Infield Fly Enforcement

[johnnyg08]

I am able to copy and paste from my version.

[BretMan]

Interesting. The above post wasn't the first one I've seen where someone said they could no longer copy from that PDF document.

I just went to the NFHS website and it wouldn't let me copy anything. Looking at the Adobe security settings, it's telling me the document cannot be copied, edited or printed.

Are you copying from this after dowloading it on your own computer or directly from the NFHS website?

[johnnyg08]

I am saving a copy to my files and it works from there. I have not tried it actually running it from the website.

[BretMan]

Okay- one more question!

Are you talking about the latest 2010 rule book on the NFHS site?

I just downloaded it to my hard drive, opened that saved file with Adobe, and it still says the file is copy protected.

[cookie]

"...I just downloaded it to my hard drive, opened that saved file with Adobe, and it still says the file is copy protected."

I also did the same a couple of weeks ago and now have copies of the Fed 2010 Rule Book and Case Book on my hard drive for quick viewing. However, copying and pasting from those copies is not available as (I believe) software is in place to prevent that. Yes, it would have been nice to have those features so that I could easily cite a rule or case verbatim in a post.

[BretMan]

Oddly, the baseball books seem to be the only ones that do not allow copy & paste. Ever since they started putting these rule books on-line (has it been four or five years now?) they were always copyable. Not so for the 2010 edition.

The softball, basketball, football and soccer books all can be copied. This makes me wonder: If the security settings for the baseball books just happened to be that way by default when they were uploaded, and; If these were purposely posted with the security settings that way, what the reasoning for that would be.

Then again, rhyme and reason have not always been FED strong points.

As a side note, they are kind enough to include the Umpire Manual for the softball folks. I don't believe that they ever have included the Baseball Umpire Manual among the offerings. And for the people that always say the FED baseball umpire manual is a waste of paper, I'll point out that publishing it electronically would waste no paper!

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by BretMan

I'll point out that publishing it electronically would waste no paper!

True, but it's so bad it's even a waste of electrons.