Your request i contrary to the whole concept of the internet but there are only a few ways to approximate what you need: - Create an image containing the texts. This image can still be converted to text using OCR software. The images would be pretty big too. - Put your content in a Flash object. An average user can not simply copy the texts, but a decompiler can still make the texts available to the user. - Create a Java applet and present the text. Again, a decompiler can make the text available.

There is ALWAYS a way to get the text out of a web page. Worst case, a user can create a screen dump of the text on the screen and run that through an OCR application. You can make the texts difficult to copy for the average user, but it is totally impossible to show texts on a user's screen and be 100% sure he/she can not get access to those texts.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I guess you need to change your stance. Start from the fact that your texts WILL be copied, no matter what you do and defend against that. Make copyright statements very visible and get a system to regularly check the net for copies of your text. If you think it's worth your hassle, use the techniques described above on top of this.

Bert

On 8/12/2011 20:55, Sharmishtha Gupta wrote:

Hi,

I am looking for a Drupal theme where content/ text in the website should be read only. The requirement is to display content in such a way so that it cannot be copied to avoid duplication of the content. I want to know if this is even possible, if yes then please provide suggestions.

Thanks in advance!

Best, Sharmishtha

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