Boing Boing: Use Gmail to break PDF copy-restrictions

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

posted by Cory Doctorow at 05:20:11 AM permalink | Other blogs' comments

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Support Bloggers' Rights! HOWTO: Get a link posted to Boing Boing Boing Boing Mobile powered by Winksite Fark rules! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Boing Boing is a trademark of Happy Mutants LLC in the United States [and other countries]. Stats (About our stats) defeat censorware Policies Our first five years' worth of posts in one file	Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Use Gmail to break PDF copy-restrictions Andreas sez, "Gmail's 'View as HTML' functionality allows you to view a wide range of attachments inside your browser - it seems like it doesn't respect the copying restrictions defined inside PDF files, allowing you to copy or print them without any problem (some conversion related layout issues aside)." Link (Thanks, Andreas!) posted by Cory Doctorow at 05:20:11 AM permalink \| Other blogs' comments Email this entry to: Your email address: Message (optional):	Boing Boing Sponsored by: Your Text Ad Here Get BB by email: