IMovies clips transfered to IWeb aren't playing on PC's.

I moved a few IMovies clips to IWeb. After publishing to IWeb everything looks and plays good on my computer. Friends computers are just showing blank squares where the movie should be. On my home movies, I used ITune songs for background music. Would this effect and or block others from seeing my home movie clips. If so, how can I post my home movies clips from IMovie for friends and family to see on IWeb. If I use my own CD's, the music needs to be downloaded to ITunes, before I can transfer the music to IMovie. It's so easy to move a "You Tube" clip to my IWeb page for viewing. I can't understand why it's so difficult to view a IMovie clip on my IWeb page. I think it might have something to do with this five computer authorization for ITune songs. If this is the case, then using my own CD should solve the problem. But again my own CD music must be downloaded to ITunes first, before I can move it to IMovie.
Thanks
Jim

When you buy music from iTunes you are paying for the right to play it.
When you put this music on a website, you are distributing it. To do this you have to be the copyright holder or pay a license fee.
The new m4p file extension is copyright protected under the Digital Rights Management scheme (DRM).
I don't know what happens when you try to use an m4p file as the sound track for a movie.
I do know, that if you put it on a website as a music file, and somebody else tries to play it they will be encouraged to pay for it via iTunes. To be able to to pay and play, they will need to have the latest versions of iTunes and QuickTime player installed on their computer.
Music on a commercially distributed CD is also copyrighted - as you will see from the label and packaging. Its relatively easy to rip this and convert it to other formats but that still doesn't give you the right to distribute it.
All this is nothing new to low budget film makers. That's why there is a huge amount of music available for that purpose if you look in the right place. Try Googling "royalty free music".

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