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itsmani1
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how to protect your files.

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i want to protect my audio files from getting downloaded, what i want is :
people go and listen the files but they should not able to download the files. is there any option for this in php.

thanx.
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

Not possible. If they can listen, they can download. That's how the data reaches them in the first place ;)

You could make it trickier to store for them by using a streaming audio server but it's still possible to download.
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YOu would have to use DRM but this requires a lot of knowledge
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Post by itsmani1 »

DRM stands for wot?
and 2ndly there must be some solution for protecting files. i go throw lot of stuff daily where i see that users cannot download the files but they can see or listen it.
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Digital rights management, I believe.

What Napster 2.0 does.
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