# Avoiding Flash Decompiler

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/avoiding-flash-decompiler/84275>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 25, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/avoiding-flash-decompiler/84275 "2005-03-25T21:47:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Akirasan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@Akirasan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Akirasan)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/avoiding-flash-decompiler/84275/1 "2005-03-25T21:47:04Z")

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Hi,

Someday I was wondering how easy was to decompile a flash file. For my surprise, it’s very easy to pick somebody work and copy everything.

So, thinking in how to avoid this, I got an idea. What if I export my flash (swf) to Macromedia Director and publish it as a shockwave movie (dcr)?

As I know, its not possible to decompile (or, at least, it’s not so easy) a shockwave movie.

What do you guys think? Is it a good tatic to avoid somebody to copy your work?