Re: PDF is blocked for printing, etc. OK for acroread (it behaves as expected), but KPDF allows me to print it, even if it is protected! Why?

[Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be>]

Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:39:03PM +0700, Mikhail Gusarov wrote:
>   
>
> This is one of the reasons why people who seek to use DRM will not allow their
> software to be made for Free Software Platforms. DRM is not in the best
> interest of the users/re-users of content. And by adding DRM, you tell the user
> that he/she did not buy the content but is renting it until you decide
> otherwise. People have proven, again and again, that they are capable of
> circumventing DRM, so it is not an issue of 'if' they will break DRM but when.
> And it only hinders legitimate user of your content, those who wish to follow
> these restrictions.
/
> From my recollection, KPDF has an option to 'enable' the
> compliance with the 'do not print' feature. But it is not enabled by default.
>   
And I consider this as a normal default setting. The problem is that, in
my situation [see messages before, please], I _had_ to do this, even if
this is not the kind of things I like to do.

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