Amalyah Keshet wrote in message <[log in to unmask]>... > >One more attempt: Parable's "ThingMaker" was billed in April 1997 as "will >allow designers to 'lock' ordinary graphics and sound files [inside an >ActiveX component] so that they cannot be duplicated or >modified...ThingMaker also allows artists to embed a hyperlink to a home >page with the artist's biographical data so that potental clients can >contact them." (That could make copyright clearances a dream... and it's a >potentially useful idea for museums as well.) I've no idea if this one >survived or not... Sure did guys! :) We're at version 1.0 and shipping. Come check us out at: http://www.thingworld.com -- Larry Kyrala (Remove [L.Kyrala] in email to reply)