Document Security Archives

Selling PDF books, files, documents online with DRM copy protection

Using DRM to protect PDFs sold online.

Selling PDF books, files and documents online has obvious advantages. You can cut costs (no more printed copies to produce and distribute), help save the environment (no more paper), save time (distribution handled automatically by an ecommerce system), and reach new markets. The downside however is how do you protect electronic copies which by their very nature can be easily re-produced? Read more

Protecting & viewing multiple file types / document formats with DRM

in Blog, Document Security, DRM

Are native applications an advantage for DRM protected documents?

There are many DRM confidential content control systems available that appear, at least from the literature of their suppliers, to be able to apply DRM content control to many different types of files. Read more

Remote file deletion, document shredding & DRM

in Blog, Document Security, DRM

Can you remotely delete files or shred documents?

Thank goodness the DRM industry does not take itself too seriously. There’s nothing worse than a group of sanctimonious zealots letting off steam about control of books that you can or can’t read.

Or is there? Read more

The (surp)rise of HTML5

in Blog, Document Security, DRM, PDF Security

Is HTML5 going to take over the DRM world, or are more established formats such as PDF likely to prosper?

Lately it seems that the DRM world has found HTML5 again, perhaps having tired of the various machinations of the XML world (a huge library of XML standard message formats is available at XML Standards Library), or perhaps because W3C decided to include an API to discover, select and interact with DRM systems as well as with simpler content encryption systems. It does not define what DRM may or may not be. In fact the design of the system is to push DRM handling and management to the page authors. Read more

Using DRM to protect PDFs sold online.

Are native applications an advantage for DRM protected documents?

Can you remotely delete files or shred documents?

Is HTML5 going to take over the DRM world, or are more established formats such as PDF likely to prosper?

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