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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kaytee,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>I
would think copy-protecting a DVD would increase the production costs of
duplicating the DVDs. Also, even the best disc protection is practically
useless. I myself ordered a program called Alcohol 120%, which is a legal DVD
& CD image burning program. The main reason I purchased it is to make CD
image files of mainly my gaming discs in order to have them available on my
laptop’s hard drive rather than have to worry about transporting the
actual original game discs around all the time and risking them getting easily swiped,
lost, or damaged when I am not at home. It does not take any cracking or
hacking, and the majority of my games have some kind of copy-protection.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>In
regards to your trial image software, most digitized comics are in a format
called CBR or CBX I believe. All that file format consists of are compressed file
folders and image files, such as JPG, PNG, PDF, or whatever in either usually zipped
format (in the case of CBX) or RAR archived format (in the case of CBR). I
might be getting the corresponding compression format mixed with the file
extension, but basically that is it. As an example, basically if you were to change
“GrooMarvel-88.CBR” to its corresponding compression extension of “GrooMarvel-88.zip”
then you could uncompress all those files using your default unpacking program.
The same would go for “GrooMarvel-88.CBR” and using your RAR archival
program. The choice of compression just comes down to a user’s preference
I believe and whether your comic viewer is compatible with it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>The
reason they decided to simply change the filename extension is so if people
just want to view a bunch of collected images, in this case related to a
specific comic book, their comic book reading program would be the default CBX
file viewer instead of having your operating system automatically choose your
default compression program each time, and then also having to still view the
comic book pages as images in yet another program. The comic book viewer allows
you to retain all your comic book image files in a compressed cohesive form,
which obviously takes up less disc space, while also allowing to the ability to
flip and view every page in a usually convenient, intuitive, and enjoyable
interface.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>If
it is not already clear, I bring this all up because even if Groo was digitized
on a copy-protected read-only disc with a built in comic book viewer, most
likely anyone could read and copy over just the base CBX or CBR files then use
them either in their own viewer or burn their own DVD version.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>On
a separate note too, even if the trial version of that particular program does
not permit print outs or screen printing, anyone can pretty much get programs
off the internet, which allow a user to print a screen, grab a screen image, or
even record whatever is on the screen like it is a TV with a VCR attached. I
hate to scare anyone using any of those video chat programs and possibly doing
some potentially embarrassing acts while thinking the program both you and your
chat partner are using does not allow for such things, but you should not take
that for granted. Someone can easily use a separate program in order to record in
some way whatever is transpiring on their screen. Some people also use these
kinds of programs to also cheat streaming video services, where the company
thinks their copyright interests are safe since the video clip is streaming and
the related viewing program does not allow for saving any files. In the end a
person can crop out the rest of their screen, just leaving the desired area of
the screen shot and save the image or video file as another file format, which
can be made into numerous duplicates and spread easily on-line.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>…Something
to think about.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>_<i><span style='font-style:italic'>TONE</span></i>_<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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