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This is from the github page: "pdf watermark removal library for academic papers"

by dkroy 14y ago

kintamanimatt 14y ago
I read that, but why? I've never been part of the magical world of academia, and don't understand why watermark removal is something that's important.
- kanzure 14y ago
  Author here (btw, like you I am not a part of the world of academia either). These watermarks include your name, institution, and ip address on every page. This is a huge privacy violation, especially when sharing research with colleagues. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Authorized+licensed+use+limited+to%22 http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Authorized+licensed+u... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Redistribution+subject+to+SEG+license+or+copyright http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Redistribution+subject+t... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Redistribution+subject+to+AIP http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Redistribution+subject+t... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Downloaded+from+http%3A%2F%2Fpubs.acs.org+on http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Downloaded+from+http%3A%... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Downloaded+*+*+2001..2013+to+* http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Downloaded+*+*+2001..201... More details: https://groups.google.com/group/science-liberation-front/browse_frm/thread/c68964cf55d8f6fa https://groups.google.com/group/science-liberation-front/bro... Even more details: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/diybio/o6irBNeCmrE/pqGJXMlQYa0J https://groups.google.com/d/msg/diybio/o6irBNeCmrE/pqGJXMlQY... Also, Google seems to have deals with academic publishers based on ip address. You can sometimes see Google in the watermarks in their own search index: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=filetype:pdf+google-indexer http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=filetype:pdf+google-inde... Even stranger, Google Docs Viewer seems to remove watermarks from some pdfs, but I have no idea why. Did they write their own watermark removal library? evidence: https://groups.google.com/group/science-liberation-front/t/a1cf073711b97b00 https://groups.google.com/group/science-liberation-front/t/a...
  - kintamanimatt 14y ago
    That's awesome! Thanks for explaining this. It might be cool if you could expand the readme to include this information. "Why?" was the first question that came to mind, perhaps only because I don't have the necessary context or background to understand the utility of this utility at first glance.
  - evilpie 14y ago
    I think more likely that Google Docs Viewer just doesn't support vertical text and so it happens to remove the watermark.
  - jahewson 14y ago
    I presume this violates your license with the paper vendor?
    - kanzure 14y ago
      There are many complicated licensing relationships in this ecosystem.. do you mean a particular ToS? a college's license with Elsevier/JSTOR/IEEE? a scholar's use of library resources, presumably governed by some honor code or something setup by a university? or something else?

This is from the github page: "pdf watermark removal library for academic papers"

by dkroy 14y ago

This is from the github page: "pdf watermark removal library for academic papers"

I read that, but why? I've never been part of the magical world of academia, and don't understand why watermark removal is something that's important.

kanzure 14y ago
Author here (btw, like you I am not a part of the world of academia either). These watermarks include your name, institution, and ip address on every page. This is a huge privacy violation, especially when sharing research with colleagues. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Authorized+licensed+use+limited+to%22 http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Authorized+licensed+u... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Redistribution+subject+to+SEG+license+or+copyright http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Redistribution+subject+t... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Redistribution+subject+to+AIP http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Redistribution+subject+t... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Downloaded+from+http%3A%2F%2Fpubs.acs.org+on http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Downloaded+from+http%3A%... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Downloaded+*+*+2001..2013+to+* http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Downloaded+*+*+2001..201... More details: https://groups.google.com/group/science-liberation-front/browse_frm/thread/c68964cf55d8f6fa https://groups.google.com/group/science-liberation-front/bro... Even more details: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/diybio/o6irBNeCmrE/pqGJXMlQYa0J https://groups.google.com/d/msg/diybio/o6irBNeCmrE/pqGJXMlQY... Also, Google seems to have deals with academic publishers based on ip address. You can sometimes see Google in the watermarks in their own search index: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=filetype:pdf+google-indexer http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=filetype:pdf+google-inde... Even stranger, Google Docs Viewer seems to remove watermarks from some pdfs, but I have no idea why. Did they write their own watermark removal library? evidence: https://groups.google.com/group/science-liberation-front/t/a1cf073711b97b00 https://groups.google.com/group/science-liberation-front/t/a...
- kintamanimatt 14y ago
  That's awesome! Thanks for explaining this. It might be cool if you could expand the readme to include this information. "Why?" was the first question that came to mind, perhaps only because I don't have the necessary context or background to understand the utility of this utility at first glance.
- evilpie 14y ago
  I think more likely that Google Docs Viewer just doesn't support vertical text and so it happens to remove the watermark.
- jahewson 14y ago
  I presume this violates your license with the paper vendor?
  - kanzure 14y ago
    There are many complicated licensing relationships in this ecosystem.. do you mean a particular ToS? a college's license with Elsevier/JSTOR/IEEE? a scholar's use of library resources, presumably governed by some honor code or something setup by a university? or something else?