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ArtistScope Company The pioneer and leading innovator of copy protection solutions for the Internet since 1998.
ArtistScope software for the protection of the livelihood of artistsInnovator 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 your delivery format, ie: web page or document 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 and the solution of choice by the military, government, telecoms and many other industries worldwide where the protection of intellectual property and sensitive information is mission critical.

ABOUT ARTISTSCOPE

The origin of ArtistScope is related to the origin of copy protection for the Internet, because before ArtistScope, copy protection for images or web pages did not exist.

William Kent, an artist and graphic designer for almost 30 years, was representing other artists interested in exhibiting online who were concerned about the lack of protection available for their artworks. At that time, there was no solution available to prevent images from being saved from a web page and from extensive research the only thing that William could find that was even related was a found in a University paper speculating about the possibility of vetting links to images using a server side script, but 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 world wide, but they all returned a blank, reporting that such a thing was impossible.

The first methods that William developed hid an image from mouse saves by displaying it as a table background instead of an image source, and 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 so 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, and 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 world wide, but anything security related is short-lived because if there is a way of getting around it, it is soon broadcast for all to know. In those days less than 2% of Internet users knew what the Printscreen button could be used for. In fact very few graphic artists knew about Printscreen and screen capture software did not exist then, but that was soon changed by scores of software developers who began peddling screen capture software, making image piracy easier and more difficult to prevent.

So the next challenge was to prevent screen capture and in 1999 ArtistScope released CopySafe, finally closing the door on screen capture to provide a solution to thwart those who would profit from the intellectual property of others.

CopySafe has since been integrated into all sorts of web applications and document distribution. To further enhance the copy protection of documents, which can be circulated without an author's authorization, ArtistScope re-invented DRM by doing away with the usual token system, replacing it with live validation of a user's rights to access a document and how that document can be viewed/printed, giving authors total control with immediate effect over any changes even with documents that may have already been downloaded.

ArtistScope's latest development and possibly the ultimate solution for all copy protection needs is a new browser. ArtistScope Web Reader is the only web browser designed for and dedicated to the copy protection of web pages and embedded media.

"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."

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ArtistScope CD
ArtistScope DRM
ArtistScope Site Protection
CopySafe PDF Protector
CopySafe Web
Link Protection
Scroll Image
Secure Image Pro
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