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Old 04-22-2002, 03:48 AM  
Jono
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A Way To Stop Cheaters (?)

Guys and Girls,

There's more and more threads popping up about content stealing. I'm sure the honest ones amongst us have wondered how to stop these leeching fuckers?
Here's an idea I've come up with, I've not got copyright on it, so if anyone wants to go out there and make that $million, please do so :-)
Set up a Content Registry Database (CRD) on the net.
Define a product code standard, for example a 14 digit code broken up like this:
CCCCMMMMMXXXXX
CCCC would be the number of the content provider, assigned by the CRD (for a fee?)
MMMMM would be a content purchasers number, again you would have to register at the CRD (only once) before you can buy content.
XXXXX would be the content providers picture set number.
When you then enter your data into the TGP submit form, you would also enter your 14 digit code. This number can be cross referenced with the CRD either manually or during submission.
The CRD would be updated everytime a set is purchased via a content provider so it has every set ever bought on it.
An agreement between all content providers and (most) TGPs would be required for this to work, but it would cut down on TGP gallery cheaters by a huge percentage.
As for content that has already been bought, perhaps a backtrack could be done to have numbers assigned....
Any further ideas on this? or Am I talking total shit?
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