Re: DRM protected PDF files

[James Cloos <cloos+gnome-evince-list jhcloos com>]

>>>>> "Donald" == Donald Hellen <donhellen roadrunner com> writes:

Donald> There is an ebook that some people on an aquarium web forum have
Donald> bought that is in Adobe PDF format and is DRM protected somehow
Donald> and allows only one printing of the document and only
Donald> installation on one computer. If you change computers, run out
Donald> of ink, etc., you are screwed.

It sounds like that pdf uses a (third-party?) plugin to acrobat reader
for drm.  There are at least a couple, if I recall correctly, such
plugins in use and may be available only on windows.

If it is indeed a plugin doing the decryption then no free/libre/open
source pdf reader will be able to read that pdf.

-JimC
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