PDF DRM Solution

Hello I created an ebook in pdf format. I want to distribute the pdf files using cd. What can I do to prevent illegal coping of ebooks.
My idea is to encrypt the pdf file.
A plugin will required to open and view the file. and without plugin installed user can not view the file in adobe reader.
Create a plugin to decrypt the file. This plugin will only be installed once and not copyable.
any solution or some new idea ?

Really leave them unencrypted.
Or use Adobes solution.
What you are suggesting sounds like you would supply a viewer application and register to a "PDFexcrypted" extension, not a plugin of any kind.
Now solutions already exist by 3rd parties that do that. But then you are not supplying PDFs, but some other format, so what about people who want to view the document on an ebook reader? Or blackberry, or what have your They can't.
Plus anything that involves messing about with the PDF format is pain.
What ever you do I WILL be able to copy it. Really, write an application that reads in an encrypted file. Then I could decompile the application, grab the key and the decrypt method and I have a decrypted PDF.
Scrap PDF and use a custom format and encrypt that based on some magic stored on the CD – Just make a bit-for-bit direct copy of the CD, and use your viewer application.
Or use print screen (even if you disable this, I can just use a VMWare box and print screen that).
You CAN NOT protect content. You can make it harder to copy, but is your content really worth the cost (and writing your own will cost a lot)? Given once it is copied, a Joe User will just grab the encryption-free version from a friendly bit torrent site?

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I just replied to your question over at acrobatusers: http://acrobatusers.com/forum/security/pdf-security-simple-drm-solution#comment-81849

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also mentioned to my
> client... But that's the way he wants to go...
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