Web and Graphic Design HQ

Currently working towards a couple of information products to be published, and looking at options for “making it safe” with ways to help stop online thievery.

DL Guard looks to have it properly sorted in terms of the actual download page, how many times a digital product can be downloaded (and for how long the page can be reached). There is even a FREE lite version.

Secure-eBook reminds me of the Corey Rudl style protection system: control of the content remotely. You can have a section unlocked, and then activate the remainder only after the fee is paid. You also get to set the number of computers that can view the unlocked content. My only thought is that, if you allow printing, someone could print to the PDF driver and just create a fresh pdf file with no security. Not allowing printing might cheese of legitimate purchasers!

LockLizard claims to “simply, securely, and cost effectively distribute and manage your digital content with our digital rights management products, pdf security, web page protection and copy control software.

Publish your documents, e-learning courses, PDF files, web pages, images, flash, and software applications, knowing you have full control over them at all times. Control who uses your content, what they do with it, for how long, and when.” Looks like an interesting alternative to Secure-eBook.

My thoughts are that a combination of both will assist: DL Guard to protect acquisition of the digital files, and then either Secure-eBook or LockLizard to control the content. Although, if you had either of the latter two, you may not need to worry about guarding your downloads, as they’d be safely rendered useless if either Secure-eBook or LockLizard was in place.

At least I know that kind of product is around should the need arise!