 | | | Re: Controlling Copy/Paste/Print | Re: Controlling Copy/Paste/Print 2004-11-12 - By Robert Hanson
I'd agree with Philip, at least on the the following points:
1) There probably is a company out there that is already doing this sort of
thing; so your role would be to do the research to find the product and
determine how to fit it into your exact requirements
2) If there is not a company, and you go forward with this, consider
commercializing whatever you develop.
Microsoft has digital rights management built into mediaplayer, I think.
Can you leverage that?
Philip Nelson <panmanphil@(protected)> on 11/12/2004 04:53:06 PM
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FWIW, I have used a product that does exactly (I think) what you are
looking
for.
http://www.intralinks.com/yb/ma.asp
It has been awhile since I used the site. I was provided with credentials
and
then did due diligence work using the documents at the site. I viewed pdf,
word
and excel documents securely. I did a little digging to understand how
secure
it was and from what I could tell they did a decent job.
If you really want security, just hiding buttons and changing the pdf
options
will not do it. If you simply want to make it inconvienient for the use to
steal, that approach can work allright. Many of those options are also
available with pdf manipulation tools. We use a tool from a company called
Fytek to read in existing pdfs, add data, change pdf options and stream out
to
clients.
Good luck, it could be a tough project!
--- "Keith Barrows (StarPilot)" <starpilot@(protected)> wrote:
> We have a possible client requesting us to scope out what would be
involved
> in changing a site's behaviors. Basically, this is a library app with a
ton
> of books. The Publishers of these books want the client to enforce
> copyright laws more than they are now. So, the criteria they want us to
> scope out would be:
>
> * Restrict Copy/Paste to a certain character limit and a certain
> number of copies per book (can quote the book but not copy whole
chapters)
> * Disallow Printing
> * Possibly create a client app/plug-in to do this
>
> One of the fears I have of doing this type of project is the nature of
the
> Internet to begin with. I do not know of any public solution like this
> without creating your own client to run on multiple platforms. It would
> have to be done with streaming so nothing is stored on the client hard
drive
> disk. The feeling I was left with was - "Oh this sounds simple. We can
do
> this." from our lead sales person.
>
> So, I am trying to get some ideas before Monday so we can make an
informed
> decision on a project like this. We will (90%) be doing a full discovery
> and provide 2 or 3 separate solution paths they can take. We may (50%)
take
> on the development of the chosen solution path. I want to make sure we
are
> a success at this one.
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