What is digital rights management (DRM)?
Digital Rights Management (DRM) enables you to set and control copyright protection and data privacy for your intellectual property, such as market research, eBooks, training materials, PDFs modules and reports. DRM protection enables you to prevent your digital files from unauthorized redistribution and restrict how your recipients can copy content.
DRM software includes security features for intellectual property protection, such as encryption, document tracking, access control and the ability to set permissions to prevent screenshots, apply copy protection and prevent download and print of your materials and PDFs.
VeryPDF DRM Protector Key Features
Secure & simple Digital Rights Management solution
Easily protect, monitor, and manage the distribution of your confidential materials and PDFs, all while ensuring security.
Control distribution of confidential documents
Prevent unauthorized sharing such as printing, copying, downloading, and enhance security with password protection for your sensitive documents.
Restrict and revoke access to your files
Control which users can access your documents and revoke the permissions anytime. You can also restrict forwarding and set expiration dates for access.
Track user activity with comprehensive analytics
Gain detailed insights into who viewed your files, their location, the duration and frequency of their views, and whether the files were printed or downloaded.
Automatically watermark important documents
With dynamic watermarking, you can automatically watermark sensitive documents with the recipient’s email address and other information on the fly.
Document expiry and expire after opening
Set rules to automatically expire document or PDF access after a specified number of views, prints, days, or on a fixed date.
Discourage screenshots of your sensitive documents
Reduce the viewable area of documents to discourage screenshots using VeryPDF Screen Shield.
Comprehensive Tracking and Analytics
VeryPDF’s Report Center allows you to monitor the recipients accessing your files, as well as the frequency, duration, and location of access. This helps you to gauge interest levels and follow up with them at the right time.
Dynamic Watermarking
VeryPDF’s unique dynamic watermarking feature adds personalized watermarks to each document such as recipients’ email, IP address to discourage unauthorized sharing and increasing traceability. This feature helps protect sensitive information and enhances security, making it easier to identify potential leaks or unauthorized usage.
Secure Document Viewer
Our secure document viewer that enables users to preview documents without the need for downloading or exposing the file to potential risks. This feature enhances security by reducing the risk of unauthorized copying or distribution while still allowing users to review the contents of the document.
Document Security
Easily control access and distribution of your files after they are sent.
Access control
Control whether your files are accessible by invitation only, or via public links with email validation or an additional password.
Recipient identity verification
Recipients may be asked to verify their identity before they can view the file.
Revoke access
Revoke access any time errors occur or files are sent to the wrong person.
Easy cloud import
Upload multiple files from your computer or cloud storage – Dropbox, Box, OneDrive or Google Drive.
File replacement & versioning
Ability to replace files as a new version. Useful for typos and updating content even after hitting send.
File format previews
Preview of PDFs, images, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and even videos is supported.
Copy protection, print & download permissions
Files are displayed only in the browser and are protected from copy and paste attempts. You decide whether to allow printing or downloading.
Instant view notifications
Get an instant email notification when files are viewed.
Detailed file tracking and analytics
See who viewed your files, from where, for how long, how often, and whether they were printed or downloaded. Analytics can be exported as an Excel file.
Easy invite for recipients
From one guest to thousands – invitations are easily and automatically sent on your behalf.
Expiry date & time
Schedule a start and end date and time for file access, or set a file to self-destruct after viewing.
Dynamic watermarks
Automatically watermark documents with recipients’ email and other information on the fly. Watermarks are fully customizable.
Screen shield
Reduce the visible screen area of a file with a moveable filter to prevent screenshots.
Developer API
With the VeryPDF API, developers can create apps and integrate document security features into their apps and workflows.
Protect valuable documents
Common use cases for DRM include protection of ebooks, training and course materials and regulatory documents.
Multiple file formats supported
Protect PDF files, images, videos, audio files and more with VeryPDF’s integrated DRM solution.
Simple & easy-to-use
Get set-up in minutes with the full suite of VeryPDF’s document security features from one easy-to-use DRM solution.
Secure & compliant
Compliant
VeryPDF is compliant with ISO 27001, the gold standard in information security management. Our hosting infrastructure on Amazon Web Services, which is compliant with SOC 1 & 2, SAS70 Type II.
Securely hosted
Files are backed up with multiple redundant copies. Our infrastructure is protected by Web Application Firewalls. Automated scripts help to speed up protection against attacks.
Encrypted
All files are secured with envelope 256-bit AES encryption, which is certified for use by the NSA for top-secret information.
Frequently asked question
– What is Digital Rights Management?
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a set of controls that govern who can open, copy, print or share a file. It enforces rules after download so documents cannot be freely forwarded or leaked.
– How does Digital Rights Management in VeryPDF protect files after download?
Files are encrypted and tied to user identity. Access can be time limited, device limited, watermarked and revoked at any time, even after download.
– Which file types work with VeryPDF’s Digital Rights Management?
These are the supported file formats/types on VeryPDF:
• Images (.JPG, .PNG, .GIF, .BMP)
• Portable Document Format (.PDF)
• Document ( .DOC, .DOCX, .MOBI, .ODT, .OTT, .EPUB, .XPS)
• Spreadsheet (.XLS, .XLSX, .ODS, .CSV, .TSV, .XLT)
• Presentation (.PPT, .PPTX, .PPTM, .PPSM, .POTM, .ODP, .OTP)
• Audio files (.MP3, .WAV, .WMA)
• Videos (.AVI, .MOV, .MP4, .MPG, .M4V, .3GP, .WMV, .WebM)
• Private notes (.TXT)
– Can I revoke access with Digital Rights Management after sharing?
Yes. You can expire links, remove individual users or disable a file entirely. Changes take effect the next time the recipient opens the document.
– Do recipients need to install software to view DRM protected files?
No. Recipients authenticate and view in a secure browser viewer or supported apps. There is no complex setup.