- Documents Should Be Open
- 13.8.2009
Have you ever encountered a secured PDF? I just did. Basically, it is designed to prevent you from almost anything other than printing the PDF in question. Although I'm not sure about the exact restrictions, I do know that it prohibits me from uploading it to Google Docs. I use multiple computers, and Docs is what I've adopted to keep basic documents synchronized among them.
I see this as the emergence of DRM for the document industry. I paid for the document. I should be able to use it within my legal limitations on all of my computers ...
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