Question

Allow Play But Prevent Download of MP3

Asked by: VBForever

I have a website with mp3.  At the moment, they can be played and downloaded.  Is there some way to allow playing but prevent the right-click 'Save Target As' operation.  

Thanks

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2004-12-09 at 05:52:32ID21236308
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JavaScript

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Answers

 

by: archrajanPosted on 2004-12-09 at 05:55:50ID: 12783133

This disables right click
<script language=JavaScript>
<!--

//Disable right mouse click Script
//By Maximus (maximus@nsimail.com) w/ mods by DynamicDrive
//For full source code, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com

var message="Function Disabled!";

///////////////////////////////////
function clickIE4(){
if (event.button==2){
alert(message);
return false;
}
}

function clickNS4(e){
if (document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){
if (e.which==2||e.which==3){
alert(message);
return false;
}
}
}

if (document.layers){
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
document.onmousedown=clickNS4;
}
else if (document.all&&!document.getElementById){
document.onmousedown=clickIE4;
}

document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false")

// -->
</script>

 

by: RoonaanPosted on 2004-12-09 at 07:04:45ID: 12783860

You could try to embed it into flash, and load the mp3 dynamically. Preventing right-click wouldn't  be sufficient i'm afraid.

-r-

 

by: BustaroomsPosted on 2004-12-09 at 07:05:29ID: 12783869

of course if i disable javascript in my browser settings, the above is useless

 

by: RoonaanPosted on 2004-12-09 at 07:08:23ID: 12783904

>of course if i disable javascript in my browser settings, the above is useless

Well, that could be dealed with by having the mp3 html code being generated by javascript for example. When you turn off javascript, the whole mp3 wouldn't be loadede. But still..

-r-

 

by: gruntarPosted on 2004-12-09 at 07:59:55ID: 12784460

There is NO way you could protect file from beeing downloaded. I don't think it is worth spending time on that issue. If user can listen to song he can also download song, one way or annother.

Cheers

 

by: BustaroomsPosted on 2004-12-09 at 08:01:00ID: 12784473

make it a stream

 

by: RMaruszewskiPosted on 2004-12-09 at 08:02:39ID: 12784495

Roonaan is right. The only sensible answer is the Flash application, which plays a tune...
(- they still will be able to download this Flash application, mind it! ;-))

 

by: p_parthaPosted on 2004-12-09 at 08:31:09ID: 12784794

Its not possible to prevent the file from being download, as Bustaroom said if you make it as a stream, it's difficult but still i will use"total recorder" to record whatever is being streamed

Partha

 

by: justinbilligPosted on 2004-12-09 at 08:34:09ID: 12784822

Yes, everyone is correct, as soon as they come to your webpage the mp3 then gets transfered to thier machine. It is inescense already downloaded. There is no way to prevent them from doing so

 

by: p_parthaPosted on 2004-12-09 at 08:35:51ID: 12784838

archrajan ,
disabling right click hmm, just by pressing esc i can break it :)

Partha

 

by: justinbilligPosted on 2004-12-09 at 13:05:19ID: 12787381

if you dont want people on the internet to get your files, dont put them on the internet

 

by: devicPosted on 2004-12-09 at 14:07:00ID: 12787988

do low quality or only part of song or add some voice every 5 seconds. "this is a demo, piiiiippp" :)

 

by: VBForeverPosted on 2004-12-09 at 19:41:48ID: 12789619

The java script solution only applys to the page itself, but not to the button object clicked to play the file.  This is close to what I'm looking for.  Is there a way to apply the function to the button?

I have a hard time believing it's impossible to achieve this.  Yes, you can use an app like total recorder.  But the object is to prevent downloading the file, not prevent recording.

The comment from justinbillig is both useless and silly.

Playing an mp3 does not save it to disk.  If that were true, all of our hard drives would be full in no time.

Let's hear some solutions.  Is this too hard?  Do I need to offer more points?

Jim


 

by: justinbilligPosted on 2004-12-10 at 05:30:06ID: 12791966

Jim, if you dont want people to get your mp3, don't put it on the internet, that is the only solution that will work 100%.

 

by: gruntarPosted on 2004-12-10 at 13:09:04ID: 12796216

>The comment from justinbillig is both useless and silly.
I must agree with him, sorry

>Playing an mp3 does not save it to disk.  If that were true, all of our hard drives would be full in no time.
Have you ever heard of "temporarily internet files", well that is a directory that stores file that is beeing listened from your page. This folder is always filled with "temp" files. Old contens get automaticaly deleted when new content arrive (images, mp3s, html). How many files can be stored depends on settings how huge that folder can be.

To prove my "theory" got to your page listen to your song and after that go to your temp internet files (located in document settings...).

If someone can listen to it, it can also have it. End of story. :)

Cheers

 

by: justinbilligPosted on 2004-12-16 at 09:58:52ID: 12843368

ha, so my comment was useless and silly !

if they are listening to it it is on thier machine, if you dont want people to download it, dont put it on hte intenet

 

by: VBForeverPosted on 2004-12-16 at 15:05:02ID: 12846080

I think the suggestion to stream is the most interesting possibility so far.  I often listen to internet radio stations that stream the music via a separate window with Media Player embedded in it.  I do not see any song files saved anywhere with that.

I was aware of temp files of course, but I was thinking of explicit saves.

Jim

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