Print Restrictions

[Mike Mitchell]

At 04:32 PM 10/28/97 -0800, you wrote:
>We recently had a request from a faculty member who wishes to put out
>course materials on the Internet but does not want them to be copied or
>printed directly on a web browser. Although there is no way to stop someone
>from copying an image of what is on the screen, the concern was that the
>materials not be easily reproduced on paper. I am curious if anyone has run
>into this type of request, and if so, did they come across any solutions ?
>The only idea I can come up with is to use a Java applet as a viewer for
>the material.
>
>art
>--- 
>Art Rhyno, Systems Librarian

Maybe what you need is a watermark. I did a quick search and found this site
which is one of several-
<http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dkiechle/wtrmrk.htm>


Mike Mitchell
Tech Services Librarian/System Administrator
Dittlinger Memorial Library
New Braunfels, TX 78130
mdmit at texas.net