APRIL 20TH
I've spent time looking at a few basic ideas of how the 'fade' idea might appear. I was a little concerned in that the logo might be removed using PhotoShop, and besides this, in my initial implementation the overall effect wasn't as elegant as initially envisiaged.

I began thinking of other ways of disabling an image and came up with an interesting idea that combines elegance and practicality. When an image continues to exist past it's license's expiration, two things begin to happen. Firstly a logo (with a soft background shadow for visability) slowly begins to fade in. Secondly the image itself slowly begins to blur. This will cause problems for printing and commercial use, particularly as the effect increases. The result is a subtle shift of 'focus' from the image to the logo, while both disabling the image yet maintaining the vitality of colour.

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APRIL 24TH
I came across these websites on a concept called Yellow Fade Technique. The idea is that whenever changes take place on a webpage it is sometimes difficult to see what or where. With YFT in operation, upon reload any changes will be hilighted in yellow for a couple of seconds before fading away.

http://www.37signals.com/svn/archives/000558.php
http://www.axentric.com/posts/default/7

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APRIL 25TH
Further investigation of the Fade gaming protection technology bore forth these interesting websites. If a game is pirated or altered, then for example in a shooting game, Fade will make targeting less accurate as well as effecting other aspects of the game. The idea being that you can still use it, but the usability deminishes. Thus people can develop a desire for the product and hopefully buy the full version.

http://www.gameburnworld.com/protections_fade.htm
http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/
cd_protections_fade.shtml

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