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Typically, publishers of written content in electronic formats have used digital rights management (DRM) solutions to secure their content from being stolen and distributed illegally to non-paying and unauthorized readers. In the past, DRM has been considered an annoyance by the document’s readers, including individuals reading in the ubiquitous PDF format,  simply because often the PDF DRM solution has made the document hard to get at or needs the reader to download special viewing software.

However, that has all changed with the new technology that is available today! But many publishers don’t know what to look for in a PDF DRM solution that makes their documents both secure and easy for readers to access. So the real question is, what makes a great PDF DRM solution?

Number One: Flexible Document Security Features

It’s important to be able to select different protection features for a document based on who’ll be looking at it, what content it contains, and the way it will end up being distributed. For instance, if you are sending out a document which will be read by only one individual since it contains their sensitive financial information, then you should probably only ensure it is read on one computer. Whereas, if you are distributing a time-sensitive report with info which will be updated regularly, then you will want to permit readers to gain access to it on multiple computers and set the amount of time the document may be accessed to be a brief period of time.

Number Two: Dynamic Security Settings

Having the ability to change or revoke reader access permissions after a document has been distributed, becomes very essential whenever you, the publisher, must stop the distribution and access of your content altogether. If you learn that one of the readers is providing their document login credentials to additional, unauthorized, people, then you can revoke that readers’ access permissions, irregardless of how often they have opened the document.

Number Three: Seamless Reader Access

In order to solve the common DRM issue of making it too challenging for the end user to gain access to secured documents, it is essential to employ a PDF DRM solution that presents no extra stress on authorized readers attempting to gain access to content. Readers don’t want to download special plug-ins or software to gain access to your document, nor do they want to go through an elaborate and time-consuming login procedure. The more difficult it is for readers to access your document, the more likely that they will experience obstacles requiring your support. Decrease your support costs with a solution that enables readers to get into your PDF using Adobe Reader, because it comes pre-installed on the majority of computers.

Therefore when searching for a PDF DRM solution, keep these three tips in your mind, simply because it’ll make it easier for:

• Your readers to access your PDF content
• You to manage document access rights
• You to control who reads your PDF content

Start protecting your PDF documents right now!