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  1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

    >Get a reddit message >It's a paragraph long retread of the same old anti-DRM argument everyone has seen a thousand times. >what are they replying to? A post about the MLP comic of course.

    Thursday, 29-Nov-12 19:50:50 UTC from web
    1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

      @ceruleanspark How does one apply DRM to a comic anyway

      Thursday, 29-Nov-12 19:52:45 UTC from web
      1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

        @redenchilada you never actually get the comic file. You buy access to a proprietary viewer that loads the comics you've purchased licenses too. This is seriously how comixology, the online distributor for the MLP comic (and others) works.

        Thursday, 29-Nov-12 19:57:13 UTC from web
        1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

          @ceruleanspark Oh. I thought it was gonna be something about the physical copies of the book. Then I remembered that comics are sold digitally now and it all makes sense.

          Thursday, 29-Nov-12 19:58:40 UTC from web
          1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

            @redenchilada The book contains a hidden dotcode that prevents it from being scanned or photographed. (Some scanners already do this with currency)

            Thursday, 29-Nov-12 20:00:41 UTC from web
            1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

              @ceruleanspark That sounds so hilariously easy to circumvent, unless I'm missing some information here.

              Thursday, 29-Nov-12 20:02:39 UTC from web
      2. Omni Omni

        @redenchilada Put a camera in the book to register your face and if they see another face put up an arrest warrant for you because you've been sharing illegally.

        Thursday, 29-Nov-12 19:58:08 UTC from web
        1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

          @omni /pulls batteries out of camera

          Thursday, 29-Nov-12 19:58:56 UTC from web
        2. Scribus Scribus

          @omni Why arrest? Just install a Taser.

          Thursday, 29-Nov-12 19:59:19 UTC from web
          1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

            @scribus Stick one of those exploding ink things in it

            Thursday, 29-Nov-12 20:00:14 UTC from web
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      I got an E-mail back from the Hosting company, by the way. This is what they said- "I will advise you to open a trouble ticket from within your account control panel so our technicians will be able to assist you."

      Thursday, 29-Nov-12 20:16:24 UTC from web