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It doesn't depend on anything of the kind. If you can see it you can copy
it. These methods only slow the user down. Worst case scenario - screen
capture the pdf one page at a time (Snag It will do that easily) and run it
through OCR. The encryption won't help there!

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Don wrote:
"Graham Mayor" wrote in
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No - and even in Acrobat which has that option, it will only stop
copying for about 10 minutes. If someone can see the document they
can copy it.


Not necessarily so Graham.

It's dependent upon what encryption method is used (40-bit or
128-bit). Also upon what security options are set and the number of
pages (there are some tools that will de-crpypt a 1-3 page 128-bit
encrypted however these tools choke on more pages.

BTW, the encryption additions require the full-version of Adobe and
not the free reader.
Even PDF's that have encryption set MINUS-a-password cannot be
de-crypted in the free reader.