RE: Copy text from secured PDF

2007-08-07 Thread Dave Korn
On 07 August 2007 13:32, Steve Holden wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: >> >> >> bock-bock-bock-b'gawk!!! b-gawk bock buk buk buk bak!!! >> > I suppose Hitler couldn't have closed this thread more effectively ;-) > > Sorry about diving down the rat hole. Conversation over. Well,

Re: Copy text from secured PDF

2007-08-07 Thread Steve Holden
Dave Korn wrote: On 07 August 2007 12:14, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 11:58:17PM -0400, Steve Holden wrote: In which case you should be forwarding the complete message, not pre-processing it - quite apart from anything else, you would reduce its forensic and evidential va

RE: Copy text from secured PDF

2007-08-07 Thread Dave Korn
On 07 August 2007 12:14, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 11:58:17PM -0400, Steve Holden wrote: >> In which case you should be forwarding the complete message, not >> pre-processing it - quite apart from anything else, you would reduce its >> forensic and evidential value to zer

Re: Copy text from secured PDF

2007-08-07 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 11:58:17PM -0400, Steve Holden wrote: > In which case you should be forwarding the complete message, not > pre-processing it - quite apart from anything else, you would reduce its > forensic and evidential value to zero by doing so, eliminating any > possibility of using

Re: Copy text from secured PDF

2007-08-06 Thread Steve Holden
DePriest, Jason R. wrote: On 8/6/07, Steve Holden wrote: Joel Rubin wrote: pdftotext.exe, part of the XPDF package, can be recompiled with a /* comment */ cut around the permission-to-copy/print code. Probably the other programs will also work but since the PDF files being spammed just a few

Re: Copy text from secured PDF

2007-08-06 Thread DePriest, Jason R.
On 8/6/07, Steve Holden wrote: > Joel Rubin wrote: > > pdftotext.exe, part of the XPDF package, can be recompiled with a /* > > comment */ cut around the permission-to-copy/print code. > > > > > > Probably the other programs will also work but since the PDF files > > being spammed just a few lines

Re: Copy text from secured PDF

2007-08-06 Thread Steve Holden
Joel Rubin wrote: pdftotext.exe, part of the XPDF package, can be recompiled with a /* comment */ cut around the permission-to-copy/print code. Probably the other programs will also work but since the PDF files being spammed just a few lines of text and all I want to do is forward the text to t

Re: Copy text from secured PDF

2007-08-06 Thread Joel Rubin
pdftotext.exe, part of the XPDF package, can be recompiled with a /* comment */ cut around the permission-to-copy/print code. Probably the other programs will also work but since the PDF files being spammed just a few lines of text and all I want to do is forward the text to the Securities and Ex

Re: Copy text from secured PDF

2007-08-06 Thread DePriest, Jason R.
On 8/6/07, Joel Rubin wrote: > The PDF's in question are part of pump and dump spam via botnets so I > see no legal or ethical reason to respect any expressed desire of the > author as to how they may be used. > > I googled that XPDF didn't respect the no copy/no print flags in PDF's > but the ver

RE: Copy text from secured PDF

2007-08-06 Thread Bob McConnell
I seriously recommend that you consult with a qualified copyright attorney before you act on your first assumption. You are likely to find that there are risks you have not considered. I also believe that asking the Cygwin team to publish an application that can circumvent those features just to h