*** This is NOT an illegal file sharing application ***

The You Tune application allows a group of friends to listen to each other's favorite songs.

Most "pay as you go" music dowload services allow the purchaser to copy the purchased song to one or more devices, as a "fair use" of the copyrighted material. The You Tune community functions as a server based "fair use" device, equivalent to many people listening to authorized .mp3 files on the same mp3 player.

You Tune members upload a few songs and others are able to listen to them for a limited time. Listen only, not copy or save.

When used as intended, and without modification, the You Tune application respects the rights of copyright owners.

System Requirements:

• A server that supports PHP & MySQL
• An active instance of a MySQL database
• You must have CREATE, INSERT, SELECT, DELETE and UPDATE global permissions for that database
• The code uses a Windows Media Player ActiveX object, exclusively with .mp3 files, and therefore will work only in Internet Explorer, on a Windows system, upon which at least version 6.4 of Media Player is installed

How it works:

• An owner, sets up the code in a You_Tune directory on a server
• Potential members visit the User_Admin.html page to create an account
• They supply an email address and choose their user id, screen name and password
• An email is sent to that address, with a link that must be clicked, to activate the account
• The new member can then log-in on the User_Admin page and start uploading .mp3 files
• The new member can also upload, and/or change, an avatar image
• No more than 15 Members are allowed
• Members and any others can then visit the You_Tune.html page and hover on the avatars to see that person's screen name
• Clicking on an avatar produces a short playlist of random songs, each with Play button, that are chosen from all of those previously uploaded by that user
• Clicking that avatar again will produce another random play list
• All uploaded songs expire, on a certain date, no more than 10 days after upload, as determined by a setting in the owner's Admin.xml file
• Songs that have expired are automatically deleted from the server, as added protection for copyright owners
• None of the songs can be downloaded, and none may be "saved as"

User Administration:

• Members can visit the User_Admin.html page, log in and:
• Upload or change their avatar image, in any of these file types: gif, jpg, jpeg and png
• Upload mp3's
• View a list of all previously uploaded mp3's and delete selected files

Owner Administration:

• The Admin.xml file contains all the owner modifiable settings
• The maximum number of members, no more than 15
• The maximum number of mp3's that a member is allowed to upload
• The number of songs that appear in a playlist as described above
• The maximum number of songs that a member may upload at a time, 3 is suggested
• The maximum number of days that songs remains active - no more than 10
• The displayed width and height of avatar images
• And whether to send a welcoming email to existing members upon a new member's activation
• The Owner_Admin.html page allows the owner to "soft" delete a member
• A deleted member's account information may not be reused by a potetial new member

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