Re: Digital rights management in Microsoft products

[Saqib Ali <docbook.xml () gmail com>]

DRM is NOT ready for enterprise.
Enterprise is NOT ready for DRM.

Some companies that use to produce DRM solutions for Documetations
have disappeared. MediaSnap is one of them.

Having said that take a look at the following URLs:

http://home.earthlink.net/~mstamp1/papers/DRM.doc
http://www.sealedmedia.com/
http://www.authentica.com/

> I have been asked to find a digital rights management solution for
> Microsoft products. Lets say that there is a Microsoft Word document.
> The requirement is that functions like cut, copy and paste must be
> disabled until the user is authorized. The authorization can be
> through a certificate or password. I have not been given any specific
> criteria. Where do I look for such information?

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