Copy Protection Software For PDF - Methods To Copy Protect PDF Documents

1. Download and install	2. Command Line options
3. Screenshots

Download and install

VeryPDF Cloud PDF DRM Protector is a Batch DRM Protector Command Line, you can download it from here, unpack it to the disk, open a command prompt window with Administrator Privilege in Windows system, then you can use drmpdf.exe to encrypt your PDF files on the fly.

VeryPDF Cloud PDF DRM Protector is comprised of several elements, as summarized below:

Free PDF Reader: just like the PDF readers from Adobe and Foxit, but with additional functionality to handle secured PDF files - this is provided free of charge.

PDF DRM Protector Command Line (drmpdf.exe): it converts existing PDF files into a very secure format, it is a command line application, you can call it from web application or script - this is also provided free of charge.

Cloud Digital Rights Management (DRM) Service: this provides the central document authorization facilities.

Free Jave PDF Reader: this is a PDF Reader for Windows, Mac OSX, Android and iPAD/iPhone, provides the perfect delivery mechanism for the secured PDFs, enabling users to authorize and read the secured files easily.

Command Line options

VeryPDF Cloud PDF DRM Protector (drmpdf.exe) is easy to use, and it has these options:

D:\VeryPDF\PDFDRMProtector\drmpdf.exe
"VeryPDF PDF DRM Protector Command Line" version 3.0
Copyright 1996-2015 VeryPDF.com Inc.
Product Name: VeryPDF PDF DRM Protector Command Line
http://www.verypdf.com
http://www.verydoc.com
http://support.verypdf.com
Email:support@verypdf.com
Usage: drmpdf.exe [options] <PDF-file>
-opw <string>               : owner password (for encrypted files)
-upw <string>               : user password (for encrypted files)
-expiry-after-date <string> : Expiry after a special date
-expiry-after-views <int>   : Expiry after a number of views
-expiry-after-prints <int>  : Expiry after a number of prints
-close-after-seconds <int>  : Close PDF Viewer after a limit time in seconds
-delete-after-expiry        : Delete PDF file after expiry
-stamp_type <int>    : Stamp Type: 1 is Text, 2 is image, 3 is PDF, 4 is line
-stamp_text <string> : Set Watermark text or full path/URL for image or PDF file
-stamp_x <int>       : X offset value from current position, if you set X=-1, 
                       the current X position is equal to PageWidth/2
-stamp_y <int>       : Y offset value from current position, if you set Y=-1, 
                       the current Y position is equal to PageHeight/2
-stamp_width <int>   : Set width for the stamp, or width to line stamp
-stamp_height <int>  : Set height for the stamp, if you set height=0, the current
                       font size will be calculated automatically, fit to page width
-stamp_text_bold     : Set Bold attribute to text stamp
-stamp_text_italic   : Set Italic attribute to text stamp
-stamp_text_fontname <string> : Set font name for text stamp
-stamp_opacity <int> : Watermark opacity option, the range is 0~100
-stamp_angle <int>   : Rotate the watermark, the range is -360~360
-stamp_color <string>: Watermark color, e.g., 000000, FFFF00, 00FF00, etc.
-stamp_scale <int>   : Scale stamp's size, the default is 100
-stamp_xpostype <int>: xPosType: 0 is from left, 1 is from center, 2 is from right
-stamp_ypostype <int>: yPosType: 0 is from top, 1 is from center, 2 is from bottom
-stamp_x2 <int>      : Set End X position for Line stamp
-stamp_y2 <int>      : Set End Y position for Line stamp
-stamp_pagerange <string>       : Set page range for the stamp, e.g., 1-5, 6-7, etc.
-stamp_importpdfpageindex <int> : Import special page from PDF file as a stamp, 
                       start from page 1
-h                   : print usage information
-help                : print usage information
--help               : print usage information
-?                   : print usage information
-$ <string>          : input your license key
Example:
drmpdf.exe D:\in.pdf
drmpdf.exe D:\in.pdf D:\out.vpdf
drmpdf.exe -opw 123 -upw 456 D:\in.pdf D:\in.vpdf
drmpdf.exe -expiry-after-date "2015/12/30 16:53" D:\in.pdf D:\out.vpdf
drmpdf.exe -expiry-after-views 10 D:\in.pdf D:\out.vpdf
drmpdf.exe -expiry-after-prints 10 D:\in.pdf D:\out.vpdf
drmpdf.exe -close-after-seconds 300 D:\in.pdf D:\out.vpdf
drmpdf.exe -delete-after-expiry D:\in.pdf D:\out.vpdf
drmpdf.exe -stamp_type 1 -stamp_text "VeryPDF Watermark" -stamp_x 1 -stamp_y 1 
           -stamp_xpostype 1 -stamp_ypostype 1 -stamp_text_bold -stamp_opacity 50 
           -stamp_angle -30 -stamp_color FF0000 D:\in.pdf D:\out.vpdf
drmpdf.exe -stamp_type 1 -stamp_text "VeryPDF" -stamp_x 1 -stamp_y 1 
           -stamp_xpostype 1 -stamp_ypostype 1 -stamp_text_bold -stamp_opacity 50 
           -stamp_angle -45 -stamp_color FF0000 -close-after-seconds 50 
           -expiry-after-date "2015/12/30 16:53" -expiry-after-views 10 
           D:\in.pdf D:\out.vpdf
drmpdf.exe -stamp_type 2 -stamp_text "D:\logo.png" -stamp_x 100 -stamp_y 100 
           -stamp_width 200 -stamp_height 300 -stamp_opacity 50 D:\in.pdf 
           D:\out.vpdf
drmpdf.exe -stamp_type 3 -stamp_text "D:\logo.pdf" -stamp_importpdfpageindex 1 
           -stamp_x 100 -stamp_y 100 -stamp_width 200 -stamp_height 300 
           -stamp_opacity 50 -close-after-seconds 50 -expiry-after-date 
           "2015/12/30 16:53" -expiry-after-views 10 D:\in.pdf D:\out.vpdf
drmpdf.exe -stamp_type 4 -stamp_text line -stamp_x 100 -stamp_y 100 -stamp_x2 
           200 -stamp_y2 200 -stamp_width 20 -stamp_opacity 50 -stamp_color FF0000 
           D:\in.pdf D:\out.vpdf
drmpdf.exe -stamp_type 4 -stamp_text line -stamp_x 100 -stamp_y 100 -stamp_x2 
           200 -stamp_y2 200 -stamp_width 20 -stamp_opacity 50 -stamp_color FF0000 
           -close-after-seconds 50 -expiry-after-date "2015/12/30 16:53" 
           -expiry-after-views 10 D:\in.pdf D:\out.vpdf

Following command line will protect all PDF files in D:\temp\ folder,
for %F in (D:\temp\*.pdf) do drmpdf.exe "%F" "%~dpnF.vpdf"

Following command line will protect all PDF files in D:\temp\ folder 
and subdirectories,
for /r D:\temp %F in (*.pdf) do drmpdf.exe "%F" "%~dpnF.vpdf"

Following command line will protect all PDF files in D:\temp\ folder and output 
files to C:\test folder,
for %F in (D:\temp\*.pdf) do drmpdf.exe "%F" "C:\test\%~nF.vpdf"