Sanford Bingham

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How to prevent content in PDFs from being “scraped” by AI

by Sanford Bingham on Feb 29, 2024 6:20:04 PM

In December 2023, the New York Timesfiled suit against OpenAI, claiming that ChatGPT was built from “uncompensated use” of the Times’ “intellectual...

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Announcing FileOpen BrowserUX: Share PDFs Securely with No Plug-in Required

by Sanford Bingham on Feb 12, 2021 8:52:39 PM

We are excited to announce production availability of our system to display FileOpen-encrypted PDF in any modern browser, on any platform, without...

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Why Libraries Are Taking a Page from Publishers and Using DRM to Lend Digital Books

by Sanford Bingham on Sep 24, 2020 1:30:08 PM

Like many public-facing institutions, and perhaps more than most, the world’s libraries have been deeply impacted by COVID-19. Most have shut their...

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4 Ways to Extend Your FileOpen Implementation for Remote Work

by Sanford Bingham on Aug 7, 2020 1:27:30 PM
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Classification and Control: Keeping Trade Secrets Secret

by Sanford Bingham on Aug 22, 2017 4:32:53 PM

Much of the recent news out of Washington D.C. has included references to classified information, security clearances, and the many rules and...

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How to Be Less Vulnerable in a Data Breach

by Sanford Bingham on Jun 6, 2017 5:44:20 PM

One of the first posts in this FileOpen blog described an attack on Google and other companies, the 2009 “Aurora” hack, which highlighted risks...

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Microsoft RMS: Standard or Stranglehold?

by Sanford Bingham on Oct 6, 2016 6:26:25 PM
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At SPAB 2016, FileOpen CEO Sanford Bingham Asks Standards Publishers: "What Would a Standard for DRM Look Like?"

by Sanford Bingham on Feb 12, 2016 11:45:06 AM

Last week I had the honor of speaking to an international group of standards organizations at the Standards Publishing Advisory Board (SPAB) annual...

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FileOpen Client 0924 for Adobe Acrobat/Reader Released (Win)

by Sanford Bingham on Oct 15, 2012 1:21:00 PM

We have released an updated FileOpen plug-in for Adobe Acrobat and Reader on Windows. The Client, Build 0924, implements support for the latest...

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FileOpen Client 0917 Released

by Sanford Bingham on Dec 14, 2011 1:46:00 PM

We have released an updated FileOpen plug-in for Adobe Acrobat and Reader on Windows. The Client, Build 0917, implements a few patches and bugfixes....

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