prevent surfers from copying text

hi



i have a site with long articles.

how do i prevent surfers from copying text from the site
(copying by ctrl+c

or edit%26gt;copy or file%26gt;save as... etc.)

just disabling right-click is not enough



thanks



lenny





prevent surfers from copying text
You can't.



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lenny wrote:

%26gt; hi

%26gt;

%26gt; i have a site with long articles.

%26gt; how do i prevent surfers from copying text from the site
(copying by ctrl+c

%26gt; or edit%26gt;copy or file%26gt;save as... etc.)

%26gt; just disabling right-click is not enough

%26gt;

%26gt; thanks

%26gt;

%26gt; lenny

%26gt;

%26gt;

prevent surfers from copying text
i continue:

but i need to keep the text as text, for google.



i dont want to use pdf or gif etc ...



thanks again



lenny






lenny wrote:

%26gt; hi

%26gt;

%26gt; i have a site with long articles.

%26gt; how do i prevent surfers from copying text from the site
(copying by

%26gt; ctrl+c or edit%26gt;copy or file%26gt;save as... etc.)

%26gt; just disabling right-click is not enough

%26gt;

%26gt; thanks

%26gt;

%26gt; lenny



Not possible - and even right-click disabling only prevents
the most basic

of web users (turn off Javascript, and it stops working)



If your text is available on your website, it can be copied.
Your best

method of protection is track down and sue anybody who uses
your text on

their website without permission. If you need absolute
protection, don't

publish the material.



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Pete

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UK






%26gt;i dont want to use pdf or gif etc ...



What you desire is not achievable.
lenny wrote:

%26gt; i have a site with long articles. how do i prevent
surfers from

%26gt; copying text from the site (copying by ctrl+c or
edit%26gt;copy or

%26gt; file%26gt;save as... etc.)



As others have already said, it can't be done, period. That's
the nature

of the medium. If you cannot risk the content being copied,
then don't

put it on a Web site. Even a protected PDF could be printed
and scanned

in OCR software or the password could simply be cracked. The
Web is

insecure by nature. If any content (text, images, PDF's
whatever)

reaches the user's browser, it's theirs to copy.



just disabling right-click is not enough



It's not only not enough, it's completely and utterly
pointless and

ineffectual and it's a very bad idea to begin with:




http://www.sitepoint.com/article/dont-disable-right-click



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lenny wrote:

%26gt; i continue:

%26gt; but i need to keep the text as text, for google.

%26gt;

%26gt; i dont want to use pdf or gif etc ...

%26gt;

%26gt; thanks again

%26gt;

%26gt; lenny

%26gt;

%26gt;



As long as google can read your page, so can everyone else.
If the page

is being transmitted over the net to the screen, it can be
read, even if

someone disables right click, cos I can always see the source
code and

can always copy it.



Steve