- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 16:59:50 -0400
- To: "Graham Oliver" <graham_oliver@yahoo.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
If I have a pdf creation tool, I can often edit the document. If I take the trouble of converting the document say print and scan it with ocr I can edit the document. About the only thing a pdf does for you is look the same no matter what platform you view it on. It is not of course directly edittable though. It also looks more closely like the original than any other format I am told. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Oliver" <graham_oliver@yahoo.com> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 4:47 PM Subject: PDF Files and Copyright One of the arguments put forward for using PDF files on web sites is that the content is not 'editable' by the web site visitor, whereas an HTML page is easily edited by the web site visitor. So 'We use PDF files because our information is copyrighted and we want to protect it' is an argument put forward. Is this right? What are the alternative perspectives? Cheers Graham Oliver ===== 'Making on-line information accessible' Mobile Phone : +64 25 919 724 - New Zealand Work Phone : +64 9 846 6995 - New Zealand AIM ID : grahamolivernz ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie
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