Since
the release of Secure Image ArtistScope has been working on
closing the remaining door on illegal image capture, the prevention
of screen capture.
Preventing screen capture is not a simple thing as the image
appears in different areas of memory and Java cannot access
system level commands. Several offshore programmers were invited
to help develop a plug in that controlled the clipboard and
cache. After many dead ends we finally found a team in India
were interested in taking on the job.
We now have the plug in and can put an end to copying. The plug
in cannot do the entire job alone and is used in conjunction
with a special version of Secure Image. The combined effectiveness
of the two systems creates a perfectly safe environment. The
prototype has been tested against all known screen capture programs
and is completely secure.
There is still some work to do in marrying the two systems.
Then we have to set up support facilities and distribution for
the plug in. The plug in will be available freely on the Internet
to anyone visiting a protected site.
The new program will be released as
CopySafe and will run from any web site, even a home
page. CopySafe will safe from all avenues of copying including
capture.
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