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+# JSMediaTags, which we use for parsing ID3 tags, requires some additional
+# headers be enabled when accessing the media file from another origin. Since
+# the media files, in our case, are served from a CDN, Amazon CloudFront, on
+# a different domain, we are subject to the CORS restrictions.
+#
+# CloudFront is just a caching layer that sits in front of jordaneldredge.com,
+# so we must serve these original files with the correct headers in order for
+# CloudFront to return the correct headers.
+#
+# https://github.com/aadsm/jsmediatags#http-access-control-cors
+Header add Access-Control-Allow-Headers "if-modified-since, range"