to the point
of vindictiveness, or is there some other reason, if you don't mind
discussing it? I'm really puzzled.

--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
My, Blog Defending Your Machine, here:
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

"Carl G" <cgerving@ecenetDOTcom> wrote in message
news:u2IEBeSdFHA.1384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl
> Hi Guys and Gals
> Can a person copywrite a cd they make on my own computer, or
> something else that would make it imposable for the average person to
> keep from makeing a copy.
> My son wants to give his son CD'S with pictures on when they do
> things togather. (divorced and she has costody)
> She copys them and gives them all out to friends and relatives.
> Is there a way to do this?
> Thanks
> Carl G

[Don Taylor]

"Carl G" <cgerving@ecenetDOTcom> writes:
>Hi Guys and Gals
> Can a person copywrite a cd they make on my own computer, or something else
>that would make it imposable for the average person to keep from makeing a
>copy.
> My son wants to give his son CD'S with pictures on when they do things
>togather. (divorced and she has costody)
> She copys them and gives them all out to friends and relatives.
> Is there a way to do this?
>Thanks
>Carl G

Adobe just made a big announcement about their software:

Adobe Document Services allow the assignment of security
parameters to enhance each document in the following ways:
* Confidentiality -- Control who has access to the document.
* Authorization -- Control what someone can do with the document.
* Accountability -- Track what someone does with the document.
* Integrity -- Show whether a document has been altered.
* Authenticity -- Verify the source of the document.

http://www.adobe.com/security/
is one of the web pages where Adobe describes all these details.
Google for Adobe document permissions found that.

And I think, not to be behind the times, Microsoft might have made some
announcement about similar services in an upcoming release, but I can't
find that now.

[uggabugga]

Really. Imagine the head full of problems that poor kids gonna have because
of two selfish adults.
--

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> I can think of nothing that would not put the grandson in the middle of a
> heated battle.
>
> For instance, zipping up the photos and then password protecting the zip
> file. But what happens when "the bitch" demands that her son give her the
> password. See what I mean!
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> "Carl G" <cgerving@ecenetDOTcom> wrote in message
> news:e4$NLnTdFHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Thanks for the info guys.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Carl G
> > "Carl G" <cgerving@ecenetDOTcom> wrote in message
> > news:u2IEBeSdFHA.1384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi Guys and Gals
> >> Can a person copywrite a cd they make on my own computer, or something
> >> else that would make it imposable for the average person to keep from
> >> makeing a copy.
> >> My son wants to give his son CD'S with pictures on when they do things
> >> togather. (divorced and she has costody)
> >> She copys them and gives them all out to friends and relatives.
> >> Is there a way to do this?
> >> Thanks
> >> Carl G
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>