Protecting SET folders in a new way

[mazenumar]

Hey guys,

OK, here's an issue... I made a SET folder on my 2x, and I am willing to sell it commercially,
BUT.. and it's a BIG BUT.. I am going to do this via "Download Purchasing"
so the buyer just pays and downloads straightaway.

To protect the SET folder from being copied and distributed,
I was thinking of a way to make the SET folder usable only ONCE, so that when it's loaded in the KORG from USB or HD, it shall never be accessible again.

Now, you might say, the buyer is going to make multiple copies of the SET on his computer before loading it for the 1st time on the KORG.
To bypass this, the SET will be password protected, so that each SET has its own unique password, and as soon as that password is used, the SET may not be loaded again in any device. Even the 1 it was primarily loaded on the 1st time.

OR......

The smarter folks out there could tell us a way to protect the PCM folder with some sort of encryption method..

SOUND TOUGH !!! I know... but many of us need this sort of technology, we're in 2012 for goodness sake

[Sharp]

I'm not sure I understand how the protection works.
Unless your doing this in conjunction with KORG at the OS level, there is simply no way to protect your data as anything loaded into the Pa2X can be saved and copied.

For what it's worth though, I think that it's not necessary to protect your content in the KORG community. It's very rare to see any piracy around here for example.

Regards
Sharp.

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[mazenumar]

thanks Sharp for the reply,
I will take what you said on board, and running from anything KORG was exactly my point, why do we need to send our SETs to KORG so that they can be protected in a USB?

We need not KORG to do that for us!

I have a friend who is a computer programmer, whom I have explained the situation to... he's now working on a solution...

Will post updates if there are any.

Cheers.