You can play MP3s on your website by putting them in an iFrame.

The MP3 song files are dragged into a folder called MP3 - or anything else you want to call it - and uploaded to the server.

Three variations are shown above and the corresponding codes to paste into an HTML snippet box on your iWeb page are shown below.

[1] - has only a play button and stops people ripping off the song using the download arrow and the QuickTime Pro Plugin.

[2] - has the volume option and the download arrow.

[3] - has the full QuickTime type control bar

The variables are marked in red

“autostart” and “loop” can be changed from “false” to “true” if these features are required.

<embed src="http://www.website.com/MP3/SongTitle.mp3"

width=17 height=16 autostart=false  loop=false> </embed>

Its easy for those who know to steal your music by clicking the downward arrow in the control bar to reveal the drop down shown at the right.

All they need to do is select “Save As Source”.

Now you know too!

<embed src="http://www.website.com/MP3/SongTitle.mp3"

width=50 height=16 autostart=false  loop=false> </embed>

<embed src="http://www.website.com/MP3/SongTitle.mp3"

width=250 height=16 autostart=false  loop=false> </embed>

If you want to hide your music file to play in the background, you can use the code below.

If you really want to drive people crazy you can add “loop=true” as in the second example below.

<embed src="http://www.website.com/MP3/SongTitle.mp3" hidden=true autostart=true>
<noembed>
<bgsound src="http://www.website.com/MP3/SongTitle.mp3">
</noembed>

<embed src="http://www.website.com/MP3/SongTitle.mp3" hidden=true autostart=true loop=true>
<noembed>
<bgsound src="http://www.website.com/MP3/SongTitle.mp3">
</noembed>

Unless you own the copyrights on a musical composition, you will have obtain and pay for two separate licenses to play it on your website.

These are explained here -  http://www.iwebformusicians.com/DistributeandPromote/CopyrightPublishing.html

The institutions who protect and manage these copyrights have big bucks to sue offenders.

You have been warned!

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