Protecting PDF files / restricting download and print

Re: Protecting PDF files / restricting download and print

by Guillermo Madero -
Number of replies: 2

Hi Steve,

Yes, at the other thread where this subject was posted the issue about flash incompatibility was already mentioned, so it seems that a choice had to be made, between letting more people having access to the contents or complying with the requirements of the copyright owners.

I like your suggestion about converting the documents into another format, specially one that would get the most from Moodle. While that would definitely be the best choice, it will surely take more time than just converting into swf smile

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Re: Protecting PDF files / restricting download and print

by florence labord -

Hello Guillermo and others, 


You say that a choice had to be made, between letting people having access to the contents or complying with the requirements of the copyright owners.

As I am also thinking about the copyright compliance, and trying to avoid that content could be saved or scraped, I 'm asking the community to know if maybe there could be a third way :

Does anyone knows if there is a plugin for moodle that enables the insertion of encrypted pdf or epub format in Moodle via embed or iframe ( my documents stored on a server and domain-locked)

I found nothing about this (in french or in english)

Additionally, to me,  content should be : 

Safe from print screen (& screen capture software if possible)

Not be retrieved from browser cache


If this kind of moodle plugin  does not exist, Would it be the solution ?

Thank for your answers,

Flo (french instructional designer)


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Re: Protecting PDF files / restricting download and print

by Killian Holmes -

Hi 

I'm coming late to this conversation, but it is something I've spent some time investigating.

Some options are:

https://cloudconvert.com/ you can convert a pdf to a HTML5 document and with a bit of tweaking you can set the code so that you can't print or download.


http://fliphtml5.com/ where is a paid for solution where you turn the pdf into a Flipbook and disable printing/downloading. Fliphtml5 is a hosted solution, so you can share it using a link.


http://www.flipbuilder.com/ is a paid solution which you can use to publish a Flipbook in Flash and HTML5 and disable printing/download

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