Distributing intellectual property and corporate data in digital format poses a lot of problems with security and the distribution of that property to persons unknown. Unlike original hard copy documents, digital files are easily copied, easily distributed to others or even published online, and they last forever. The…

Today there is a lot of software available to copy protect PDF documents ranging from simple compression methods that require a password to open them, to military grade encryption used with proprietary PDF readers with and without DRM options to prevent sharing. Simple password protection may appeal to some but passwo…

To celebrate the release of the Mac version of their secure web browser, ArtistScope has provided an online demo of how easy it is to use their website protection software to copy protect absolutely any web site on the planet. On their test page, anyone can type in the URL of any web site, and then visit it to see jus…

Despite there being hundreds of different image protection and PDF protection software available, there is only one that is trusted where livelihoods are concerned, and that is the CopySafe PDF Protection software. The reason for that is because it protects content from all methods of copy including PrintScreen and sc…

To prevent unauthorized access to any file that is distributed for desktop reading, it needs to be encrypted so that it is not accessible until the conditions of its author are met, whether that may be by way of a proprietary reader designed to open decrypt that document, a required password, an authorizing token file…

There is nothing worse than seeing your hard work, research, creativity or otherwise intellectual property being shared by people that avoided paying for the lesson or subscription because it was never copy protected. For one to have any chance of seeing a return on their work, its publishing and distribution needs …

Any website, new or old, can protect everything online, including data, media an even their HTML and JavaScript by using good website protection software. However when I refer to "good website protection", I do not include the plethora of "content protection' solutions that actually don't do m…

While many believe that having more content is the key to getting traffic, having hundreds of web pages about your key subject or product is actually no more effective than having one properly prepared web page about it. Making that mistake often leads to exposing web content to copy and plagiarism by others who sim…

Password protection can be handy for limiting access to PDF documents, because without the correct password, a user will not be able to open the PDF file to read its contents. That is, if the password cannot be easily extracted by one of the many tools available on the Internet today.  Unless the password protected …

Anyone searching for ways to protect images online will undoubtedly have found the many articles written about "Five to ten ways to protect your images online" but they all have two things in common. One is that they do not list any effective means to prevent copy by PrintScreen or screen capture, and two …

Publishing and distributing protected PDF for secure sharing requires more than copy protection of the PDF contents because sharing and unauthorized distribution requires DRM to ensure that others without your permission cannot open the document. Regardless of whether reading via desktop software or site protec…

Using copy protect PDF   and site protection software in Joomla is now greatly simplified. As with any well designed CMS, they are easy to use to quickly create web pages, but almost impossible to customize without the availability of a plugin or extension that is properly designed and compatible with the core funct…

Website protection software should be about protecting data and media and not about preventing server exploits from the upload of malicious files that can be run remotely. But unfortunately the anti-virus software industry chooses to promote its wares where it hopes to get attention. Better to close the gate before …

The options for protecting PDF are endless but which PDF security software is best for your project? Some things to consider : Do you need to restrict access to the PDF? Do you need to prevent printing of the PDF? Do you want to prevent save and copy of the PDF file's contents? Do you want to prevent shar…

One of the most commonly used methods for protecting images online is by using 'no-right-click' scripts that disable the right click mouse button. Touted as a most effective image protect software that is even available as plugins to add to your favorite CMS such as WordPress, that method does little to pre…

Moodle is clearly the most popular choice for Learning Management Software (LMS) among educational facilities, but copy protecting content by employing image protect software or PDF protection software could not be more difficult. In fact customizing Moodle for anything out of the ordinary, compared to other Conte…

In this article we look at how and if website protection software can be used to copy protect PDF that is displayed online from web pages. But unfortunately, no website protection solution will protect PDF on its own. The reason for that is unless the PDF is encrypted so that it is not readable by Adobe Reader reso…

Both PDF protection software and image protect software can be used for secure document storage. However they each have their advantages and disadvantages depending on the given scenario. One of the first things to consider is, will the secure document be viewed on the desktop, ie: downloaded and portable between…

If your livelihood depends on your images not being available for free, then you need to use image protect software and/or website protection software. For example if you are selling art or image stock and displaying a small example of the image, it needs to be copy protected because even a small example can be scr…

While the use of Content Management Systems (CMS) like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and Moodle make the creation of web pages a simple task for everyone, adding anything out of the norm like encrypted PDF, encrypted images or encrypted video can be impossible for most website owners who may not possess the HTML and cod…