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PDF DRM password removal
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pdf_unprotect.sh
#remove DRM http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=884002
gs -q -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=temp.pdf foo.pdf -c '.setpdfwrite' && mv temp.pdf foo.pdf
#remove password http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/removing-password-from-pdf-on-linux/
gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=unencrypted.pdf -c .setpdfwrite -f encrypted.pdf
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