Subscription Services

[nbozic]

Hi,

I would like to implement a subscription service where people can subscribe to view certain instructional video files and seminars. They would have access to those for a fixed amount of time (let's say a month).

So my question is, what is the most common way to protect video files?

After all, if the files are not protected in some way, all you need to know is the direct path to the file and you can download it an unlimited number of times (and share the link with others).

How do you restrict file access based on someone's login sessions (such as ASP or PHP sessions)?

I would appreciate any pointers.

Thanks.

[Corey Bryant]

Well this is how we did. The files were placed in a folder that was not part of the net. We set it up so the files could be watched a certain amount of time and as well as a time limit. We used ASP for this method.

Most carts should provide something similar as well.

-Corey