ideas wanted for secure display of media resources

[Patrick Gilmartin]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Rossi" <scott at tactilemedia.com>
To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: ideas wanted for secure display of media resources


> > If anyone knows a good secure way of managing and displaying media
> > assets within Revolution please let me know.
>
> Who do you want to prevent from accessing the media?  Any end user, or
only
> unlicensed users?  If you only want to thwart unlicensed users, storing
the
> media in some kind of password protected file (database, stack, etc) is
> probably a good way to go.
>
> Otherwise, you should keep in mind that once something is displayed on
> screen, it can be copied via screen capture tools.  Utilities exist to
> capture the screen over time (ie movies/animation), as well as static
> images.  Even DVD copy protection can be circumvented, so you'll be hard
> pressed to find a completely secure method of asset delivery.  Obscuring
the
> asset location/s and filenames are probably reasonable options for you,
> barring the more costly custom/external options.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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