Prevent content copying from iframe

Asked Dec 25 '19 at 22:59

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I want to prevent copying content loaded in iframe. I am using the following code [per this answer], and it works fine.

<html>
<head>
    <title>Test</title>
    <script type='text/javascript' src='//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.js'></script>
    <script type='text/javascript'>
        $(window).load(function () {            
            var $frame = $("#tif");
            $frame.contents().bind("copy", function (e) {
                e.preventDefault();
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>
<body>
<iframe src="whatever.com" height="768" width="1366" id="tif"></iframe>
</body>
</html>

But when a pdf file is given as the source, the above code fails. Any suggestions?

asked Dec 25 '19 at 22:59

Neerad Vaidya

2

You think you've prevented content copying? Good luck with that – Jared Smith Dec 25 '19 at 23:05
Yeah, if the loaded content origins from same domain – Neerad Vaidya Dec 25 '19 at 23:11
1

@NeeradVaidya Anyone who wants to copy is going to disable JavaScript, or use the developer tools, or any of a number of other approaches. Trying to stop people from copying text is pointless and simply not possible. – ceejayoz Dec 25 '19 at 23:15
the only way to prevent someone from copying content is to not send it (I think that's a Zen quote) – Jaromanda X Dec 25 '19 at 23:18
@ceejayoz yeah I know and I understand, but this is weird ask from my client. I tried to make them understand but it did not worked out. So I had no other option to ask you folks. – Neerad Vaidya Dec 26 '19 at 00:01
@JaromandaX nice quote... – Neerad Vaidya Dec 26 '19 at 00:02

Prevent content copying from iframe

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