A method for processing edited objects associated with a physical document, for use in a user workstation by a user. An edited object is identified in an edited objects table from being associated with an item that has been selected from a page of the physical document through use a point pressed on a touch foil aligned over or under the page. It is ascertained that the user does not have a license to use and/or copy the edited object. Information concerning the edited object is received by the user workstation from an edited objects server and then displayed on the user workstation. The user workstation receives the edited object with the license from the edited objects server, stores the edited object, and updates an edited object path column in the edited objects table in the user workstation with a file path for accessing the stored edited object.