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Re: Javascript based "copy protection"

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From: adeodatus@sdf.org
Date: Sep 17, 2014 11:04AM


It works Thanks.

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:48:09AM -0400, Karl Groves wrote:
> This might be useful, if you use firefox
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/righttoclick/
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> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:27 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> > Hi Everyone --
> >
> > My reader has been having trouble getting text from pages that employ
> > javascript based "copy protection" i.e disabling selection events, right
> > click menus and cut and paste key combos and the like. Does anyone know
> > how to get around such things without disabing scripting entirely. If
> > needed I can provide examples of the offending javascript.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Matt
> > --
> > Matt Arnold
> > <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.org
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> --
>
> Karl Groves
> www.karlgroves.com
> @karlgroves
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlgroves
> Phone: +1 410.541.6829
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> Modern Web Toolsets and Accessibility
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> > > --
Matt Arnold
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SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.org