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Posted By: Bill Todd

Protecting your scans is pretty much like putting a lock on a briefcase. If somebody wants the thing badly enough, they'll just take it, and deal with the lock at their leisure. The idea of the lock/scan protection is to discourage the mischievous passer-by.

Putting up auctions based on stolen scans isn't exactly a viable long-term business model. It's for the lazy S*B who's looking to make a quick hit and move on.

Tom (and I'm sure many others), you have a fine, and on-going, reason for wanting to copy scans, so it's worth your while to figure out how to get around the protection. But the opportunist is just going to move on to something else that seems easy and quick.

Bill