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DivX and MP3 Developers Work Together on Watermarks

Posted by timothy on from the not-so-strange-bedfellows dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "The DivX and MP3 developers are working on digital watermarking techniques together... Ogg anyone?"

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  1. Now everybody repeat after me... by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...we're not gonna crack it until AFTER the industry has fully adopted it!

    No more screw-ups (as in early cracks) like last time.

  2. Great idea! by czardonic · · Score: 3, Funny

    And maybe they could use this information to track more than piracy. For example, they could use it to gather data on what listeners like to hear, and keep their customers updated on other products that are sure to appeal to them. They could even do it automatically, via e-mail of some kind of machine generated snail-mail. Think of it, no more being annoyed by ads that don't apply to you. Let some corporation do the grunt work of tracking your habits and maintaining a database of your activities. Why, eventually, this method could become so advanced that companies would send you products and deduct your accounts without you ever having to hassle with shopping or making any decisions at all!

    Man, what a wonderful world that would be. Of course, you can bet that a bunch of criminals who are bent on hiding their nefarious activities will object. What kind of country is this where criminals and paranoid cranks are allowed to stand in the way of progress?

    --
    Takahashi Rumiko made beats! DON, taku, DON, taku. . .
  3. Irony! by jjsjeff · · Score: 2, Funny

    The competition is "going to be a tough area to crack..."

    It's pretty bad when the DRM people want to crack stuff too. :)

    -Jeff

  4. love those adverts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have to laugh. I read the article and the in-page advert on news.com is for cheap CD burners... love it!