X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <31b7d2790708061020g724ce562t2707749c40501413@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:20:22 -0500 From: "DePriest, Jason R." To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Copy text from secured PDF In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Note-from-DJ: This may be spam On 8/6/07, Joel Rubin wrote: > The PDF's in question are part of pump and dump spam via botnets so I > see no legal or ethical reason to respect any expressed desire of the > author as to how they may be used. > > I googled that XPDF didn't respect the no copy/no print flags in PDF's > but the version that I got with Cygwin does and gives me an error > message when I try to copy text that this file doesn't permit it. > > Of course, I suppose I could look for an old version or cut this > feature out of the source and recompile (it's probably removable with > only one or two edits) > > My solution is totally not Cygwin-related, but why don't you just screenshot it and run it through an OCR? -Jason -- NOTICE: This email is being sent in clear-text across the public Internet. Therefore, any attempts to include unenforceable legalese restrictions are ridiculous and pointless. If you can read this, consider yourself authorized (whether I like it or not). -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/