Is there a way to incorporate Digital Rights Management?

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I would like to be assured that if one person buys a CD or downloads one of
my electronic books they can not make hundreds of copies and give them away.
I know that I can do this with DNL files (http://www.greatshowcases.com) but
I don't know any way to do it in PowerPoint.
 
Alan Jordan said:
I would like to be assured that if one person buys a CD or downloads one of
my electronic books they can not make hundreds of copies and give them away.
I know that I can do this with DNL files (http://www.greatshowcases.com) but
I don't know any way to do it in PowerPoint.
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There are various ways of protecting presentations; several of them are
explained here:

Password protect a presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00038.htm
 
Hi Steve,

Thanks for your feedback. I understand how to password protect, and I
understand how to apply security, using PP2003. I'm talking about assuring
that the author gets paid for every copy that is purchased. DRM is difficult
to do. I think there might be a third-party software program that
accomplishes this for PP. I do not believe it is possible within the
program, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

Alan
 
Hi Steve,

Thanks for your feedback. I understand how to password protect, and I
understand how to apply security, using PP2003. I'm talking about assuring
that the author gets paid for every copy that is purchased. DRM is difficult
to do. I think there might be a third-party software program that
accomplishes this for PP. I do not believe it is possible within the
program, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

Alan
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I haven't heard of anything like that for PPT (and if you do, please post a URL
here so we can get it in the FAQ).

I know there are DRM solutions for PDFs, so one option might be converting the PPT
to PDF. That'd be anything from "an improvement" to "total non-starter" depending
on the content of your PPT in the first place. PDF handles text and graphics
better than PPT generally; doesn't do animations and a few other things at all.
 
I just saw this and haven't really read through it in depth but it might be
worth a look.
http://www.moonlight-software.com/powerguard.htm

Steve Rindsberg said:
Hi Steve,

Thanks for your feedback. I understand how to password protect, and I
understand how to apply security, using PP2003. I'm talking about assuring
that the author gets paid for every copy that is purchased. DRM is difficult
to do. I think there might be a third-party software program that
accomplishes this for PP. I do not believe it is possible within the
program, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

Alan

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I just saw this and haven't really read through it in depth but it might be
worth a look.
http://www.moonlight-software.com/powerguard.htm
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Thanks ... at first glance it looks to be more of a password protection deal
than DRM. For example can it prevent you from opening Alan's presentation if I
buy a copy and hand you the password?

But Alan can best judge whether it meets his needs.
(And let us know? Thanks Alan)
 
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