Hi all, I think I did not explain correctly. I am not talking anything related to DRM or Copy protection..
There are few classes of data, which are being carried in the disks, but must be prevented from being copied. For instance, Personal photos which I can store on a disk as a memory of some occassion, which I may show people but, not allow them to copy! I am asking for the sake of such things only. I think protecting my privacy is not bad "philosophically". I feel sorry if my question had breaken any of the rules or has hurt anyone ! 2012/6/12 prasannatsmkumar <prasannatsmku...@gmail.com> > >> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 5:52 AM, Balachandran Sivakumar >> <benignb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:54 PM, ARUN PALANIAPPAN >> > <arunpalaniappan....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> must be protected from getting copied (i.e One cannot copy either the >> >> entire or a part of the contents written in the disk) >> >> Is there any way out? >> >> >> > >> > Leaving the technical aspects aside, this is bad >> > "philosophically". After all, you are asking, "Is there a way I can >> > restrict/withhold the 4 point-freedom(as listed out by FSF) using a >> > free software. Irony :) But can you please tell why you need such a >> > thing ? >> > >> >> I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and I am ready to install any software for this >> >> activity >> >> >> > >> > I am not aware of a tool that is fool-proof. If a software can >> > read a CD(you need to do that for using the CD), then someone can >> > definitely write software that can read the CD and write it to a >> > file(or a CD image). Thanks >> > >> > -- >> > Thank you >> > Balachandran Sivakumar >> > >> > Arise Awake and stop not till the goal is reached. >> > - Swami >> Vivekananda >> > >> > Mail: benignb...@gmail.com >> > Blog: http://benignbala.wordpress.com/ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > ILUGC Mailing List: >> > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc >> >> This is called as DRM (digital rights management) aka content >> protection. Open Source is against this philosophy and it is >> discouraged. Technically it is possible to encrypt the content and >> write it to the DVD - but that will create a lot of problems. But >> don't do such things - content must be shared. If you prefer not to >> share just hide the disc from others getting access to it. >> _______________________________________________ >> ILUGC Mailing List: >> http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc >> > > > > -- > Regards, > ARUN P > > > > A Tailor’s mistake is a Fashion But, An Engineer’s mistake is a Disaster. > > "Preserve the earth; Else we will perish" > -- Regards, ARUN P A Tailor’s mistake is a Fashion But, An Engineer’s mistake is a Disaster. "Preserve the earth; Else we will perish" _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
