Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie & security issues?

2006-05-03 Thread ryanm
I think you are right that there is just no way to protect content in a swf file. Maybe the question to ask is, how can we go about convincing fearful IP holders to allow their IP to be embedded in the swf format. More importantly, there is no way to protect IP in any form if you put it on

Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie & security issues?

2006-05-03 Thread Kevin Newman
I think you are right that there is just no way to protect content in a swf file. Maybe the question to ask is, how can we go about convincing fearful IP holders to allow their IP to be embedded in the swf format. You mentioned relying on the law, and I think that's the right angle. In general

Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie & security issues?

2006-05-03 Thread ryanm
I would also be very interested in reading about ways to protect content that is embedded in a flash movie (especially fonts). Is it possible to include art and fonts in a swf file, in a way that makes it impossible to get those objects out of the swf movie? The bottom line is, if you put i

RE: [Flashcoders] Newbie & security issues?

2006-05-03 Thread Weyert de Boer
I won't take too much effort in protecting your magic. You might wanna trust on the copyright laws more, though. I have been researching some dongles protections schemes for my dad lately, even those are sad. I haven't found the right dongle scheme yet... -- Yours, Weyert de Boer ([EMAIL PROTECT

RE: [Flashcoders] Newbie & security issues?

2006-05-03 Thread Tom Lee
is a cheap software obfuscation program enough to protect it (as in the case of drawings that can be screen-captured anyway). Hope that helps. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Audry Taylor Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:59 PM To: flashcod

Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie & security issues?

2006-05-03 Thread Kevin Newman
I would also be very interested in reading about ways to protect content that is embedded in a flash movie (especially fonts). Is it possible to include art and fonts in a swf file, in a way that makes it impossible to get those objects out of the swf movie? Thanks, Kevin N. Audry Taylor wr

[Flashcoders] Newbie & security issues?

2006-05-03 Thread Audry Taylor
Hey everyone! I'm new here so just steer me in the right direction if I get off-topic without realizing it. I'm in the middle of convincing my company that we should include some fun Flash games on our company website using art elements from some original IPs. They're concerned that Flash can