Adobe security help

im missing something here.

[Louise]

Im using Adobe distiller for on-line documents for a clients site, Ive put into the security options 128 encrypted so it cant be printed,copied,save to and so on, but when its uploaded ive been able to save a copy to my pc, this shouldnt happen? have I missed something here? all documents are created in word then changed to adobe pdf.
Help.....

Ive emailed adobe but it seems to take 10 days to get any response.

Appreciate any advice

Louise

[pixel_juice]

Hi Louise.

You can't prevent people from downloading/having a local copy of the file since every file you look at on the web is downloaded locally to your computer. The security settings are only to prevent people from copying text etc. from the file.

If anyone is determined enough they will be able to do as they please with your pdf anyway. I'm afraid that you just have to live with the security settings as they are. From what I've seen, even protected files leave a 'copy entire file to clipboard' option in the menu (at least they do in Acrobat 4) and so even the anti-copying is not that secure.

The best way of looking at it is as if your file was a real world document. If they wanted to, people could copy your file and distribute it as much as they liked. Copyright laws protect your work from unauthorised use, not clever technical security measures ;)

[Louise]

Very greatful for that thanx.

Putting a copyright mark i.e. (c) 2003 Name of person, is that enough to protect work & strong enough for court action?

Louise

[pixel_juice]

A copyright notice is just a reminder - if you are in the US anything on the web is copyrighted anyway.

You might find this thread [webmasterworld.com] helpful, as well as a sitesearch for 'copyright'. It's a complex topic and even has its own forum [webmasterworld.com] here at WW.