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Posted by Ed Mullen on 07/18/07 02:17
kjk wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:20:20 +0200, "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net>
> wrote:
>
>> kjk wrote:
>>
>>> Security is not about fun. Some of our audio files may be
>>> commercially viable, and I'm trying to do whatever I can to protect
>>> the artist from unauthorized commercial use.
>> If you want to protect the audio files, then you need to place them in a
>> location from you only can access the files if you have authorized yourself
>> before, you can still make it easy and have the files as mp3's as Ed suggested.
>>
>>
>>
>>> I understand that, with
>>> some technical knowledge, nothing is completely foolproof, but I want
>>> to make it as difficult as possible for the MP3 file to be captured to
>>> a casual listeners computer.
>> All audio that can be played on a computer, can be easily captured, just
>> record the audio out and you have a wav file with the same quality audio as
>> the audio streamed from your site.
>>
>>
>>
>>> If anybody here can suggest a more secure way to do it, I'd sure like
>>> to hear about it. Thanks.
>> As you say you have a password protection on your site and it's only your
>> family who has access to the page, why make it more difficult for them to
>> listen to the music?
>
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>
>> it's only your family who has access to the page
>
> That's no guarantee. The primary reason for the password is to
> protect against those people who are surfing the internet looking for
> private information to use for criminal purposes. It's only prudent
> to assume that the password will sometimes be given to friends as well
> as family members, and from there . . . who knows?
>
>> place them in a location from you only can access the files
>
> The MP3s are within the secure, password protected, area.
>
>> can be easily captured, just record the audio out
>
> I do recognize that, with some technical knowledge, practically
> anything can be captured, but I suspect that the average visitor to
> our family website wouldn't know how to do that. I do give the artist
> the option of having me reduce the sound quality of the file in order
> to make it undesireable for unauthorized commercial purposes, but,
> understandably, they would much prefer it to be heard in the quality
> in which it was intended to be heard. Btw, this music is copyrighted,
> but that also doesn't mean very much unless you have lots of money for
> legal fees. I'm just trying to provide as many layers of security as
> is practical.
>
> Ken
>
Ken, take them off the Internet. Make CDs. Put them in envelopes and
mail them to your family members. Problem solved and not a password,
HTML coding nor a line of javascript required.
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Ed Mullen
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