How To Copy Protect eBooks, PDF & Documents
The problem with protecting documents, especially eBooks where
authors are too eagre to please everyone regardless of their
preferred eBook reader, is that it's not possible to properly
protect any document or file when its associated reader has not
been designed for copy protection and DRM control, or it has but
by its nature can easily be dissembled and exploited.
And that's the way it is with every document reader available
today except for CopySafe PDF Reader. When one looks at
all of the available e-reader solutions, one sees a variety of
concepts:
- user friendly readers that display simple text
- user friendly readers that can open a variety of file types
- some readers using password protection that can be exploited
- some readers claiming DRM but without copy protection
Of those claiming DRM protection to prevent redistribution, on
only has to perform a web search on "remove DRM from eBooks" to
realise how useless those solutions really are. And as for copy
protection, it is actually non-existent in any of the available
e-readers.
Copy protecting generic documentsAll documents can be properly copy protected by
CopySafe PDF
because all documents can either be converted to PDF or they can
be scanned to provide an image file.
Copy protecting PDF documents
CopySafe PDF is
specially designed for not only providing copy protection of a
document's content while being displayed, but it can also employ
DRM controls as an option at the time of conversion. The copy
protection provided by CopySafe PDF is the most secure and there
is no other application that can provide such complete
protection from printscreen and all screen capture software.
The same applies to the document rights management (DRM) applied
by CopySafe PDF which
were specially designed as a more secure alternative to the
monkey business evident in alternative solutions. ArtistScope
has been providing the most secure solutions for copy protection
since 1998 and cannot be associated with anything less. However
the other solutions do have a market, but it can't be with
anyone serious about protecting their livelihood.
Copy protecting eBooksWhen selling
eBooks online, authors need to preserve their livelihood by
ensuring that their publications and/or tutorials continue to
bring in revenue. Delivering eBooks that are neither copy
protected nor protected from unauthorised distribution is one
sure way to reduce sales because anyone already with a copy of
your eBook is free to forward it onto an unlimited number of
persons or even sell it as their own.
However by using CopySafe
PDF you not only have the most secure copy protection for
your eBook content but you also have the opportunity to restrict
the use of your eBooks to only those people who pay for them.
For authors creating eBooks with CopySafe PDF ArtistScope
provides a free publishing service with everything that an
author needs to sell and distribute online. For more information
please see the ArtistScope eBook
Store.
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