The secure solution for distributing
digital content
Take advantage of new Internet business opportunities and maintain
control of your intellectual property with Adobe¨ PDF Merchantª.
Adobe¨ PDF Merchantª is server-based software that seamlessly
integrates into existing e-commerce and transaction servers, making
it easy for publishers, distributors, and retailers to encrypt
volumes of Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files and sell
them over the Web. PDF Merchant also lets you securely exchange
any type of electronic document, not just those for sale.
Managing the distribution of electronic keys is straightforward.
Together, PDF Merchant and the Web Buy feature in Adobe Acrobat¨
Reader 4.05 allow you, the seller, to decide what's required to
access the content and where buyers should go to purchase it.
A number of identifiers can be used to bind the content to a buyer's
computing environment. Anyone with Adobe Acrobat software or the
free Acrobat Reader can acquire and unlock free encrypted content,
and they can purchase electronic content using Web Buy.
Content owners can also specify standard Acrobat permissions,
including privileges for printing, changing the document, selecting
text and graphics, and adding or changing annotations and form
fields. For example, a textbook publisher may allow annotations,
but disallow changing or copying the file. PDF Merchant and Web
Buy are extremely flexible and answer a wide range of business
requirements and distribution models - all from within a secure
environment that's an industry standard.
