I'm finding out that Digital Rights Management - DRM - isn't just a Microsoft conspiracy. I paid for, and downloaded, an AD/HD related PDF document written by a psychologist. I didn't mind paying the small fee since I found it useful and informative. What I DID mind was, discovering after I paid and downloaded, that it is protected by Adobe DRM. To open the PDF, I had to be connected to the internet so the document could authenticate to a Adobe server the first time. Now, I can only open it on the one single computer. If I want to open it on another computer, that computer MUST have a connection to the internet, and the license transferred to that computer, via Adobe's DRM certificate server.
Additionally, there's a limited number of times I can copy or move the file on my computer, then it self destructs and will no longer open. I'm also limited on the number of times I can print it. I understand that an author wants to protect the copyrighted work that he created, but limiting the number of times you can move or print it, on your own computer, is a little too much control, not to mention the fact it's reporting that data to Adobe. And, if you look at this specific document from a content point of view, it's so specialized, there's virtually no risk of it being copied and shared like a software program. Gary -------> getting off my soapbox now. "This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector." ~Plato _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
