At 8:06 AM -0700 11/2/2011, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
I need to make a dvd disk, with one file on itŠ.
what I need to do, is make the file readable by
anyone, but nobody can "drag the file to the
desktop" without a password.. is this possible?
No. If you can read a thing, you can save a thing.
In the past, people have tried to limit access to
data by various methods, such as invisibility,
scrambling, or encryption; their theory being
that the user will only be able to access the
data using their special app - and if that app
provides no method to save the data... But
that's a total fail! People are *gasp* smart!
They quickly realize that using a different app,
or different access method, will work! At that
point, the "protection" simply makes the provider
seem stupid.
At 10:33 AM -0700 11/3/2011, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
I'm thinking of making the file downloadable via
dropboxŠ working on that right now. I'm trying
to make a "download link" that I can give to
anybody and it just starts the download to their
computerŠ I think the copy protection is gonna
get shelved for now.
Dropbox's public links work great for that. The
file is essentially only accessible to the person
to whom you send the url.
eg:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/610326/penguin-lust.gif
Dropbox also supports a "sharable link", but IMO
it's a PITA. It creates a silly multi-step
process by providing a link to a web page that
contains a link the file, that the user then has
to download in some way. The "public link"
method is far superior, IMO.
HTH,
- Dan.
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