Prevent surfers from copying text

hi
i have a site with long articles.
how do i prevent surfers from copying text from the site
(copying by ctrl+c
or edit>copy or file>save as... etc.)
just disabling right-click is not enough
thanks
lenny

lenny wrote:
> i have a site with long articles. how do i prevent
surfers from
> copying text from the site (copying by ctrl+c or
edit>copy or
> file>save as... etc.)
As others have already said, it can't be done, period. That's
the nature
of the medium. If you cannot risk the content being copied,
then don't
put it on a Web site. Even a protected PDF could be printed
and scanned
in OCR software or the password could simply be cracked. The
Web is
insecure by nature. If any content (text, images, PDF's
whatever)
reaches the user's browser, it's theirs to copy.
just disabling right-click is not enough
It's not only not enough, it's completely and utterly
pointless and
ineffectual and it's a very bad idea to begin with:
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/dont-disable-right-click
Stéphane Bergeron
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