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how to make a page that can not copy and paste..?? Thanks
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how to make a page that can not copy and paste.. 3
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Hi
In web context a page is a HTML document. A document can not perform any action, so it can neither copy or paste. So all pages are exactly as you want them.
If your question should be understood as "how can the visitor be stopped to copy a page's content", then the answer is no way.
Feherke.
In web context a page is a HTML document. A document can not perform any action, so it can neither copy or paste. So all pages are exactly as you want them.
If your question should be understood as "how can the visitor be stopped to copy a page's content", then the answer is no way.
Feherke.
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Hi, if there is content you wish to host, but not let people copy it, you have to use some sort of document (for download) with DRM in it.
I know PDF with plugins have this (like if you buy something from SAE). They will be locked to the IP of that computer and you can print only two times or so.
Of course, one can print-screen it too, or maybe hack it out by printing it to a new PDF (third party pdf-printer maybe)?.
The morality is: If it is on the internet, _someone_ will steal it, even though it's just some nonfancy icons for web or a nice recipy for cake.
They however cant see your server-side coding, so what they do steal, will be static. You could always watermark images and such, but people can crop images, etc. It's not really hard to do and I guess it's very hard to get compansation for the theft (especially if it's international).
Olav Alexander Mjelde
I know PDF with plugins have this (like if you buy something from SAE). They will be locked to the IP of that computer and you can print only two times or so.
Of course, one can print-screen it too, or maybe hack it out by printing it to a new PDF (third party pdf-printer maybe)?.
The morality is: If it is on the internet, _someone_ will steal it, even though it's just some nonfancy icons for web or a nice recipy for cake.
They however cant see your server-side coding, so what they do steal, will be static. You could always watermark images and such, but people can crop images, etc. It's not really hard to do and I guess it's very hard to get compansation for the theft (especially if it's international).
Olav Alexander Mjelde
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I suppose there might be a number of ways to make life harder for the thief.
If you wan't to stop them seeing how you did sonmething in tha page you could scramble up the HTML so it beconmes really hard to read, put and javascript in a scrambles file again just to make life harder.
If you more concernded about the provacy of stuff you display you might generate the content in a shock wave movie and prevent which might prevent people from capturing it but you probabby can't stop people printing a page but you might be able to mess it up with a style sheet when print is invokded.
Agree with feherke you can't stop them but you can make it harder.
If you wan't to stop them seeing how you did sonmething in tha page you could scramble up the HTML so it beconmes really hard to read, put and javascript in a scrambles file again just to make life harder.
If you more concernded about the provacy of stuff you display you might generate the content in a shock wave movie and prevent which might prevent people from capturing it but you probabby can't stop people printing a page but you might be able to mess it up with a style sheet when print is invokded.
Agree with feherke you can't stop them but you can make it harder.
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Before you undertake any serious protection of your pages, please remember the first thing said to you: You cannot prevent really dedicated people from stealing your content. With that said, you should realize that extra protection usually inconveniences regular users who have no intention of stealing your content and does not fully protect you from those that do want to steal it.
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