Just me
02-08-2006, 08:05 AM
Would someone please tell me if there is a way in Setup Factory 7 to setup the following installation for an e-book so that it is “locked” to a specific computer? Here’s the idea…
When the end user receives the e-book and begins to activate it for the very first time, a script is initiated designed to search out information specific to that computer, and then use that info it gathered as the activation code for that e-book.
The install routine then seamlessly inserts the code into the “e-book activation code storage file”, and the end user has full access to the book without even SEEING a password to enter or deal with in any way.
From then on, every time the e-book is activated for viewing, the initialization process goes back to check that the user’s computer ID still matches that which was registered during the original install, and if there is a match, then the e-book is allowed to open.
However, if the user would try to copy the e-book and distribute it to unauthorized users, then, when those other copies are activated, the initialization process will see that the new computer’s info doesn’t match that of the “e-book activation code storage file”, and the e-book simply will not open.
I’m sure that sophisticated crackers could bypass such a protection, but 99.99% of those who buy an inexpensive e-book aren’t going to bother.
So is this possible to do with Setup Factory 7, or is that a job for another piece of software? What does anybody say out there…?
When the end user receives the e-book and begins to activate it for the very first time, a script is initiated designed to search out information specific to that computer, and then use that info it gathered as the activation code for that e-book.
The install routine then seamlessly inserts the code into the “e-book activation code storage file”, and the end user has full access to the book without even SEEING a password to enter or deal with in any way.
From then on, every time the e-book is activated for viewing, the initialization process goes back to check that the user’s computer ID still matches that which was registered during the original install, and if there is a match, then the e-book is allowed to open.
However, if the user would try to copy the e-book and distribute it to unauthorized users, then, when those other copies are activated, the initialization process will see that the new computer’s info doesn’t match that of the “e-book activation code storage file”, and the e-book simply will not open.
I’m sure that sophisticated crackers could bypass such a protection, but 99.99% of those who buy an inexpensive e-book aren’t going to bother.
So is this possible to do with Setup Factory 7, or is that a job for another piece of software? What does anybody say out there…?