Digital Rights Management (DRM)

DRM is a technology that enables the secure distribution and sale of digital media-content.

This technical protection measure involves the use of some form of encryption and access control mechanism. It allows publishers and copyright holders to manage the access to copyrighted content, to control or limit usage as well as the further processing and distribution of digital media.

DRM systems will:

control how often the document can be accessed (mostly once).
control how often the document can be printed (mostly once).
control how long the document will be available on the DRM server of the corresponding document supplier (in general 14-30 days).
not permit a document to be saved at all.
alert the user if permission has been denied.

The following FIZ AutoDoc document suppliers currently use various DRM systems:

BLDSC (British Library Document Supply Centre)
BSB (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek)
Infotrieve
INIST (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique)
Reprints Desk
TIB (Technische Informationsbibliothek)

Important:

The different DRM Systems might cause problems when used simultaneously depending on your local software and hardware environment.
Please make sure that you activate the appropriate DRM system before you try to open the corresponding PDF document.
If you are a first-time user, please try the test documents of our DRM suppliers first.
Because of the limited time an ordered document is available at the supplier's server, do not order it, if you cannot open it within the given timeframe.

Please Note: FIZ Karlsruhe offers as well PDF delivery without DRM

Comparison DRM Systems for FIZ AutoDoc

FIZ AutoDoc Format name	PDF	PDF / DRM	PDF / DRM FileOpen
Supplier	various Publishers, Infotrieve, Reprints Desk, RAPRA	Infotrieve, Reprints Desk	INIST	TIB	BLDSC	BSB
Supplier format name	PDF	Soft DRM	SED	DRM FileOpen	FileOpen SED	DRM FileOpen
Plugin Installation	no plugin necessary	no plugin necessary	FileOpen	FileOpen	FileOpen	FileOpen
Adobe Acrobat Reader version required	version 7 or higher	version 7 or higher	version 5.0 or higher	not specified	4.0 or higher	4.0 or higher (depending on the operating system)
Accessibility	unlimited	1x*	1x	1x	1x	10x **
Document storage on local hard drive	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes, but Documents can not be moved to another computer or memory device	30 days, during this time the document can be opened 10x
Number of prints	unlimited	1x*	1x	2x	1x	1x
Server storage time	unlimited	30 days *	30 days	30 days	14 days	30 days
Forwarding	Yes	Yes, if document is unopened	Yes, if document is unopened	Yes, if document is unopened	Yes, if document is unopened	Yes, if document is unopened

* depends on publisher agreement
** document is sent as an e-mail attachment

FileOpen and Adobe Acrobat

Please use the following link to find more information about Adobe and DRM:

See: www.fileopen.com