While the most secure methods for copy protecting PDF and images online encrypt the PDF and image files to restrict viewing by normal readers and prevent the use of those files away from your website, with the ArtistScope Site Protection Software (ASPS) all media and web content can be most securely copy protected without requiring that the media files be encrypted.

Normally, even encrypted images can be downloaded and if not encrypted by image protect software using a domain lock, those images can be displayed elsewhere. How those images get downloaded is because unless they are actually domain locked then those images can be re-used elsewhere and how they get downloaded is because all popular web browsers provide easy to use features for saving pages with all images and also help the thieves by providing a view of page source to get their download links.

The same applies if you want to copy protect PDF displayed on web pages. Normally it needs to be encrypted to prevent access by Adobe PDF Reader which provides features for saving, downloading and printing that cannot be controlled. And again, popular web browsers provide easy to use options for saving and downloading, plus a view of page source to get the resource links.

Unfortunately, uploading and displaying encrypted PDF and images requires specialist software as the one software will not do for all types of media. To encrypt images you need to use image protect software, and to protect PDF you need to use PDF protection software.

So how does the ArtistScope Site Protection Software (ASPS) get over these hurdles?

Well the first thing to realize is that ASPS will copy protect absolutely anything displayed on a web page, and media files like images, PDF and video cannot be downloaded or saved because ASPS uses a web browser that is properly designed to protect website content.

Other web browsers cannot view ASPS web pages because it s the web page that is encrypted on the fly by the web server and only the ArtisBrowser can decrypt those pages to display them when and how they should be seen. There is no view of page source and nothing can be extracted from browser cache or memory. In fact ASPS is even safe from packet sniffing software.

The only limitation is that the usual method of embedding PDF on a web page using object tags should not be used so that Adobe Reader cannot provide its reader plugin. Instead, for PDF, one of the JavaScript plugins should be used which dissemble the PDF and display its contents on a web page as HTML. But care is needed to ensure that the PDF JavaScript doesn't provide the same problematic buttons for save, print, etc.

Another huge advantage of using ArtistScope Site Protection Software (ASPS) is that you can use any CMS plugins and viewers at your disposal, such as those available for WordPress, Moodle, Drupal and Joomla.

ASPS is the most secure all round protection from all methods of copy and extraction and your media can be hosted anywhere. For example, if using a content server (CDN) or a streaming service like Vimeo, no-one will ever know or be able to find the resource links.