[thelist] You can play a song but you can't download it

Mattias Thorslund mattias at inreach.com
Wed Mar 2 19:22:00 CST 2005


Although, depending on their level of motivation, users can "almost" 
always find a way to save it.

Technically, it's a download wheter it's a file or a stream (sicnce data 
travels down the wire to the user) and I think you'll just have to be 
comfortable with the idea that some users will find a way to save the 
songs or whatever you provide.  You can't be totally sure the user is 
using, say flash, and isn't spoofing it. 

Ask yourself if the "harm" caused by downloaders (perhaps a limited 
number) is greater by the "good" that provoding the music online does to 
you. For a most bands, I'd wager that the benefits would be greater, but 
your conclusion depends on your level of paranoia more than anything.

/Mattias Thorslund

Jan Brasna wrote:

>> playable from the site, but not downloadable
>
>
> Flash or some kind of streaming.
>

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