Articles posted on Aug 9, 2012

It is a major achievement to finish an eBook. How do you then make your work secure and prevent your intellectual property from being stolen? Many people regularly share eBooks with their affiliates unaware that they are violating copyright law whilst others make them freely available for download from torrent sites. Let us have a look how we secure eBooks.

A secure eBook is a digital book that has had some form of security applied to it, whether it be a password, encryption, copy protection, or DRM. In terms of protection, it need not be seen any differently than a secure document. The basis is that all documents are locked to ensure that only legitimate purchasers will be able to gain full access.  A secure document can have many different controls applied to it such as allowing an author to provide a sample with restricted viewing rights therefore enticing viewers to ...

This refers to a technique used to prevent copying of PDF files by both authorized and unauthorized users. However, whilst it is impossible to stop users from copying PDF files, that does not mean that you can’t stop users from using them by applying PDF file protection. Therefore, the most viable option to PDF copy protect a document is by ensuring that one cannot access the PDF file without authorization. Let us look at how this can be achieved.

A PDF lock is an effective access control method used for limiting access to pdf documents. There are many ways that one can use to implement this access control like the use of passwords and registration codes. Other types of PDF lock can be achieved through hardware (a dongle) which has to be present to open the lock. For effective PDF file protection, a lock using encryption is necessary to prevent anyone from accessing a PDF ...

This refers to a technique used to prevent copying of PDF files by both authorized and unauthorized users. However, whilst it is impossible to stop users from copying PDF files, that does not mean that you can’t stop users from using them by applying PDF file protection. Therefore, the most viable option to PDF copy protect a document is by ensuring that one cannot access the PDF file without authorization. Let us look at how this can be achieved.

A PDF lock is an effective access control method used for limiting access to pdf documents. There are many ways that one can use to implement this access control like the use of passwords and registration codes. Other types of PDF lock can be achieved through hardware (a dongle) which has to be present to open the lock. For effective PDF file protection, a lock using encryption is necessary to prevent anyone from accessing a PDF ...

This is a technology that is all about enforcing rights management of data inside the enterprise and generally refers to the protection of documents. Encryption of data is the most common vehicle of data protection but it only controls access to a document rather than controlling usage. Enterprise rights management is a solution that not only controls who can use a document, but what they can do with it (print, modify, etc.) and often uses tracking and audit trails to ensure that any misuse of confidential information is easily traced.

The most commonly used security technologies do not address document security head-on. The usual approaches to document security are the same old technologies that companies have been using to defend their networks, computers and data from attack.  However, enterprise rights management software takes the same approach as digital rights management ...

The majority of web users are honest people but you have to accept the reality that some individuals will try and steal your products. With this in mind it's important to take some measures to ensure that your intellectual property is not illegally copied and/or distributed.

Due to the ease with which users can distribute digital content such as eBooks, it is quite important to consider the option of using eBook protection. To prevent unauthorized distribution and copying of eBooks you need eBook security. With this in mind, LockLizard have developed advanced eBooks DRM software that secures eBooks against unauthorized use and allows you to control how long they can be viewed for and what users can do with them. Let us have a look that this form of security.

eBook security usually incorporates copy prevention capabilities which have the ability to be customized to ...

Digital rights management is effectively an advanced access control mechanism that limits the usage of digital media and devices. Some big companies like Apple Inc, Microsoft and Sony use this technology to enforce their intellectual property rights. You will also find that many music publishers have incorporated DRM protection into their files to restrict individuals from playing music on players that do not enforce their DRM controls. DRM is normally used in conjunction with a licensing control system to restrict usage to only authorized computers in order to prevent the sharing of DRM-protected content.

Some DRM protection systems use password security to prevent unauthorized access to protected content. However, it is easy to break this type of system either by using password recovery (cracking) tools or by sharing the password with others. Other more advanced DRM systems use ...

Digital rights management (DRM) is a technology that controls usage of information, such as expiry, the right to print, etc. The technology is useful for companies that wants to block the forwarding of sensitive e-mail, for e-book security to restrict access to copying and printing of materials, and in a movie studio to limit the number of copies one can make, among other uses.

The most common form of DRM is digital rights management software although some manufacturers actually implement DRM as part software and hardware (a microchip inside a machine or a dongle). DRM has facilitated corporates, governments and other organizations to protect their confidential information from unauthorized use and to control what authorized users can do with it. DRM software often provides numerous controls such as expiration, revocation, and watermarking, thus allowing organizations to ...

It has become quite easy for both individuals and organizations to protect their documents with the vast amount of copy protection software available in the market. Copy protection can be used by corporations as part of their document protection strategy to prevent illegal use and duplication of their data. Data security is a major concern for all organizations and individuals with files and documents that are prone to piracy, plagiarism, illegal distribution, and copying leading to breaches in data security. Loss of confidential data can cause immense damage to the reputation of an organization and even loss of business. It is therefore necessary to have a file and document protection system that makes sensitive data protected and secure.

Nowadays, watermark and password protection are easily compromised since watermarks can be easily removed in paint packages and passwords can be ...

In discussing digital media, be it eBooks, music, films, videos etc, there is always the question about protecting IPR with information rights management. Now, this is a wide topic but it has been segmented into three parts i.e. Digital rights management, Active rights management and Enterprise rights management. With the fast pace at which information technology is growing, digital media owners can no longer be ignorant of information rights management as the internet is rife with fraudsters who have no problem infringing on your intellectual property rights.

In information rights management, we are deliberating that the owner of particular digital works has the right to define, through a licence, the rights that are granted to the purchaser of the said works. These rights more often than not relate to the terms of personal use, ability to forward the works to others, ability to ...

Unauthorised printing of PDF documents has been a thorn in the side for many eBook authors. Several PDF print protection suites have roamed the PDF market but have left numerous authors disappointed. As a document protection company, LockLizard has risen to the occasion to develop a revolutionary platform which has among other objectives managed to effectively control the issue of PDF printing.

With Lizard Safeguard’s PDF protection suite, LockLizard has achieved an optimum potential in PDF print protection, preventing unauthorised document printing. For authorised printing, the number of times the document can be printed can be regulated. Print applications such as screen grabbers and Windows print screen can now be successfully disabled when dealing with protected PDF documents. Safeguard automatically stops other printing options such as printing to file or email and common ...