Make a secure pdf unsecure

Is it possible to make a secure pdf unsecure using Adobe Acrobat Pro?
Basically, I am trying to add text using the Edit Document Text tool, but I cannot and I believe it is because it is secure.

Everything Dave Merchant has said is reasonable and I have nothing against protecting intellectual property or copyright. But I am not talking about unsecuring a pdf in order to
copy content. I am talking about adding an image filee to a pdf so that it can
contain my signature.
I do not doubt that the ingenuity of Adobe engineers cannot find a way to protect the contents of a document, prevent them from being copied, altered, etc., while still allowing a third party user to add a signature to that document. I cannot see how anybody is harmed by allowing a
signature on a document, and surely there can be a nuanced approach to
protecting intellectual property without banning all modifications to a document.
I am also discouraged in having discovered that Bluebeam Revu is also taking an approach similar to Adobe. With Revu v7, I was able to add my signature to secured documents. Now, with v11, which I just spent a lot of money on, I can do nothing but view a secured document. That’s another pdf company that is not taking a nuanced approach to pdf protection …

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