Prevent Copy and Paste

Discussion in 'vBulletin' started by bschneider5, Sep 14, 2006.

  1. #1
    I couldn't find anything good on vbulletin.org, I'm looking for a mod of sorts that will prevent users from copy/paste from threads.

    Anyone know how to pull this off?
     
    bschneider5, Sep 14, 2006 IP
  2. fryman

    fryman Kiss my rep

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    #2
    I don't know if that even exists... but if some forum did that to me I sure would never visit it again

    Sounds like a sure way to piss off your users
     
    fryman, Sep 14, 2006 IP
  3. bschneider5

    bschneider5 Active Member

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    Well, the reason I need it is that my site is a forum for Locked Out union members, and have a "union members only" area that only verified union members have access to. We recently had a delicate post that was "leaked" to another site, and caused a lot of feathers to be ruffled. I'm trying to prevent this from happening again.
     
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  4. KLB

    KLB Peon

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    This is not possible in any shape form or fashion with HTML. You would have to deliver things in PDF format to prevent copying and even then they would have the final file, which could still be redistributed. Simply put if you don't want something leaked it can not be rendered to a digital format or written down.
     
    KLB, Sep 14, 2006 IP
  5. Phynder

    Phynder Well-Known Member

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    If you stopped capture of text (let's say for the sake of argument), how are you going to stop people from taking a screen capture?

    Yeah - if you don't want something leaked - don't use the web.
     
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  6. Bestmiler

    Bestmiler Peon

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    hey bschneider, have u signed up in a finance forum? That picture looks oddly familiar. I think the forum was called Finance pub (or something liek that)
     
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  7. bschneider5

    bschneider5 Active Member

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    You're referring to www.investingpub.com - Yes, I'm a mod there.:)
     
    bschneider5, Sep 15, 2006 IP
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    Bestmiler Peon

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    Yeah thats cool. Im a member of that forum as well (dont post often there tho). I know your picture looked very familiar.
     
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    xboxundone Well-Known Member

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    Glad you a member of investingpub you should visit it again and post :)
     
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