[themes] Theme where text is read-only

[Bert Van Kets]

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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