But the computer wouldn't know if you copied it by hand.

Students or other individuals could rent the individual pieces and copy them by hand.

However, clearly someone, or some group, had taken the trouble to copy the salient information by hand for their own use.

I had to copy them by hand from the full score.

So I would listen and try to copy music by ear.

These he copied by hand, quickly and accurately, before replacing all as it had been.

The format of the book was unique and later copied by other authors.

Imagine having to copy an entire book by hand without missing a comma.

He copied many of the inscriptions by hand and included them in his essay.

Before the printing press was invented, people copied texts by hand.