In 1998 the ArtistScope Company was founded to further the research and development of solutions to protect the artist's livelihood. The first development was Secure Image which provided image encryption for use on web pages. Secure Image was a major innovation for the Internet and it was featured as such in many graphics and printing magazines worldwide. However, anything that offered security was short-lived because if there were a way of getting around it, it was soon broadcast for all to know. In those days less than 2% of Internet users knew what the Print Screen button could be used for. In fact very few graphic artists knew about the Print Screen button and the screen capture software did not exist then. That was soon changed by scores of software developers who began peddling screen capture software, making image piracy easier and more difficult to prevent. ArtistScope DRM distinguishes each user using an algorithm based on hard drive serial number and manufacturer, ensuring that rights permissions can be locked to individual computers and not exploited. Each CopySafe software license includes a free and unlimited account on our DRM server (for life) to manage subscribers, groups, file permissions and access rights.