Scripts cannot be "ripped". They are unlike textures, primitives and similar attributes whose properties need to be sent to the viewer in order to be rendered (seen).

Quoting Jim Radford, one of the current core libopenmetaverse developers--

``Neither script source or binary scripts are accessible to others unless the permissions set on the script in question allow it (this is a simulator
restriction, the data simply is not available to clients)''

yes, web based analytics are planned. probably within a few weeks a first cut will be available.

@ Monolock - you raise allot of good points. sometimes it's very helpful to look inside the contents, and on the other hand that can be misleading (such as items that show permissions wrong e.g, no copy AND no trans). i think either way the onus is still on the merchant to properly display what you are buying, and what permissions your purchase comes with.

that said, remember that SecureVend is a response to an imperfect situation. in an ideal world, content theft would be rendered nearly obsolete by LL allowing only approved/registered 3rd party viewers to connect to their grids. Until then, there is no magic bullet, and some compromises have to be made unfortunately.

It depends on the merchant's current setup of course, but I've included some helper scripts to ease the transition for the most common setup where the products are set 'For Sale' to dispense contents on purchase. Most clothing/hair/skin shops for example are setup this way.

The helper script can automatically box the contents of these 'For Sale' prims, and also install the new Pay script inside it. So a shop with a couple hundred items i'd say shouldn't take more than an hour or so.

As far as future cost- not sure yet. My personal view is that our money is made elsewhere (our estate business), so products like this are more about trying to help content creators with a new paradigm that I really do feel will help curb theft, until LL gets their act together. We do carry some expenses with SecureVend such as tier for the hosting sims, so future costs for the system will be geared towards 'breaking even' on that. I will say however, that we won't retroactively ask for payment, nor will we charge an ongoing fee (per week/month). It will be a one time charge only, which for now is 0L.