copy control

Document Copy Control

Document Copy Control – stop sharing, control use

Protect IP

Protect PDF documents regardless of where they reside:

Stop unauthorized access
Stop sharing and distribution
Strong US Gov strength encryption, DRM and licensing controls

Restrict Use

Set Expiry

Revoke Access

Watermark

Log Use

Comply Law

Benefits

Why Locklizard for Document Copy Control?

Locklizard document DRM provides strong copy control without passwords

Strong Security
Locklizard enforces document copy control with strong security:
- US Gov approved AES encryption.
- Licensing controls to authorize users and devices.
- No passwords – there are no passwords or codes for users to enter so they cannot be shared. Keys are transparently and securely transferred to authorized devices and locked to those devices. Users cannot therefore share access information, and therefore your protected documents with others.
- No plugins – plugins can put your protected PDF documents at risk – see Adobe PDF Security Plugins & Plug-in Vulnerabilities but they also provide many other problems.
- No insecure temporary files are created – documents are only ever decrypted in memory.
- DRM controls are part of the document and cannot be removed.
- Protect documents on your local computer – no uploading of unprotected files to the cloud.
Device & location locking
Control the devices and locations your documents can be accessed from.
Automatically locks use to authorized devices to prevent sharing.
Control the number of devices for each user that your documents can be used on.
Lock use to locations to control where your documents can be used from (e.g. office only). This enables you to easily control BYOD use since courses on a mobile device will be available for use in the office but not when taken home.
Lock use to countries to prevent documents being made available in certain worldwide regions.
DRM Controls
DRM controls ensure documents cannot be copied or shared – you retain full control over access and use at all times.
- Stop screen grabbing – stops users taking high quality screen grabs using screen grabbing tools
- Stop printing (or limit the number of prints). If printing is allowed then we automatically prevent printing to file drivers (e.g. PDF files)
- Expire documents after a number of days use, views, prints, or on a fixed date
- Revoke documents and/or user access instantly regardless of where they are located
Dynamic Watermarks
Add dynamic watermarks to viewed and/or printed content. Dynamic variables are replaced by user data at print/view time.
You only have to protect a document once for all users rather than having to protect documents individually for each user in order to display unique user information (name, email, etc.) that identifies the user.
Document watermarks help discourage photocopying of printed content and photographing of displayed content since users can be easily identified and held accountable if copies are shared.
Simple to use
Our document security software is simple to use – protect documents by right clicking on them in Windows Explorer.
Distribute protected documents just like any other file.
Manage users and document access using our web-based administration system.
Automate document protection with command line encryption, and user management & access with our API tools. No manual intervention is required.
Cost Savings
No charges per document or user – just a one off fee for unlimited use.

Locklizard enables you to enforce document copy control regardless of where your documents reside. Share and sell documents securely without insecure passwords or plug-ins, and enforce access, location, expiry, and usage controls. Our DRM technology ensures your documents remain safe with US Gov Strength encryption, licensing, and DRM controls. Document content is decrypted in memory and no temporary files are used.

What is copy control & document copy control?

Copy control is the ability to control if a user may make copies of something. For a document, this may be print copies or computer copies or both.

Copy control may be difficult to achieve. In the article on copy prevention we noted that stopping people from copying computer files is very difficult indeed, if not almost impossible, and copy control is very similar.

At one level of copy control, it is impossible to stop someone from sitting in front of a computer screen with a camera and taking a picture of every screen they see (just as you cannot stop someone from putting a tape recorder in front of the loudspeakers of a hi-fi unit and recording what is being played back). Sometimes the laws of physics get in the way of the desires of companies to be able to protect their IPR.

At another level, it can be made very difficult or very inconvenient for someone to be able to make a copy of something. After all, it isn’t everyone who has a camera capable of taking good quality pictures from a high resolution screen in order to produce an acceptable quality copy, just as it isn’t everyone who has a studio quality recording system to make a decent copy of their favorite CD track. Hey, it’s so much easier if you can just do it on the computer because the copies are always perfect!

Enforcing copy control

So getting some ability to impose copy control may not be so simple. You may, as the article on copy-prevention noted, make sure that only the authorized user can make copies, but if they can make copies that someone else can then use, you are back to square one.

As the video industry finally figured out, if you have a copy control system where the quality of the copy is acceptable, but not better, and certainly not top quality, then you might have a system that works for both suppliers and customers. Because customers can have printed reference copies that are alright, but nothing better, because the main on-screen copy is better quality and gives them the real result.

So copy control is about making sure that where you do authorize copies to be made of your intellectual property, you have digital rights management tools in place that enable you to make sure that the quality of copies is not sufficiently good that the copies can undermine the value of your work.

Document DRM enables you to enforce additional copy control measures such as stopping sharing, copy/paste, editing, printing, and preventing high-resolution screenshots from being taken with screen grabber tools. Document DRM controls what users can view your documents, what they can do with them (copy/paste, edit, print, etc.) and when they can no longer be viewed (expire).

Download document copy control software

Stop copying of documents & control document use

Download document copy protection software with DRM controls that protects documents published in PDF format from being copied, shared and misused.

Using US Government strength encryption (AES) and digital rights management controls to prevent unauthorized use and misuse of your documents, you control who views your documents, what they can do with them (copy, print, etc.) and when they can no longer be viewed (expire).

Total document copy protection without insecure passwords, plugins, or javascript.

See our customer testimonials and read our case studies to see why thousands of organizations use Locklizard document copy protection to securely share and sell their documents.

Customer Testimonials

We needed to deliver e-book versions of our handbooks while not compromising on security and digital rights. Safeguard PDF security is easy to use and intuitive.

The implementation was painless and we now have a greener, more secure way of distributing training manuals.
Locklizard’s PDF protection is exactly as described – the features are highly effective and I would give it 5 stars.

I would recommend Locklizard to others - their security is simple to use and fit for purpose. It meets common needs of businesses who have information they want to protect.
We would be happy to recommend Locklizard to any company needing a flexible way to secure PDF files.

Safeguard PDF Security has provided us with a very workable solution for sharing of information in a secure fashion. The support has been excellent and very accommodating.
We can cut accounts for a user five minutes before his class starts and he is ready to go. Happy smiling customer, while we still have security and personalized watermarking.

I have immense respect for the product and Locklizard provide great customer satisfaction and service.
We would recommend Safeguard to other companies for its security, cost and ease of use. It does what we expected it to do and more.

Ease of use is a bonus and the implementation was very easy. The product manual is excellent and Locklizard staff are very accommodating.
We sell a highly valued educational product in an open and competitive market so it was important to ensure we had effective security to protect our digital rights.

We highly recommend Locklizard - a professional company with a competitive and professional PDF Security product.
We would absolutely recommend both Locklizard as a company, and Safeguard PDF Security. It has transformed our study materials to the next level.

Not only did this increase sales, but we also believe that it has increased our customers’ ability to learn, which is even more important!
We would recommend Locklizard Safeguard to other companies that need to protect PDF reports. Customers have found the process of accessing the protected documents to be seamless.

Implementation was easy and technical support has been very responsive to requests for help.
Our company would without reservation recommend Locklizard. Their document DRM software opens up delivery of our new products in a timely fashion while knowing that the content will remain secure.

The return on investment to our company has been immediately evident.
We use Safeguard to make sure that documents cannot be opened outside our local network or from a unauthorized computer in order to copy or print the documents.

It is the most feature rich, affordable, & simple to use PDF security product on the market.
Safeguard PDF Security is simple to administer and meets our needs, consistently delivering secured manuals to our customers with ease.

Return on investment has been elimination of many man hours, printing resources and postage – it is estimated that costs decreased by 50% or more.
We would really recommend Safeguard PDF Security to every publishing company for managing ePubs or e-books securely. It is easy to secure PDF files and simple to distribute them to our authorized customers only.

Locklizard also provides a good customer support experience.
The ROI for us is incalculable. We have the security of knowing that our proprietary documents are secure. This is the entire value of our company.

I would most certainly recommend your PDF security product and already have. The ease of implementation was surprising.
We can now sell our manuals without the need to print them first, saving time, money and helping safeguard the environment.

We would recommend Safeguard PDF DRM – it is the perfect solution to sell and send e-documents securely whilst making sure someone cannot copy them.
We would recommend Locklizard to other companies without hesitation.

Their PDF DRM products provide a manageable, cost effective way to protect intellectual investment and they are always looking for ways to improve them. Moreover, their staff provide an excellent level of support.