I Hate DRM

Did you ever heard about the funniest DRM Joke : Protectedpdf provides publishers of e-books, research reports, educational texts and other electronic content with an innovative approach to PDF security. The protectedpdf technology empowers companies to secure their PDF documents against misuse, piracy and unauthorized sharing. With protectedpdf's innovative DRM technology, publishers can * prevent unauthorized readers from accessing content * define and modify reader access permissions – even after distribution website : http://www.protectedpdf.com , http://www.vitrium.com How to bypass ProtectedPDF innovative DRM technology : http://i37.tinypic.com/2061jz4.gif

Hi Lizard, this is Peter Nieforth, CEO of Vitrium Systems. Sorry but you have got it all wrong! The demonstration you are showing isn't using protectedpdf at all but showing off a beta version of docmetrics - NOT FOR DRM! We launched docmetrics in May 2008 and we eat our own dog food and use our innovative docmetrics technology to gather sales leads from our own data sheets, brochures and white papers. BTW, docmetrics is a lead generation and PDF analytics SaaS solution which empowers marketers to generate qualified sales leads from their white paper marketing campaigns and other content-based marketing activities. This is not about protecting PDF's or DRM at all but about knowing who is reading your PDF's! For more information on docmetrics, visit http://www.docmetrics.com/. Docmetrics allows marketers to transform PDFs into smart documents featuring dynamic forms that report reader responses as and when forms are submitted. These interactive in-document forms allow marketers to replace their standard landing page-based web forms, gathering more and better quality reader data. Docmetrics is the latest product from Vitrium Systems. Based in Vancouver, Vitrium is the leading name in smart document technology for PDF security and tracking. The company was named in Gartner's Cool Vendors in CRM Marketing and Analytics, 2008 report. For more information on Vitrium, visit http://www.vitrium.com/. To see a docmetrics "smart document" in action and learn more about Vitrium's innovative approach to content marketing and sales lead generation, please download the docmetrics white paper The Power of Pass-along: Getting to the Decision Maker (http://www.docmetrics.com/Includes/PDFs/PowerPassAlong.zip) Best, Peter Nieforth, CEO Vitrium Systems Inc.

Hey Lizard, First of all, that trick doesn't work with protectedpdf documents. I assume Peter is right in that the example above is not a protectedpdf document. Second, why are you trying to bypass protectedpdf? Is this content that you've purchased and have a legal right to? If the product's DRM is getting in the way of rightfully authorized readers, you have every right to complain to the company about this. I actually use protectedpdf and I find that as far as DRM solutions go, it's about as unintrusive as you can get. If you don't have legal right to that document, on the other hand...well, then, I'd advise you to remember that not all publishers are the size of McGraw-Hill. Some small publishers just barely eke out a living, and these aren't the bad guys.