I don't recommend using crappy quality the person is likely think the quality of the album is crappy.

My thoughts exactly.

Back to my original question, does anyone know how to create semi-secure *.wma (or similar) files?

    Originally posted by drawmack
    I don't recommend using crappy quality the person is likely think the quality of the album is crappy.

    Well just say that the sound quality has been reduced to reduce music piracy or something.

    Originally posted by erikwebb
    My thoughts exactly.

    Back to my original question, does anyone know how to create semi-secure *.wma (or similar) files?

    If I am not mistaken MusicMatch Jukebox can record .wma with "Digital Rights Management"

    EDIT
    In WMP you can "Copy Protect Music" when riping the CD!

      Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the "Copy Protect Music" in WMP prevented the files from being played on any other computer. The MusicMatch thing I am unfamiliar with, I will try that soon.

        Originally posted by erikwebb
        Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the "Copy Protect Music" in WMP prevented the files from being played on any other computer.

        My bad, I have never used it before! I assumed it prevented it from being burned or something like that.

          Crap, I wish I could unresolve this thread........

            Originally posted by erikwebb
            Crap, I wish I could unresolve this thread........

            What you can do is change the subject of the first post in the thread to "Secure WMA Files -- not actually resolved".

              How would I go about doing this?

              But anyways, I think I'm getting distracted. Has anyone here done any work like this in the past?

                Originally posted by erikwebb
                How would I go about doing this?

                But anyways, I think I'm getting distracted. Has anyone here done any work like this in the past?

                Go to your the first post of this thread and click on the 'edit' button. In the subject field, change it to whatever you want, or what I posted above.

                  Thanks, so.............

                  Has anyone here done any work like this in the past?

                    let me make sure I still understand you're question:

                    q: Is there a way that I can distribute music via the net so that it is reasonably well protected against piracy?

                    a: no.

                    The reason is that utilities like http://download.com.com/3000-2168-10218433.html?tag=lst-0-7 which can effectively remove any protection you put on a sound file.

                    The standard practice is to do one of a couple of things:
                    1) use crappy quality
                    2) post 1 or 2 complete songs and 30 seconds of the rest of the songs
                    3) use something like flash to make it so that only the tech savy can pirate the music.

                      Alright, I guess since everyone on the Net is not as honest as all of us PHP'ers 😉, Flash is the best choice. Thanks everybody for your help.

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