> I've bought a technical paper that is protected by DRM. The limitations 
> are
> ridiculous. Once I open the document, it's permanently locked to that
> computer. And, I can only print it once -- even if the print is 
> unsuccessful
> (as was the case this time).
>
> I want to be able to open the document on my laptop, as well as the work
> computer. And I want to be able to print copies -- to write notes on,
> replace pages with coffee stains, etc etc.
>
> Are there tools that can disable DRM? Commercial solutions will be
> considered, as I plan to purchase other protected documents in the future.
>
> If that's not an option, is there a way to convert a DRM-protected PDF to 
> a
> plain PDF, while preserving appearance and formatting? The best I could 
> come
> up with, was to print the PDF, scan the pages into Acrobat, and run them
> through an OCR.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!

I left out an important detail. The PDF is encrypted with a 3rd party 
plug-in, FileOpen:

http://www.fileopen.com/

It is currently considered unbreakable. :(

Print/scan/OCR it is, then.

Vitaliy 

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