>On Jun 9, 10:18pm in "Re:D.Phil project funding", tony wrote:
>>If its on the screen any screen capture utility can copy it as a graphic]
[snip - dicussion of whether screen capture can be disabled]
>>All these capabilities exist for print on paper formats - scan and OCR.
>>
>>Copyright is not about copying. It is about reward for intellectual effort.
>
>If copying is free, quick, and simple to do, it is likely to be done. If
>many unauthorised copies are made, breeching copyright, the reward may
>never come.
>
>Kevin Sheldrake
And of course you would need to dis-allow printing the document in the
first place for much the same reason (OCR).
Looks like the paperless office might actually happen :-)
The following page has links to EU projects concerned with copyright,
some of which are trying to find technical solutions to unauthorised
copying:
http://www.kaapeli.fi/~eblida/ecup/related/index.html
Regards,
Myles
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