Re: FLASH: Call to Action - Unprotect

[John Croteau]

Hi Daniel,


> I find that most developer5s "Protect" your movies.  Why?  

> Call to unprotect!!!  Am I hitting a deaf ear?

>  but we all want to learn from the best.

Fortunately or unfortunately (depending on your viewpoint) unprotecting

a Flash movie does little to allow one to study the technical techniques

a designer uses. Even when a Flash movie is unprotected when imported

into the Flash editor a Flash movie is flatten into a single layer.

Movie Clips, actions, sound, buttons, etc. are not available. In fact

generally only surface symbols are available. In other words make

backups of your FLAs because you can save little from the .swf file.

Also note that the protection of a Flash .swf is easy to defeat, but it

being there is an additional statement that your work is yours and is

protected by copyright.


There are a lot of sources of FLA files and tutorils to study including:

The Flash Tech Resource - http://www.FlashCentral.com/tech/

FlashZone - http://www.FlashZone.com/FLAs/flas.html

Flasher Net - http://www.flasher.net/source/


Some designers feel their Art is sacrosanct and deserving of absolute

protection but the unique code and techniques that are used in creating

graphics should be made freely and easily to anyone interested. I feel

differently. I believe that the Art, the code and techniques are all

valuable and should be protected. Of course anyone is free to share

their own unique work as they feel fit.


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