Disabling Copying Techniques
Over the years website developers have used several ways to ‘disable’ copying. The most common way websites disable copying and right click involves JavaScript, whereas others use styling properties to disable text selection.
How to Copy Text from Protected Websites
You’re in luck as we will walk you through 10 workable methods to copy text from protected website online quickly. Let’s dive in!
- First, you will find the page where your data is located.
- Then, press and hold the left mouse button.
- Drag the mouse from the top-left to the bottom-right part of the section of text you want to copy.
- To copy the highlighted text, on your keyboard, press Ctrl + C or right-click the highlighted text and click Copy.
Additional tips include saving any web page as an image or PDF by:
- Press Ctrl + L to highlight the URL.
- Then Ctrl + C to copy it to the clipboard.
- Press Ctrl + V to paste the URL into either of the services to save the file as a picture or a PDF.
You can avoid Copy and Paste plagiarism by using quotes and if your quote takes up more than four typed lines, you can use block quotations which are indented from the main body of the page.
For copying website code, CSS, etc., enter the address of your existing website, select your layout, and areas for WordPress content. Then, the software will create a WordPress theme that looks identical to your existing one.
Here are the best options you have for using photos without copyright trouble:
- Use the creative commons search functions on Google Image Search and Flickr search.
- Use your own original images.
- Buy images through a service like Shutterstock.com or iStock.com.
Copying small amounts for personal use or critique is generally legal under fair use laws, but always credit the original source to avoid plagiarism.
Troubleshooting Copy Restrictions
When JavaScript Blocks Copying
If you turn off JavaScript on the site temporarily or even permanently, you will be able to copy text displayed on it using the mouse.
Download As PDF
A simple way is to convert the entire page into an offline PDF from where you can easily copy-paste text.
Using Extensions
You can install a Chrome extension like Superior Allow Copy that bypasses copy restrictions on web pages.
OCR Techniques
Another easy way to copy text from a website is to take a screenshot of the web page and convert it into text using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) applications. If there’s more text than fits on one screen, do it in steps and take more screenshots.
Dealing with CSS Properties
It was a CSS property -moz-user-select in a style attribute on a tag in the page source. But any of the user-select CSS property variants may be the culprit for you.