Protecting Educational Video

akdoc wrote on 12/20/2015, 8:54 AM
I am gradually creating sell-able videos for professional education. I am hoping someone can offer suggestions on best methods to disburse them without being blatantly copied. Open to ideas on copy protection or on a streaming option on a pay per view type basis. I am a total noob so any information is helpful.

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Always Learning wrote on 12/20/2015, 11:10 AM
Can one not use the Copy Protection facility in DVD Architect Pro If you are making DVD's?
John_Cline wrote on 12/20/2015, 11:53 AM
No matter what you do, there is always some way to bypass copy protection of the videos with relatively little trouble. There are ways to make it difficult using some form of Digital Rights Management for viewing online but given the right software, even that can be cracked by someone determined to get your videos. The copy protection flag in DVD Architect does nothing if you are burning your own discs.
Former user wrote on 12/20/2015, 12:26 PM
The guilt factor is probably the best way. Put a graphic, either constantly or randomly on the screen stating the copyright.

Sometimes helps. But not always of course.
akdoc wrote on 12/20/2015, 1:05 PM
thanks for the ideas so far. my idea was the same to just price it reasonable and cater to respect of guilt. However how do the new services of pay to stream work? or is that for major film only? I could see people might want to rent the content too. Re: DVD I think that ship has sailed. Sending a USB makes more sense but easier to copy from my ignorant knowledge.
astar wrote on 12/22/2015, 2:42 AM
Look into Vimeos pay service, that would be the easiest way to do what you are trying to do. Some one out there can always screen capture the video to get a copy. At least the payment gateway and permissions will stop the 99% of "honest" people that do not know how to capture or want to waste their time trying.

You could also hire a programmer to create an ecommerce site that hosts your own MPEG-DASH streams, and secures them with wildvine.