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by snehesht 3950 days ago
How do they solve the problem of "sharing dropbox links after purchase" ?
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"the purchaser can then download the file from your storage via our website, so the file's location is never exposed." It looks like their site acts as a proxy to the dropbox link which only allows those who have paid to access the file
They need to put that info in a more prominent location
S3 and Dropbox let you create signed links which expire.
More importantly, how do they solve "upload the download up to my dropbox and share that"
I suppose they'd say that this problem exists however you get the file to the consumer; their business is being the way you get it to them [legitimate users], not piracy-prevention.
But realistically, the 2 are intrinsically linked. I'd be interested in something like this that actually did something about piracy. I've built the systems myself, so I know it can be done, but it's annoying to maintain.