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Audio Fingerprinting Via Cell Phones

Posted by michael on from the whorl-loop-or-arch dept.

aruil writes: "MSNBC has a story reporting on yet another audio fingerprinting application. Next year, Royal Philips Electronics will begin selling licenses to allow users to identify songs using their cell phones. Similar technology has already been open-sourced in FreeAmp, which uses the Relatable engine."

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  1. God, I need more coffee.. by A_Non_Moose · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The first mental image I got from the head line was a picture of someone rolling a cell phone across a black ink pad... :)

    And, correct me if I am wrong but this kinda says "digital watermark":
    "The fingerprint might contain small mistakes. The technology is so robust that it can handle that," said Jaap Haitsma, a Philips research scientist.

    Haven't we gone thru this already?

    Seriously. The only thing missing was an SMDI challenge and the RIAA. Even though Microsoft is involved in this, I'm quite sure the RIAA will (pardon the pun) chime in Very Soon Now(TM).

    Ok, quit possibly I am missing the point, but read this:
    As well, a legitimate online music services running on the Napster model could use the technology to stop copyright-protected material from being shared.

    Legitimate, Napster and stop sharing all in the same sentence?

    Eh? The whole point of Napster was to share (leave out the legit or not) songs.

    {Pitr voice}
    Someone please to be explainink this to me.
    {/end voice}

    Moose.

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  2. Alternative uses for this technology? by Tyrall · · Score: 3, Insightful
    The RIAA must be rubbing its proverbial hands with glee. Gone are the legal defenses that music/file-sharing systems have used.
    Gone are the methods of avoiding detection used to date.

    Even if this detection has no way to discern between the original and a cover of the song, I can see the RIAA and major labels nailing a bunch of people, and using this system as proof.