No Copy no Print

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy. ~Eric Hoffer


A neat trick I learnt while trying to prevent people from copying the content from website I designed.

Here is one way of trying to prevent people from copying your website content. It's not really full proof since there are other methods people can use to copy the page. But it's better than nothing at all. (Not everyone is so knowledgeable on how to crack your page and get what they want).

I used this script with additional CSS attribute:

<SCRIPT language=Javascript src="http://blackboard.boisestate.edu/noprintcopy.js"></SCRIPT>
<style type="text/css">@media print {BODY {display:none}}</style>


The problem with this script is the fact it was written in Java and when Java language is disable, there goes your whole prevention program.

Anyway it's an easy and free way of protecting web content. There are companies that offers software to protect you website. But then again it all depends on your on need.

P/S: Have you ever realize that we are all software hoarders. We bought computer, mobile phone, PDA even the radio and DVD player that is equipt with so many softwares and services to do almost everything yet most of us didn't even try to use it. Worst some don't even know it exist.

Did you know that if we are able to choose the program we want to install in our gadgets it might cost us less.

U.S. consumers and industry dispose of enough aluminum to rebuild the commercial air fleet every three months; enough iron and steel to continuously supply all automakers; enough glass to fill New York's World Trade Center every two weeks. ~Environmental Defense Fund advertisement,-Christian Science Monitor, 1990