# DRM Rich Text (protected content)

> A rich text block with copy protection — discourages casual copying of premium content.

Source: https://knowledge.estage.com/capabilities/drm-rich-text/
Part of the ESTAGE knowledge base (https://knowledge.estage.com). Full corpus: https://knowledge.estage.com/llms-full.txt

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The protected sibling of the [Rich Text block](/capabilities/rich-text/): same editing
experience, but with **anti-copy guards** for content you'd rather not see lifted — premium
articles, paid lesson texts, member-only material.

## How to trigger it

- *"add protected content"*, *"premium text block"*
- The **DRM Rich Text** entry in the `/` slash menu

## What the protection does

On the published site, the block:

- **Blocks copying** — Ctrl/Cmd+C does nothing
- **Blocks the right-click menu**
- **Blocks printing** the page
- Content is **loaded separately**, not baked into the page source

## What it honestly doesn't do

This is a *deterrent*, not encryption. A determined visitor can still read the text on screen,
take screenshots, or dig it out with technical tools. Think of it as a "please don't copy"
that's actually enforced for the casual 95% — not a security system.

:::tip
For real access control — content only *members* can see at all — pair it with a members area
on a [Dedicated Cloud](/cloud/building-with-ai/): *"build a members-only page with protected
lesson content, backed by a real database"*.
:::

## Editing

Exactly like Rich Text: double-click, format, click away to save. The guards apply to your
visitors, not to you.

## A built-in use

[Legal pages](/capabilities/legal-pages/) ship their text in this kind of block — that's why
their content is double-click editable.