Re: Copying text in Adobe Acrobat Reader

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From: Sean O'Rourke
Subject: Re: Copying text in Adobe Acrobat Reader
Date: 20:08 on 25 Feb 2007
"Earle Martin" <hates-software@xxxxxxxx.xxx> writes:

> Instead of a chunk of text about performance standards for
> safety glass in buildings, I got:
> [control characters]

Dude, your digital rights have *so* been managed:

    The authors of this document have not given you permission to
    select text.  Please waste your time transcribing it instead.
    Love, Adobe.

Seriously, is there any piece of software hateful in more
completely independent and novel ways than Acrobat^WAdobe Reader?

Sean

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