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Joseph F.
I'll ask him later today.
I know he was stationed in England somewhere and before that in Africa.


| There is a Frank S. Giordano that flew in the 457th Bomber Squadron
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > Yah, I know.
| >
| > Hey my dad was in the 8th, can't remember what bomber squadron
though..24's
| > & 17's I think.
| > I saw a B-25 this morning, actually I see it overhead every saturday, I
| > think he flys out of Falcon Field.
| >
| > Good luck with the book!
| >
| >
| > | > | Hey Rob........I decided to just create a pay pal order page and then
| > after
| > | payment, paypal directs them back to another web download page where
they
| > can
| > | save or open that exe file. Life sure gets complicated in the fast
lane
| > :-)
| > | When I was a kid, we were the only one in my neighborhood that had a
| > radio.
| > |
| > | "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
| > |
| > | > You shouldn't put much faith in copyright...you'd need deep pockets
to
| > bring
| > | > legal action. Publish, get as much money out of it as you can and
hope
| > for
| > | > the best.
| > | >
| > | >
message
| > | > | > | > | [However, if I wanted to copy it or share it, what's to prevent me
| > from
| > | > simply
| > | > | emailing the .exe file to a bunch of friends??]
| > | > | That's exactly what I said in my reply to David Berry.......so is
| > there
| > | > any
| > | > | way to protect text? It's not like an image that you can
watermark or
| > | > | degrade. I dont put much faith in the copyright.......look at all
the
| > | > music
| > | > | that gets downloaded every day. I don't see any way to do this.
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | > | "Steve Easton" wrote:
| > | > |
| > | > | >
| > message
| > | > | > | > | > | > > Steve, I need a step by step.
| > | > | > >
| > | > | > > This is what you see when you go to my book web site.
| > | > | > > http://scottyswebs.com/ebook2/
| > | > | > >
| > | > | > > This is what you see when you receive the exe file via email
and
| > open
| > | > it on
| > | > | > > your computer.
| > | > | > > http://www.scottyswebs.com/ebook2.jpg
| > | > | > >
| > | > | > > Now, with the exe file open on your computer, tell me step by
| > step, 1,
| > | > 2, 3,
| > | > | > > how you would view the source code
| > | > | >
| > | > | > With a decompiler program or a program that opens resource (
..dll,
| > | > ..exe ) files
| > | > | > in a text viewer.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > However, if I wanted to copy it or share it, what's to prevent
me
| > from
| > | > simply
| > | > | > emailing the .exe file to a bunch of friends??
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | > --
| > | > | > Steve Easton
| > | > | > Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| > | > | > FP Cleaner
| > | > | > http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
| > | > | > Hit Me FP
| > | > | > http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >
 
The .exe file that opens does not permit right click,
copy and paste or print. Are you saying this does not work and you would
still somehow be able to copy it?
Click to expand...

I hate to remind you of this, but I *did* say that "computers are *better*
at copying than any other technology invented by man." You will note that I
didn't say "browsers," or "newsreaders." An E-Book is a piece of software
that is read by a computer. I run into this same issue on the programming
forums. People are always asking "how can I prevent people from copying or
decompiling my executable code?" Now, we're not talking about text in that
case. We're talking about binary code. And guess what? If a computer can
read it (which it certainly must in order to run it), a human can use
software to read it. The software may not be popular; it may even be
illegal. But there's plenty of it out there. There are even hacker sites
where hackers share their software with each other.

Okay now, follow me for a bit. Let's say that just *one* person (out of the
7 billion people in the world) copies your book. What's to prevent that
person from distributing copies of the copy? And then, what will prevent the
others that get the copy from distributing copies of *their* copies?
Remember, we're not talking about a copy machine, where the quality of the
copy decreases with each successive re-copy. We're talking about computers,
which copy *perfectly.*

I'm sure you've heard the term "virus" used with regards to malicious
software. A virus in software works exactly in the same manner as a virus in
a human being. It makes copies of itself, and distributes them via various
covert and increasingly clever ways. Now, when a human being gets a virus,
it generally spreads by contact in one form or another with another human
being. The Internet connects millions of computers. So, once a copy of your
book gets into the network, it is *highly* likely to spread, like a virus,
unless it is so bad that nobody wants to read it. In that case, you have
nothing to worry about. ;-)

As I said, you're only option is to copyright your material, and as Rob
pointed out, getting satisfaction from the copyright is going to be like
pulling teeth. But at least it is possible!

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Short Order Coder
http://unclechutney.blogspot.com

The devil is in the yada yada yada
 
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