Kevin,

I concur with Craig and Jack.  In my opinion, the way IPC/IHS setup the DRM policy, it is very hard to justify the cost (in particular the IT overhead).  I'm not sure if IPC intended it that way or not.
To my knowledge, when I've seen the big OEMs use it, they have negotiated a separate licensing (DRM) scheme.  I believe you can do that directly with IHS.

Here is the whitepaper page for IHS DRM
http://www.fileopen.com/fileopen-whitepapers/

Chris

Chris Mahanna
Robisan Lab



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Does anyone know of a link to a page or document that IPC publishes that gives an overview of the membership benefit of downloading new standards from HIS via secure PDF with Digital Rights Management?  I am hitting a wall with IT to actually install the plug-in that is required and need to provide some background info on the legitimacy of the whole process.

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