1. A system for previewing protected media, the system comprising: a touchscreen display; a processor; and a memory having executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the processor to: receive an original image from a server over a network; generate a blurred copy of the original image; overlay the blurred image over the original image and display the blurred image on the touchscreen display; detect user interaction on the touchscreen display; determine a location of the user interaction; apply a mask on a section of the blurred copy of the original image corresponding to the determined location of the user interaction; determine absence of the user interaction; and remove the mask applied on the section of the blurred copy of the original image in response to determining the absence of the user interaction, wherein the mask is applied only while the user interaction is maintained and at other instances only the blurred copy of the original image is displayed during a preview of the protected media.