Digital Rights Management  (DRM) has been around for a while, but not for as long as what some want us to believe. The information provided by Wikipedia on DRM has grown exponentially over the years while anyone who has ever researched, developed or even written about it since has added a link for themselves. Su…

A common mistake made by web developers is assuming that by displaying PDF on a web page, that it doesn't get downloaded. However to view anything on a web page, it is first download to the web browser cache and displayed from there. So it doesn't matter whether the PDF is downloaded or viewed online because…

When looking for PDF protection software to copy protect PDF, one usually starts by typing those words into a search engine page. But today it is not so straight forward because search results are mostly populated with articles about password protection for Adobe PDF which can easily be removed and of little use wh…

For those who want to copy protect PDF, the options are numerous and their effect on preventing copy can be less than ideal. While there is a lot of information on the Internet about copy protecting PDF, much of it can be disinformation due to the lack of research on one hand, and the misuse of buzz words to sensat…

When do you need to copy protect PDF ? Anyone distributing intellectual property such as educational course lessons, trade recipes or corporate data for the eyes only of those within the company needs to protect their livelihood by copy protecting those documents. Most authors use Word to create their document but n…