Re: FN-FORUM: Preventing saving of swf files

date posted 30th January 2007 16:36

If the .swf file loads additional content from the server, it means
the actual .swf is relatively useless on any other location. eg. load
images, text or video from other server files.

Of course the .swf could be reverse engineered to reveal the file
locations, and then the content could be downloaded too. But that is a
bit extensive for your average leech.

Regards, Bill.

On 30 Jan 2007 17:09:54 -0000, Dominic Raywood
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>
> And finally Esther...
>
> I am not au fait with swf files and haven't used flash at all. What I
> need to do is embed a flash file on a website, but make it impossible or
> at least very difficult for someone to then save the file to disk and use
> later. I know that those with the nouse will do it anyway, but most
> people aren't that clever.
>
> Is there a method or tool that you can use instead of the usual
> and that will play the animation, but make it difficult to get at
> the file.
>
> My client will be providing e-books as part of a learning site and doesn't
> want people to then be able to save the files and pass them on to friends
> who haven't paid for membership. I know they could simply share a login,
> but if the membership allowed a set number of files to be accessed per
> month, that would hopefully stop that. They want to make the membership
> very inexpensive, but unless people use it fairly, then that is a
> non-goer.
>
> Any flash wizz-kids out there?
>
> Thanks.
>
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