Copy-protected PDF.

I recently got a hold of a PDF-magazine which I bought through fileplanet's Direct2Drive-store. Problem is, this file can only be opened on the computer it was originally purchased on, and even reinstalling windows is counted as a new computer by Adobe Reader, or so the description said.

Seeing as I both reformat fairly often and swap out pieces of hardware more often than I change my socks, I figure that a program to bypass this copy-protection would be highly useful, lest the file be disabled within the week or so. Does anyone know of any kind of software that'll let me backup this thing and preferrably remove the copy-protection in the process? I'd rather not spend the better part of a day taking screencaps.

Kudos, and a torrent of the file will be supplied as a token of gratitude if you guys can help me here. (The magazine was a bundle of Girls of Gaming 1 & 2, btw. I figure that should be incentive enough to get someone to help out)

A lot of linux tools can do this. IIRC, the "copy protection" is only the setting of a single bit. Needless to say, there's no point in an open-source program even bothering to check (since anyone with any know-how can disable the if-statement).

Here's one relevant thread: https://www.redhat.com/archives/blinux-list/2004-November/msg00018.html

use xpdf and disable the if statement

Not to sound ungrateful (because I really do appreciate the help), but is there any way to remove the copy-protection flag from the actual file instead of messing with the software that reads it?

>>5
Hex edit?

Remember the entire Elcomsoft brouhaha? Part of that was due to PDF as well...

Google motha fucka, do you use it?!

Gimme the file

try this:
http://www.elcomsoft.com/apdfpr.html