[willarson]

I'd pretty much guarantee that its real purpose is to serve as a simple but pleasant portfolio piece for a designer or developer, and that purpose isn't defeated by it being copyable.

But, I think the point of the service is that only one person can read it not that it can only be read once. They could prevent easy copying by using Flash, etc, but it that would be cruel, unusual (well, it should be usual), and wouldn't improve their offering.

[gaius]

Can you not screenshot Flash then?

[willarson]

I think the key in my statement was easy copying. The inability to copy and paste clearly frustrates people, seeing as its the number one complaint against Scribd. But thanks for the sarcasm. ;)

[jamesjyu]

You can copy and paste from Scribd documents: http://img.skitch.com/20080703-fqjkc23nr92t31htq42quirmhe.jp...

[apgwoz]

Maybe they should warp it to look like a CAPTCHA AND put it in Flash with a camouflage background.