Try this question on a hacker site, we are legitimate :-) Tamas On 20/09/06, Vitaliy wrote: > > > 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 > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- unPIC -- The PIC Disassembler http://unpic.sourceforge.net -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist