*** 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