
ArtistScope - The Founder of Copy Protection
Innovator and leading developer of access rights and
copy protection solutions since 1998.
ArtistScope provides software for securing
all types of media with the option of total
control over who can view it and how.
Depending on whether you want to protect web
pages or documents and the extent of your
reader's access entitlements, you have a
choice of several solutions.
ArtistScope software is innovative and the
industry standard for copy protection,
providing the most secure and most robust
copy protection options possible. It is the
solution of choice by the military,
government, telecoms and many other
industries worldwide where the protection of
intellectual property and sensitive
information is critical.
History in the Making
The origin of ArtistScope can also be said
to be the origin of copy protection for the
Internet, because before ArtistScope,
copy
protection for images or web pages did not
exist.
When representing other artists who were
interested in exhibiting online but were
concerned about the lack of protection that
was available for their artworks. At that
time, there was no solution available to
prevent images from being saved from a web
page. From extensive research the only
information that could be found that was a
University paper that was speculating about
the possibility of vetting links to images
using a server side script. During the time,
no such script had been created. It was only
wishful thinking.
So the task of finding a solution to
prevent image copy was put to
programmers of diverse specialties
worldwide, but they all concluded that such
a thing was impossible.
The first methods that were developed hid an
image from mouse saves by displaying it as a
table background instead of an image source
as well as the use of JavaScript layers to
hide an image on mouse over. Unfortunately
layers were not supported in all browsers at
that time, and table backgrounds could still
be obtained, which necessitated a better
solution was needed. Then image encryption
was developed using Java for its all-round
platform and browser support.
Secure Image was released as the first
solution for copy protecting images on web
pages. Soon after a Perl script known as
Link Protect was distributed as the
first solution for the prevention of
unauthorized linking and bandwidth theft.
In 1998 the ArtistScope Company was founded
to further the research and development of
solutions to protect the artist's
livelihood. The next development was Secure
Image which provided image encryption for
use on web pages. Secure Image was a major
innovation for the Internet and it was
featured as such in many graphics and
printing magazines worldwide. However,
anything that offered security was
short-lived because if there were a way of
getting around it, it was soon broadcast for
all to know. In those days less than 2% of
Internet users knew what the Print Screen
button could be used for. In fact very few
graphic artists knew about the Print Screen
button and the screen capture software did
not exist then. That was soon changed by
scores of software developers who began
peddling screen capture software, making
image piracy easier and more difficult to
prevent.
Copy Protection
In 1999 released CopySafe which today remains unique in that PrintScreen and screen capture is prevented at system level by controlling the clipboard, whereas other solutions try to detect known capture software and shut it down. Such solutions are easily exploited by simply renaming the capture software (.exe) file. Lesser solutions designed for amusement devices like mobile phones cannot action at system level and are not worthwhile.
Copy protected files can be viewed on the desktop using a CopySafe reader/player, or they can be displayed online from your web page. Free plugins are available for the most popular CMS such as DNN, Drupal, Joomla, Moodle and WordPress to upload and add protected PDF and video from their online page editors.
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
ArtistScope revolutionized Digital Rights Management by introducing call-to-home server validation instead of tokens, ensuring that DRM rights could not be exploited and give authors total control over security policy changes with immediate effect, even on protected files already saved to the user's computer.
ArtistScope DRM distinguishes each user using an algorithm based on hard drive serial number and manufacturer, ensuring that rights permissions can be locked to individual computers and not exploited. Each CopySafe software license includes a free and unlimited account on our DRM server (for life) to manage subscribers, groups file permissions and access rights.
DRM accounts can manage both PDF and video with the option to sell from our online ebook store free of charge.
The latest ArtistScope development and
possibly the ultimate solution for all copy
protection needs is the
ArtisBrowser which is the only web
browser designed for and dedicated to the
copy protection of web pages and embedded
media.
- Copy protect images
- Copy protect web pages
- Copy protect source code
- Copy protect video and Flash
- Copy protect eBooks and PDF documents
- Prevent data leakage and other exploits
"We know the technology, we know the
customer, and we know the audience. Our
systems are the most secure and are
affordable; and we stay apace with those who
seek ways to get around protection
solutions."
ArtistScope Pty Limited
Address: PO Box 927 Gympie 4570, Queensland, Australia.
Phone:
0466 543 727