Medieval Copy Protection 226
An anonymous reader writes "In medieval times a 'book curse' was often included on the inside cover or on the last leaf of a manuscripts, warning away anyone who might do the book some harm. Here's a particularly pretty one from Yale's Beinecke MS 214: 'In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen. In the one thousand two hundred twenty-ninth year from the incarnation of our Lord, Peter, of all monks the least significant, gave this book to the [Benedictine monastery of the] most blessed martyr, St. Quentin. If anyone should steal it, let him know that on the Day of Judgment the most sainted martyr himself will be the accuser against him before the face of our Lord Jesus Christ.'"
Re:::facepalm:: (Score:2, Informative)
not a copy protection (Score:1, Informative)
In these days, it was common practice to copy books. It was even encouraged to spread knowledge and share it with others. This protection is against theft and is just as (in)effective as today's copy protection techniques.
Re:::facepalm:: (Score:3, Informative)
Yeah...because god, the creator and lord of all things, is going to enforce human laws.
Actually, yes, according to the Bible, breaking human laws is wrong, unless it contradicts God's law.
Romans 13:1
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Re:Slashdot's categories are broken. (Score:5, Informative)
I don't think I'd mind nearly as much if Idle's comments page wasn't so broken....
Agreed. Fortunately, there is a workaround: change the "idle" part of the hostname to some other word. Any story can be served from any subdomain; only the page layout changes. It doesn't even have to be a normal /. host; for example, here's this story in the asdf [slashdot.org] subdomain.
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Re:FBI warning (Score:2, Informative)
Well, in Germany I don't (with pressed DVDs). I've once selected English language directly when starting a several-language DVD, so I know the spot this is about. But it's easy to avoid even if I want to see the DVD in English, by simply selecting German initially and then switching to English as soon as the main menu appears. I've then tried other languages on that DVD as well, but IIRC the German version was the only one without the spot (one language, I don't remember which, did use a different spot, however).
Re:That's not copy protection (Score:3, Informative)
Re:That's not copy protection (Score:3, Informative)
This is basic Church history learn it love it then leave it.
Re:That's not copy protection (Score:1, Informative)