The problem with using website copy protection software to copy protect PDF is that normal PDF can no longer be embedded on a web page without it being available to copy, save and print options due to the Adobe Reader tool bar no longer being editable to remove those options. So any solution that can provide copy protection for web page media and content will not be able to effectively protect PDF documents files while they remain as .PDF even when embedded into the protected page.
So to copy protect PDF displayed on web pages, encryption and the use of a proprietary reader resource is needed. While there are a multitude of PDF protection solutions offered online, very few can be used to display protected PDF from web pages and of those, there is only one that provides secure copy protection from all methods of copy and exploit. Sure, you could use JavaScript to display the PDF on a web page that is using a website copy protection software but again, there is only one web protection solution that is effective against all methods of copy including PrintScreen. Both routes lead to ArtistScope who are the developers of the ArtistScope Site Protection System (ASPS) and the CopySafe PDF Protection software. Either solution can be used and they are most compatible with each other. In fact they both use the ArtisBrowser to display the protected web pages. Normal web browsers can no longer display copy protected web content, so the ArtisBrowser is required, and being properly designed for copy protection can provide much more secure all round and much more robust copy protection than was ever possible with any other web browser.
However, while a JavaScript solution for dissembling PDF and then displaying it as HTML can be most secure when used with the ASPS site protection software, the files stored on the server will not be secure from the staff employed by your company, webmaster or web host. To secure your data from that avenue of exploit you need to use encryption and the CopySafe PDF Protection software uses military grade encryption with domain lock to prevent those files from being displayed away from your own web pages.
Both ArtistScope solutions, ASPS for web page protection and CopySafe PDF for PDF protection, are supported with plugins for all of the popular CMS like WordPress, Moodle, Drupal and Joomla to enable site owners to easily add copy protected PDF to web pages and posts from the inbuilt online editors.For more information and obligation free consultation, please use the contact form on the ArtistScope home page.
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