I have an MP4 file on our Windows 2008R2 fileserver that I want people to be able to view, but not to create copies of. Is there a security permission configuration that would allow this?
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This is not possible in Windows. When you grant user "Read" permission, then copying is possible. You can always enable Folders/Files auditing and review log to check who copied data and when to track this issue. |
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To my knowledge, there can be no permissions that would permit a user from viewing the file and at the same time prevent that user from copying the file. |
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This is exactly what DRM is for. Whether you can effectively wrap MP4 into a DRM scheme, I have no idea - now you have the terminology to allow you to try yourself! Remember how effective most DRM schemes are, though. |
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