The latest contribution to the PR Wall of Shame...

Oct. 26, 2006
A major automation supplier sent me a press release this morning, in PDF. When I tried to extract text from it so I could run it on ControlGlobal.com, I discovered that

THE STUPID RELEASE WAS COPY PROTECTED!

I guess they don't want me to print their press release. So I won't. And don't bother asking who it was, either...because I figure they know who they are, and nobody else needs to....
A major automation supplier sent me a press release this morning, in PDF. When I tried to extract text from it so I could run it on ControlGlobal.com, I discovered that

THE STUPID RELEASE WAS COPY PROTECTED!

I guess they don't want me to print their press release. So I won't. And don't bother asking who it was, either...because I figure they know who they are, and nobody else needs to.

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