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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. 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.