Pdf questions

[LMNO]

So, we're reading a PDF of the situationalists in LC.

The PDF seems to have a DRM on it, and can't be opened in my format translator, Stanza.

Does anyone know how I can accidentally the whole DRM?

[P3nT4gR4m]

Try opening it the most basic open source pdf editor you can get your hands on then saving it from there. If the DRM hasn't scrambled the file then it might work. If it has then you're pretty much fucked

[LMNO]

Hm.  So, re-saving it in a PDF editor.... That's so crazy, it just might work!

[Cramulus]

yeah-- I've got a hunch that printing it with bullzip (that's my freeware pdf printer of choice) will give you a fresh copy with no quality loss. Let me know if your tinkering doesn't rid the DRM, I'll give it a try over here.

[Triple Zero]

When saving, be sure to uncheck the "fuck up on a Kindle" box.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Hm.  So, re-saving it in a PDF editor.... That's so crazy, it just might work!

Just like the good old days of macrovision - copy onto a betamax rig that ignores the fucked tracking then you're good to record as many VHS copies as you like 

[LMNO]

Ok, techn00b questions.

Cram, I'm guessing that "printing" doesn't mean the same thing as making a hard paper copy.  

I'm also guessing that "save as..." won't get rid of any DRM.

[Cramulus]

Basically, bullzip adds a "print as PDF" option to your printer drop-down list. It will generate a fresh PDF. After you hit print, it'll ask you where you want to save your new file.

[LMNO]

Ah.  Something new to do when I get home.

[Golden Applesauce]

Ok, techn00b questions.

Cram, I'm guessing that "printing" doesn't mean the same thing as making a hard paper copy.  

I'm also guessing that "save as..." won't get rid of any DRM.

What Cram said.  What the "print" command really does is it converts the file into something a printer can understand, and may or may not send that something to a "real" printer.  There are two ways to get a PDF out of this - either make that intermediate something itself be a PDF file (some printers apparently can print PDFs directly) or have a "virtual printer" program, which takes that intermediate data and creates a PDF file instead of squirting ink on paper.

[LMNO]

Well, bullzip was windows only (yeah, I use mac.  shaddap), but as it turns out, "Save As..." worked.

Take that, DRM!

[Cainad (dec.)]

Well, bullzip was windows only (yeah, I use mac.  shaddap), but as it turns out, "Save As..." worked.

Take that, DRM!

"Save as PDF" is an option on modern Macs (dunno how old yours is). When you go to print there ought to be a button that says "PDF" or something. I mainly use it as a way to save online receipts and stuff when I don't have a printer handy.

But you seem to have solved the problem anyway, so never mind.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Well, bullzip was windows only (yeah, I use mac.  shaddap), but as it turns out, "Save As..." worked.

Take that, DRM!

DRM is only there to inconvenience the legitimate consumer. Illegitimate consumers will always find a way around that kinda crap but hey, it helps increase price of the media and presumably that's what these legitimate consumer weirdos want, right?

[Soylent Green]

Well, bullzip was windows only (yeah, I use mac.  shaddap), but as it turns out, "Save As..." worked.

Take that, DRM!

DRM is only there to inconvenience the legitimate consumer. Illegitimate consumers will always find a way around that kinda crap but hey, it helps increase price of the media and presumably that's what these legitimate consumer weirdos want, right?

Maybe we should ask one.

Too bad there aren't any in this forum

[Brotep]

Moar liek digital wrongs management!