<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; ">When a PDF is exported, there actually are security settings to NOT allow copying of text, images, etc. </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; "><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; ">However, if someone really wants to get at a PDF, there are software tools that allow you to easily break a locked PDF.</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; "><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; ">— Todd</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; "><br></div> <br> <div class="gmail_signature">
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(former)</div></div> <br><p class="airmail_on">On July 17, 2020 at 2:25:10 PM, Michael Muller via Hidden-discuss (<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>) wrote:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div><div></div><div>
<p><font face="Calibri">Fred,<br>
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<p><font face="Calibri">It's just a file, which can be copied,
renamed, emailed, etc. The only thing you can do is password
protect it for opening.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri">If you don't want people to be able to copy
and paste the text you'll have to make the PDF a series of
scanned images instead of text based.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri">Mik</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/17/2020 12:38 PM, Fred Levine via
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">We have a client who wants to sell her book as a PDF. Is anyone aware of a way to copy-protect the PDF that it can't be shared or duplicated? I assume there's a way to do this, but am not aware of one.
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Fred
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Small Batch Books
493 S. Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
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