To copy protect PDF displayed on web pages today requires more than site protection software to simply protect the web page that may be displaying an embedded PDF viewer for normal PDF. Because to copy protect it securely, the PDF file needs to be encrypted so that it can only be viewed using a proprietary PDF reader, ie: not the commonly used Adobe Reader, and then your site visitors will need to use a web browser that can display the encrypted PDF.
If that sounds simple enough, you may be in for a surprise, because today there is only one PDF protection software that does provide secure protection from all avenues of copy and save that can be used on a web page, and there is only web browser that can display it.
But before further explanation is needed, ask yourself why do you want to display PDF on your web pages when publishing for desktop reading is more versatile, ie: can be distributed by email, download and on disk, while using DRM to prevent sharing and unauthorized distribution?
If it is because you believe that by publishing your document on a web page is more secure because the user reads from the web without downloading the file, then you are very wrong. But that is understandable because even experienced web designers make that same mistake. Web content is never “read online” but instead is read locally after first downloading the content via your web browser. The only difference between reading online and reading on the desktop is that to read using a desktop reader the PDF document is first saved to a location on your computer of your choice, whereas with reading online, it is saved to the browser cache folder.
Why we now need to use proprietary PDF encryption is because when embedding normal PDF on a web page, it is impossible to remove the options for save and print from the reader’s toolbar. It used to be possible but Adobe changed that to enhance sales of their own copy protect software. But while their solution is extremely expensive, Adobe does not provide a solution for preventing screen capture or DRM that is impossible to exploit. Nor does it provide the sophisticated options provided by the total control DRM available with CopySafe PDF Protection.
For PDF, CopySafe provides the most secure site protection software for all media including PDF, images, video, text… in fact almost anything that can be displayed on a web page, and the only truly effective protection that can be used on a web page today.
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