Anyone know how I can make a song I wrote into a m4p from a mp3 format or whatever?

[Jim_The_Owl]

Hey Everyone!

This may sound somewhat crazy, but I was wondering if there is some way that I can take a song I wrote and place it into a somewhat protected format like what Apple uses in iTunes, the dreaded m4p format.

I know that ways are available to make protected songs unprotected, but are there ways to make unprotected songs protected? I tried everything I could think of! I use QT Pro, but it just wants to make everything a movie, or some other format that I don't want.

Here's the deal:

I have been working really hard for over a year on what I hope will be my first Album. I use Garageband and other programs that are available to OSX. I want to place a song or two on iCompositions.com, but I am very worried about theft. I am currently applying for copyrights, but I would like to get a song or two on this website I mentioned above to see what kind of response (if any) I get.

What I need is a way to secure my songs so that when I upload them, it will take some work to copy them for someone who thinks they are beyond the simple act of asking me if he/she/it can copy my song. (I provide contact info in the appropriate fields when I encode the songs to mp3 and such).

I just want a way to protect my work somewhat, knowing that there are tons of ways to get around this sort of thing. (I do it too!)

I guess I just want to feel a little bit better about posting my stuff on the net, since nearly everything on it gets hacked somehow, someway.

Anybody have any suggestions?

 

[ra3ndy]

You could embed the sound in a flash file. For example, MySpace's music player is flash-based, and you can't download the song unless the artist posts a "Download" link.

There are free flash-based music player out there for you to use, like MusicPlayer. Check it out.

There is also a way to post audio with Quicktime as a streaming-only file, which removes the "Save to disk..." option from the menu. Maybe someone who knows code better than I do can post that here.

In all truthiness, there's no way to keep the determined haxxor from ripping your music, but you can deter the masses.